Approximating the modulus of an inner function (Q996153)

Let \(H^{\infty}\) be the algebra of bounded analytic functions in the unit disk \(\mathbb D\). A function in \(H^{\infty}\) is called inner if it has radial limit of modulus one at almost every point of the unit circle. A Blaschke product is an inner function of the form \[ B(z)=z^m\prod_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{\bar z_n}{| z_n| }\frac{z_n-z}{1-\bar z_nz}, \] where \(m\) is a nonnegative integer and \(\{z_n\}\) is a sequence of points in \(\mathbb D\setminus\{0\}\) satisfying the Blaschke condition. A Blaschke product \(B\) is called an interpolating Blaschke product if its zero set \(\{z_n\}\) forms an interpolating sequence, that is, for any bounded sequence of complex numbers \(\{w_n\}\), there exists a function \(f\in H^{\infty}\) such that \(f(z_n)=w_n, n=1,2,\dots\). Related to the open problem; For any inner function \(B\) and \(\varepsilon>0\), is there an interpolating Blaschke product \(I\) such that \(|| B-I| |_{\infty}<\varepsilon\) for all \(z\in\mathbb D?\); the authors prove a positive answer, if one restricts attention to the modulus, in the following theorem: Let \(B\) an inner function and \(\varepsilon>0\). There exists an interpolating Blaschke product \(I\) such that \[ | | B(z)| -| I(z)| | <\varepsilon \] for all \(z\in\mathbb D\).