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TauCeti.Analysis.Complex.Pick.Basic

Pick functions in Cayley coordinates #

A Pick function is holomorphic on the upper half-plane and has nonnegative imaginary part there. The Cayley coordinate z ↦ (z - i) / (z + i) carries the upper half-plane to the unit disc, and multiplication by -i carries nonnegative imaginary part to nonnegative real part. The Herglotz representation on the disc therefore gives

F z = i · ∫ ζ, (ζ + w) / (ζ - w) ∂μ(ζ) + Re F(i),

where w = (z - i) / (z + i) and μ is a finite positive measure on the unit circle. The converse holds as well. This is the Cayley-coordinate form of the Pick representation; moving the circle measure to the real line gives the usual Nevanlinna representation.

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Cayley-coordinate Herglotz representation of a Pick function. A function holomorphic on the upper half-plane with nonnegative imaginary part is, after the Cayley coordinate z ↦ (z - i) / (z + i), i times the Herglotz transform of a finite positive measure on the unit circle, plus the real constant Re F(i).

Characterization of Pick functions in Cayley coordinates. A function is holomorphic on the upper half-plane with nonnegative imaginary part if and only if it is i times the Herglotz transform of a finite positive circle measure in the Cayley coordinate, plus a real constant.