This is a book on holomorphic operator functions of a single variable
and their - plications,
whichisfocussedontherelationsbetweenlocalandglobaltheories.Itis based on
methods and technics of Complex analysis of scalar and matrix functions
of several variables. The applications concern: interpolation,
holomorphic families of subspaces and frames, spectral theory of
polynomials with operator coe?cients, holomorphic equivalence and
diagonalization, and Plemelj-Muschelishvili fact- ization. The book also
contains a theory of Wiener-Hopf integral equations with operator-valued
kernels and a theory of in?nite Toplitz ] matrices with operator
entries. We started to work on these topics long ago when one of us was
a Ph.D. s- dent of the other in Kishinev (now Cisinau) University. Then
our main interests were in problems of factorization of operator-valued
functions and singular in- gral operators. Working in this area, we
realized from the beginning that di?erent methods and tools from Complex
analysis of several variables and their modi?- tions are very useful in
obtaining results on factorization for matrix and operator functions. We
have in mind di?erent methods and results concerning connections between
local and global properties of holomorphic functions. The ?rst period
was very fruitful and during it we obtained the basic results presented
in this book.