Hilbert function spaces and the Nevanlinna-Pick problem on the polydisc

Abstract

In the paper `Distinguished Varieties,' Agler and McCarthy used Hilbert function spaces to study the uniqueness properties of the Nevanlinna-Pick problem on the bidisc. In this work we give a geometric procedure for constructing a Nevanlinna-Pick problems on D^n with a specified set of uniqueness. On the way to establishing this procedure, we prove a result about Hilbert function spaces and partially answer a question posed by Agler and McCarthy.