Operator inequalities I. Models and ergodicity

Abstract

We discuss when an operator, subject to a rather general inequality in hereditary form, admits a unitarily equivalent functional model of Agler type in the reproducing kernel Hilbert space associated to the inequality. To the contrary to the previous work, the kernel need not be of Nevanlinna-Pick type. We derive some consequences concerning the ergodic behavior of the operator.

Some improvements are made. Comments are welcome