Dilations, Completely Positive Maps and Geometry

B. V. Rajarama Bhat is Professor at the Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics Division, Indian Statistical Institute, Bengaluru Centre, Karnataka, India. He is Mathematician working in the areas of quantum probability, operator theory, and operator algebras. He is one of the Editors in Chief of the Indian Statistical Institute Series (Springer). He is also Managing Editor of the Infinite Dimensional Analysis, Quantum Probability and Related Topics journal.Tirthankar Bhattacharyya is Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. He is Acclaimed Indian Mathematician who works on the theory of operators in a Hilbert space and its relationship with complex geometry. He is known for his lucid exposition, both in teaching a class and in writing. He serves on the editorial board of the Complex Analysis and Operator Theory journal (Springer) and the Infinite Dimensional Analysis, Quantum Probability and Related Topics journal.

“In this book, the authors obtain concrete constructions of dilations of commuting operator tuples related to four domains where this theory has been beautifully successful so far. … The constructions in this book are very interesting because of various inputs that are required, like, for example, the Fejér-Riesz theorem. So, it connects to holomorphic function theory and geometry very well.” (Luo Yi Shi, Mathematical Reviews, February, 2025)

• Dilation for One Operator.- C*-Algebras and Completely Positive Maps.- Dilation Theory in Two Variables - The Bidisc.- Dilation Theory in Several Variables - the Euclidean Ball.- The Euclidean Ball - The Drury Arveson Space.- Dilation Theory in Several Variables - The Symmetrized Bidisc.- An Abstract Dilation Theory.