Spectral theory of rank one perturbations of normal compact operators

Abstract: We construct a functional model for rank one perturbations of compact normal operators acting in a certain Hilbert spaces of entire functions generalizing de Branges spaces. Using this model we study completeness and spectral synthesis problems for such perturbations. Previously, we developed the spectral theory of rank one perturbations in the selfadjoint case. In the present paper we extend and significantly simplify most of known results in the area. We also prove an Ordering Theorem for invariant subspaces with common spectral part. This result is essentially new even for rank one perturbations of compact selfadjoint operators.