Noncommutative reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces

2016/02/02 by Joseph A. Ball, Gregory Marx, Ball, Joseph A. +3 · 8 citations
Mathematics · Computer Science · #Holomorphic and Operator Theory #Matrix Theory and Algorithms #Mathematical functions and polynomials

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jfa.2016.06.010

Abstract

The theory of positive kernels and associated reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces, especially in the setting of holomorphic functions, has been an important tool for the last several decades in a number of areas of complex analysis and operator theory. An interesting generalization of holomorphic functions, namely free noncommutative functions (e.g., functions of square-matrix arguments of arbitrary size satisfying additional natural compatibility conditions), is now an active area of research, with motivation and applications from a variety of areas (e.g., noncommutative functional calculus, free probability, and optimization theory in linear systems engineering). The purpose of this article is to develop a theory of positive kernels and associated reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces for the setting of free noncommutative function theory.

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