B-spline interpolation problem in Hilbert C*-modules

Abstract

We introduce the $B$-spline interpolation problem corresponding to a $C^*$-valued sesquilinear form on a Hilbert $C^*$-module and study its basic properties as well as the uniqueness of solution. We first study the problem in the case when the Hilbert $C^*$-module is self-dual. Extending a bounded $C^*$-valued sesquilinear form on a Hilbert $C^*$-module to a sesquilinear form on its second dual, we then provide some necessary and sufficient conditions for the $B$-spline interpolation problem to have a solution. Passing to the setting of Hilbert $W^*$-modules, we present our main result by characterizing when the spline interpolation problem for the extended $C^*$-valued sesquilinear to the dual $\mathscr{X}'$ of the Hilbert $W^*$-module $\mathscr{X}$ has a solution. As a consequence, we give a sufficient condition that for an orthogonally complemented submodule of a self-dual Hilbert $W^*$-module $\mathscr{X}$ is orthogonally complemented with respect to another $C^*$-inner product on $\mathscr{X}$. Finally, solutions of the $B$-spline interpolation problem for Hilbert $C^*$-modules over $C^*$-ideals of $W^*$-algebras are extensively discussed. Several examples are provided to illustrate the existence or lack of a solution for the problem.