THE OVERLAPPING SPACE OF A CANONICAL LINEAR SYSTEM

Let W(z) be a power series with operator coefficients such that multiplication by W(z) is contractive in C(z). The overlapping space $L(\varphi)$ of H(W) in C(z) is a Herglotz space with Herglotz function $\varphi(z)$ which satisfies $\varphi(z)+\varphi^＊(z^{-1})=2[1-W^{*}(z^{-1})W(z)]$. The identity ${}_{L(\varphi)}={-}_{H(W)}$ holds for every f(z) in $L(\varphi)$ and for every vector c.