Schur functions, operator colligations and reproducing kernel Pontryagin spaces. Operator theory; Bd. 96.

1: Pontryagin Spaces and Operator Colligations.- 1.1 Reproducing kernel Pontryagin spaces.- 1.2 Operator colligations.- 1.3 Julia operators and contractions.- 1.4 Extension of densely defined linear relations.- 1.5 Complementation and reproducing kernels.- A. Complementation in the sense of de Branges.- B. Applications to reproducing kernel Pontryagin spaces.- 2: Schur Functions and their Canonical Realizations.- 2.1 Pontryagin spaces ?(S), ?($$ \widetilde{S} $$ ), and D(S).- 2.2 Canonical coisometric and isometric realizations.- 2.3 Canonical unitary realization.- 2.4 Unitary dilations of coisometric and isometric colligations.- 2.5 Classes SK(F,B).- A. Definition and basic properties.- B. Conformally invariant view.- C. Application to factorization of operator-valued functions.- D. A non-holomorphic kernel.- 3: The State Spaces.- 3.1 Invariance under difference quotients.- 3.2 Spaces ?(S).- 3.3 Spaces ?$$ \widetilde{S} $$.- 3.4 Spaces D(S).- 3.5 Examples and miscellaneous results.- A. Rational unitary functions.- B. Symmetry in the state spaces.- C. Some consequences of Leech's theorem.- D. The scalar case: S(z)? ?(S) if and only if $$ \widetilde{S} $$(z) ? ?($$ \widetilde{S} $$).- 4: Structural Properties.- 4.1 Factorization and invariant subspaces.- A. Inclusion of spaces ?(S).- B. Inclusion of spaces D (S).- 4.2 Kre?n-Langer factorization.- A. Existence and properties.- B. Strongly regular representations.- 4.3 The Potapov-Ginzburg transform.- 4.4 Applications to the realization theory.- A. Kre?n space inner and outer spaces F andB.- B. Other base points.- C. Examples.- 4.5 Canonical models.- Epilogue: Open Questions and Directions for Further Work.- Appendix: Some Finite-Dimensional Spaces.- Notes.- References.- Notation Index.- Author Index.