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Finite Blaschke Products and Operator Theory

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Finite Blaschke Products and Their Connections

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In this chapter we explore some of the connections that finite Blaschke products make with operators on Hilbert spaces. In particular, we focus on norms of contractions and the mapping properties of the numerical range.

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Garcia, S.R., Mashreghi, J., Ross, W.T. (2018). Finite Blaschke Products and Operator Theory. In: Finite Blaschke Products and Their Connections. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78247-8_10

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