A comprehensive introduction to the theory of J-contractive and J-inner matrix valued functions with respect to the open upper half-plane and a number of applic

Updates in this second edition include two brand new chapters and an even more comprehensive bibliography.

The first systematic account of the basic theory of normed algebras, without assuming associativity. Sure to become a central resource.

Updated throughout, this revised edition contains 25% new material covering progress made in the field over the past decade.

Like differentiability, convexity is a natural and powerful property of functions that plays a significant role in many areas of mathematics, both pure and appl