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Pick's theorem tells us that there exists a function inH ∞, which is bounded by 1 and takes given values at given points, if and only if a certain matrix is positive.H ∞ is the space of multipliers ofH 2, and this theorem has a natural generalisation whenH ∞ is replaced by the space of multipliers of a general reproducing kernel Hilbert spaceH(K) (whereK is the reproducing kernel). J. Agler has shown that this generalised theorem is true whenH(K) is a certain Sobolev space or the Dirichlet space, so it is natural to ask for which reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces this generalised theorem is true. This paper widens Agler's approach to cover reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces in general, replacing Agler's use of the deep theory of co-analytic models by a relatively elementary, and more general, matrix argument. The resulting theorem gives sufficient (and usable) conditions on the kernelK, for the generalised Pick's theorem to be true forH(K), and these are then used to prove Pick's theorem for certain weighted Hardy and Sobolev spaces and for a functional Hilbert space introduced by Saitoh.
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Quiggin, P. For which reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces is Pick's theorem true?. Integr equ oper theory 16, 244–266 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01358955
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