Operator realizations about a matrix-centre

Abstract

We develop a general theory of operator realizations, or ``linear representations" of analytic functions in several non-commuting variables about a matrix-centre. In particular we show that a non-commutative function has a matrix-centre realization about any matrix tuple, $Y$, in its domain, if and only if it is a uniformly analytic non-commutative function defined in a uniformly open neighbourhood of $Y$. This extends the finite-dimensional realization theory of non-commutative rational functions maximally -- to all uniformly analytic non-commutative functions.