We study the boundary behavior of rational inner functions (RIFs) in dimensions three and higher from both analytic and geometric viewpoints. On the analytic side, we use the critical integrability of the derivative of a rational inner function of several variables to quantify the behavior of a RIF near its singularities, and on the geometric side we show that the unimodular level sets of a RIF convey information about its set of singularities. We then specialize to three-variable degree (m, n, 1) RIFs and conduct a detailed study of their derivative integrability, zero set and unimodular level set behavior, and non-tangential boundary values. Our results, coupled with constructions of nontrivial RIF examples, demonstrate that much of the nice behavior seen in the two-variable case is lost in higher dimensions.
Singularities of rational inner functions in higher dimensions
Creators
Kelly Bickel - Bucknell University
James Eldred Pascoe - Univ Florida, Dept Math, 1400 Stadium Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
Alan Sola - Stockholm University
Publication Details
American journal of mathematics, v 144(4), pp 1115-1157
Publisher
Johns Hopkins Univ Press
Number of pages
44
Grant note
MG2018-0092 / Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from Stiftelsen GS Magnusons fond
DMS-1606260 / National Science Foundation Mathematical Science Postdoctoral Research Fellowship; National Science Foundation (NSF)
DMS-1448846 / NSF; National Science Foundation (NSF)
Resource Type
Journal article
Language
English
Academic Unit
Mathematics
Web of Science ID
WOS:000838127900008
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85135634346
Other Identifier
991021879788404721
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