In mathematics, the Beurling–Lax theorem is a theorem due to Beurling (1948) and Lax (1959) which characterizes the shift-invariant subspaces of the Hardy space ${\displaystyle H^{2}(\mathbb {D} ,\mathbb {C} )}$. It states that each such space is of the form

${\displaystyle \theta H^{2}(\mathbb {D} ,\mathbb {C} ),}$

for some inner function ${\displaystyle \theta }$.

See also

• H²

References

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• Marvin Rosenblum and James Rovnyak, Hardy Classes and Operator Theory, (1985) Oxford University Press.