Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
We obtain results on the unitary equivalence of weak contractions of class ${{C}_{0}}$ to their Jordan models under an assumption on their commutants. In particular, our work addresses the case of arbitrary finite multiplicity. The main tool in this paper is the theory of boundary representations due to Arveson. We also generalize and improve previously known results concerning unitary equivalence and similarity to Jordan models when the minimal function is a Blaschke product.