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A Halmos Doctrine and Shifts on Hilbert Space

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A Glimpse at Hilbert Space Operators

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This a survey of some recent work on noncommutative function theory related to tensor algebras that derives in part from Paul Halmos’s paper, Shifts on Hilbert space.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA

    Paul S. Muhly

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  1. Department of Mathematics, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 94132-3163, USA

    Sheldon Axler

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, MS5 2E4, Canada

    Peter Rosenthal

  3. Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720-3840, USA

    Donald Sarason

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To the memory of Paul Halmos, with continuing respect, admiration and gratitude

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Muhly, P.S. (2010). A Halmos Doctrine and Shifts on Hilbert Space. In: Axler, S., Rosenthal, P., Sarason, D. (eds) A Glimpse at Hilbert Space Operators. Operator Theory Advances and Applications, vol 207. Springer, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0346-0347-8_15

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