Separately radial and radial Toeplitz operators on the projective space and representation theory

We consider separately radial (with corresponding group T ⁿ ) and radial (with corresponding group U(n)) symbols on the projective space P ⁿ (C), as well as the associated Toeplitz operators on the weighted Bergman spaces. It is known that the C*-algebras generated by each family of such Toeplitz operators are commutative (see R. Quiroga-Barranco and A. Sanchez-Nungaray (2011)). We present a new representation theoretic proof of such commutativity. Our method is easier and more enlightening as it shows that the commutativity of the C*-algebras is a consequence of the existence of multiplicity-free representations. Furthermore, our method shows how to extend the current formulas for the spectra of the corresponding Toeplitz operators to any closed group lying between T ⁿ and U(n).     

On operators commuting with Toeplitz operators modulo the compact operators

We prove that an operator on H² of the disc commutes modulo the compacts with all analytic Toeplitz operators if and only if it is a compact perturbation of a Toeplitz operator with symbol in H^∞ + C. Consequently, the essential commutant of the whole Toeplitz algebra is the algebra of Toeplitz operators with symbol in QC. The image in the Calkin algebra of the Toeplitz operators with symbol in H^∞ + C is a maximal abelian algebra. These results lead to a characterization of automorphisms of the algebra of compact perturbations of the analytic Toeplitz operators.     

On algebras of operators of finite rank

Algebras of operators of finite rank are studied. Some structure theorems are presented. Results are used to study Banach representations of C¹-algebras and isolated points of the dual of C¹-algebras.     

Density of algebras generated by Toeplitz operators on Bergman spaces

In this paper it is shown that Toeplitz operators on Bergman space form a dense subset of the space of all bounded linear operators, in the strong operator topology, and that their norm closure contains all compact operators. Further, theC ^*-algebra generated by them does not contain all bounded operators, since all Toeplitz operators belong to the essential commutant of certain shift. The result holds in Bergman spacesA ²(Ω) for a wide class of plane domains Ω?C, and in Fock spacesA ²(C ^N),N≧1.     

Bergman-Toeplitz operators: Radial component influence

We analyze the influence of the radial component of a symbol to spectral, compactness, and Fredholm properties of Toeplitz operators, acting on the Bergman space. We show that there existcompact Toeplitz operators whose (radial) symbols areunbounded near the unit circle . Studying this question we give several sufficient, and necessary conditions, as well as the corresponding examples. The essential spectra of Toeplitz operators with pure radial symbols have sufficiently rich structure, and even can be massive.TheC ^*-algebras generated by Toeplitz operators with radial symbols are commutative, but the semicommutators[T _a, T_b)=T_a·T_b–T_a·b are not compact in general. Moreover for bounded operatorsT _a andT _b the operatorT _a·b may not be bounded at all.This work was partially supported by CONACYT Project 27934-E, México.The first author acknowledges the RFFI Grant 98-01-01023, Russia.     

A family of simple C1-algebras related to weighted shift operators

In this paper we study a family of C¹-algebras which occurs naturally in the study of C¹-algebras generated by weighted shifts. We show that these algebras are simple modulo the compacts, and while they share many of the properties of uniformly hyperfinite C¹-algebras, they are not approximately finite dimensional.     

Irreducibility of Toeplitz C⋆-algebras

We probe the irreducibility of the Toeplitz C^*-algebras generated by Toeplitz operators on Bergman and Hardy spaces associated with generalized upper half-planes in several complex variables.     

Hankel and Toeplitz operators in hardy spaces

In this paper one considers some general theorems of the theory of Hankel and Toeplitz operators in spaces of analytic functions. Under natural restrictions on the spaces X, it is shown that the symbols of the Toeplitz operators, acting in X, are bounded. One describes completely the symbols of the Hankel and Toeplitz operators, acting from H^p into ¯H_q (into H^q) for 0 < p, q < .Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 141, pp. 165–175, 1985.The author expresses his gratitude to A. L. Vol'berg and S. V. Kislyakov for useful discussions.     

Toeplitz operators in several complex variables

Let S be the unit sphere in Cⁿ. We investigate the properties of Toeplitz operators on S, i.e., operators of the form Tφf = P(φf) where φ?L^∞(S) and P denotes the projection of L²(S) onto H²(S). The aim of this paper is to determine how far the extensive one-variable theory remains valid in higher dimensions. We establish the spectral inclusion theorem, that the spectrum of T_φ contains the essential range of φ, and obtain a characterization of the Toeplitz operators among operators on H²(S) by an operator equation. Particular attention is paid to the case where φ ? H^∞(S) + C(S) where C(S) denotes the algebra of continuous functions on S. Finally we describe a class of Toeplitz operators useful for providing counterexamples—in particular, Widom's theorem on the connectedness of the spectrum fails when n > 1.     

Type I Toeplitz algebras

The class of Toeplitz algebras associated to ordered groups is important in the analysis of Toeplitz operators on the generalised Hardy spaces defined by such groups. The conditions under which these Toeplitz algebras are Type I C^*-algebras are investigated.     

Schatten classes of integration operators on Dirichlet spaces

We address the problem of determining membership in Schatten-Von Neumann ideals S _p of integration operators (T _g f)(z) = ∫ ₀ ^z = ∫ ₀ ^z f(ξ)g′(ξ)dξ acting on Dirichlet type spaces. We also study this problem for multiplication, Hankel and Toeplitz operators. In particular, we provide an extension of Luecking's result on Toeplitz operators [10, p. 347].     

Density of algebras generated by Toeplitz operators on Bergman spaces

In this paper it is shown that Toeplitz operators on Bergman space form a dense subset of the space of all bounded linear operators, in the strong operator topology, and that their norm closure contains all compact operators. Further, theC ^*-algebra generated by them does not contain all bounded operators, since all Toeplitz operators belong to the essential commutant of certain shift. The result holds in Bergman spacesA ²(Ω) for a wide class of plane domains Ω⊂C, and in Fock spacesA ²(C ^N),N≧1.     

Spectral theory for algebraic combinations of Toeplitz and composition operators

We determine the essential spectra of algebraic combinations of Toeplitz operators with continuous symbol and composition operators induced by a class of linear-fractional non-automorphisms of the unit disk. The operators in question act on the Hardy space H² on the unit disk. Our method is to realize the C^*-algebra that they generate as an extension of the compact operators by a concrete C^*-algebra whose invertible elements are easily characterized.     

Unitary equivalence of one-parameter groups of Toeplitz and composition operators

The composition operators on H² whose symbols are hyperbolic automorphisms of the unit disk fixing ±1 comprise a one-parameter group and the analytic Toeplitz operators coming from covering maps of annuli centered at the origin whose radii are reciprocals also form a one-parameter group. Using the eigenvectors of the composition operators and of the adjoints of the Toeplitz operators, a direct unitary equivalence is found between the restrictions to zH² of the group of Toeplitz operators and the group of adjoints of these composition operators. On the other hand, it is shown that there is not a unitary equivalence of the groups of Toeplitz operators and the adjoints of the composition operators on the whole of H², but there is a similarity between them.     

Toeplitz operators on Herglotz wave functions

The space of Herglotz wave functions in R² consists of all the solutions of the Helmholtz equation that can be represented as the Fourier transform in R² of a measure supported in the circle and with density in L²(S¹). This space has a structure of a Hilbert space with reproducing kernel. The purpose of this article is to study Toeplitz operators with nonnegative radial symbols, defined on this space. We study the symbols defining bounded and compact Toeplitz operators as well as the Toeplitz operators belonging to the Schatten classes sp.     

EP modular operators and their products

We study first EP modular operators on Hilbert C^?-modules and then we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the product of two EP modular operators to be EP. These enable us to extend some results of Koliha (2000) [13] for an arbitrary C^?-algebra and the C^?-algebras of compact operators.     

Isometries, Fock spaces, and spectral analysis of Schrödinger operators on trees

We construct conjugate operators for the real part of a completely non-unitary isometry and we give applications to the spectral and scattering theory of a class of operators on (complete) Fock spaces, natural generalizations of the Schrödinger operators on trees. We consider C^*-algebras generated by such Hamiltonians with certain types of anisotropy at infinity, we compute their quotient with respect to the ideal of compact operators, and give formulas for the essential spectrum of these Hamiltonians.     

Commuting Toeplitz operators on the Segal-Bargmann space

Consider two Toeplitz operators Tg, Tf on the Segal-Bargmann space over the complex plane. Let us assume that g is a radial function and both operators commute. Under certain growth condition at infinity of f and g we show that f must be radial, as well. We give a counterexample of this fact in case of bounded Toeplitz operators but a fast growing radial symbol g. In this case the vanishing commutator [Tg,Tf]=0 does not imply the radial dependence of f. Finally, we consider Toeplitz operators on the Segal-Bargmann space over Cn and n>1, where the commuting property of Toeplitz operators can be realized more easily.     

Quasi-diagonal C1-algebras

We consider perturbations of C¹-algebras by compact operators. We show that if A is a separable liminal algebra of operators on a separable Hilbert space, then it is a subalgebra of a compact perturbation of a block diagonal algebra.