Dilation and Functional Models for Pure $\mathbf{\Theta}_n$-Contractions and the von Neumann Inequality on Distinguished Varieties in $\mathbf{\Theta}_n$
In this paper, we introduce the notion of a distinguished variety in the domain $\mathbf{\Theta}_n$. One of the main results of the paper is a determinantal representation for every distinguished variety in $\mathbf{\Theta}_n$. We also show that the closure of every distinguished variety is polynomially convex. Further...