Toeplitz Operators and Herz Spaces on the Half-Space

On the setting of the half-space we introduce the Schatten-Herz classes of Toeplitz operators and obtain characterizations for positive Toeplitz operators to belong to those classes. We also prove results concerning the boundedness and compactness of Toeplitz operators with Herz symbols. Such a study has been recently done on the ball. At a critical step of the proofs we employ a much simplified argument to extend the range of parameters for Herz spaces on which the Berezin transform is bounded. Our results show not only that most of results on the ball continue to hold, but also that there is some pathology caused by the unboundedness of the domain. The first author was in part supported by a Korea University Grant(2007), the second author was in part supported by Hanshin University Research Grant, and both authors were in part supported by KOSEF(R01-2003-000-10243-0).     

Bicommutants of Toeplitz operators

In this paper we discuss an unusual phenomenon in the context of Toeplitz operators in the Bergman space on the unit disc: If two Toeplitz operators commute with a quasihomogeneous Toeplitz operator, then they commute with each other. In the Bourbaki terminology, this result can be stated as follows: The commutant of a quasihomogeneous Toeplitz operator is equal to its bicommutant. Received: 11 March 2008     

Unbounded Toeplitz Operators

This partly expository article develops the basic theory of unbounded Toeplitz operators on the Hardy space H ², with emphasis on operators whose symbols are not square integrable. Unbounded truncated Toeplitz operators on coinvariant subspaces of H ² are also studied. In memory of Paul R. Halmos     

The First Order Asymptotics of the Extreme Eigenvectors of Certain Hermitian Toeplitz Matrices

The paper is concerned with Hermitian Toeplitz matrices generated by a class of unbounded symbols that emerge in several applications. The main result gives the third order asymptotics of the extreme eigenvalues and the first order asymptotics of the extreme eigenvectors of the matrices as their dimension increases to infinity. This work was partially supported by CONACYT projects 60160 and 80504, Mexico.     

A Remark on the Essential Spectra of Toeplitz Operators with Bounded Measurable Coefficients

We establish a sufficient condition for a point to belong to the essential spectrum of a Toeplitz operator with a bounded measurable coefficient. This condition uses geometric information on the cluster values of the coefficient.     

Algebraic Properties of Toeplitz Operators with Radial Symbols on the Bergman Space of the Unit Ball

In this paper, we discuss some algebraic properties of Toeplitz operators with radial symbols on the Bergman space of the unit ball in . We first determine when the product of two Toeplitz operators with radial symbols is a Toeplitz operator. Next, we investigate the zero-product problem for several Toeplitz operators with radial symbols. Also, the corresponding commuting problem of Toeplitz operators whose symbols are of the form is studied, where and φ is a radial function. Ze-Hua Zhou: supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grand Nos.10671141, 10371091).     

Positive Schatten(-Herz) Class Toeplitz Operators on Pluriharmonic Bergman Spaces

We study characterizations of arbitrary positive Toeplitz operators of Schatten (or Schatten-Herz) type in terms of averaging functions and Berezin transforms of symbol functions on the ball of pluriharmonic Bergman space. This work was supported by a Hanshin University Research Grant.     

Maximal Abelian von Neumann Algebras and Toeplitz Operators with Separately Radial Symbols

This paper mainly concerns abelian von Neumann algebras generated by Toeplitz operators on weighted Bergman spaces. Recently a family of abelian w^*-closed Toeplitz algebras has been obtained (see [5,6,7,8]). We show that this algebra is maximal abelian and is singly generated by a Toeplitz operator with a “common” symbol. A characterization for Toeplitz operators with radial symbols is obtained and generalized to the high dimensional case. We give several examples for abelian von Neumann algebras in the case of high dimensional weighted Bergman spaces, which are different from the one dimensional case.     

On Vector Integral Inequalities

The first author introduced an integration theory of vector functions with respect to an operator-valued measure in complete bornological locally convex vector spaces. In this paper some important results behind this Dobrakov-type integration technique in non-metrizable spaces are given. Received: December 10, 2007., Accepted: May 6, 2008.     

Generalized Essential Norm of Weighted Composition Operators on some Uniform Algebras of Analytic Functions

We compute the essential norm of a composition operator relatively to the class of Dunford-Pettis operators or weakly compact operators, on some uniform algebras of analytic functions. Even in the context of H^∞ (resp. the disk algebra), this is new, as well for the polydisk algebras and the polyball algebras. This is a consequence of a general study of weighted composition operators.      

Properties of generalized Toeplitz operators

An operatorX: is said to be a generalized Toeplitz operator with respect to given contractionsT ₁ andT ₂ ifX=T ₂XT₁ ^*. The purpose of this line of research, started by Douglas, Sz.-Nagy and Foia, and Pták and Vrbová, is to study which properties of classical Toeplitz operators depend on their characteristic relation. Following this spirit, we give appropriate extensions of a number of results about Toeplitz operators. Namely, Wintner's theorem of invertibility of analytic Toeplitz operators, Widom and Devinatz's invertibility criteria for Toeplitz operators with unitary symbols, Hartman and Wintner's theorem about Toeplitz operator having a Fredholm symbol, Hartman and Wintner's estimate of the norm of a compactly perturbed Toeplitz operator, and the non-existence of compact classical Toeplitz operators due to Brown and Halmos.Dedicated to our friend Cora Sadosky on the occasion of her sixtieth birthday     

On the action of Lipschitz functions on vector-valued random sums

Let X be a Banach space and let (ξ_j)_j ≧ 1 be an i.i.d. sequence of symmetric random variables with finite moments of all orders. We prove that the following assertions are equivalent:

Hyponormality of Toeplitz Operators with Polynomial and Symmetric-Type Symbols

Suppose that is a trigonometric polynomial of the form (z) = ^N_n=-N a_n zⁿ. It is well-known that T is normal if and only if | a_{– N}| =  | a_N| and the Fourier coefficients of satisfy the following symmetry condition:

On the Orbit of an m-Isometry

A bounded linear operator T on a Hilbert space H is called an m-isometry for a positive integer m if . We prove some properties concerning the behaviour of the orbit of an m-isometry. For example, every orbit of an m-isometry is eventually norm increasing and some m-isometries can not be N-supercyclic, that is, there does not exist an N-dimensional subspace E_N such that the orbit of T at E_N is dense in H.

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To Professor José Rodríguez Expósito on his 60th birthday     

Composition Operators on the Space of Bounded Harmonic Functions

We study composition operators on the space of bounded harmonic functions on the open unit disk. The principal goal of this paper is to provide criteria for determining the essential norm of difference of two composition operators. The third author is partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (No.17540169), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.     

Generalized Polar Decompositions for Closed Operators in Hilbert Spaces and Some Applications

We study generalized polar decompositions of densely defined closed linear operators in Hilbert spaces and provide some applications to relatively (form) bounded and relatively (form) compact perturbations of self-adjoint, normal, and m-sectorial operators. Based upon work partially supported by the US National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. DMS-0400639 and FRG-0456306, and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) under Grant No. Y330.     

On the Cowen-Douglas Class for Banach Space Operators

In [3], M. J. Cowen and R. G. Douglas prove that the adjoint of a Hilbert space operator T is in the class if and only if T is unitarily equivalent with the operator M _z on a Hilbert space -valued analytic functions, where M _z denotes the operator of multiplication by the independent variable. The proof involves holomorphic vector bundles and Grauert’s theorem. In this paper we use a theorem by I. Gohberg and L. Rodman [4] to give a more elementary proof of this fact, which also works for Banach space operators.      

An exact Daugavet type inequality for small into isomorphisms in L 1

The well known Daugavet property for the space L ₁ means that || I  +  K || = 1+ || K || for any weakly compact operator K : L ₁ → L ₁, where I is the identity operator in L ₁. We generalize this theorem to the case when we consider an into isomorphism J : L ₁ → L ₁ instead of I and a narrow operator T. Our main result states that , where d  =  || J|| || J ⁻¹||. We also give an example which shows that this estimate is exact. Received: 21 August 2007