Hankel and Toeplitz operators on Dirichlet spaces

In this paper we study Hankel and Toeplitz operators on Dirichlet type spaces D. We obtain necessary and sufficient condition on the symbols for these operators to be bounded and to belong to the Schatten ideal S^p for certain and p.     

Positive Toeplitz Operators Between the Harmonic Bergman Spaces

On the setting of the upper half space we study positive Toeplitz operators between the harmonic Bergman spaces. We give characterizations of bounded and compact positive Toeplitz operators taking a harmonic Bergman space b ^p into another b ^q for 1<p<, 1<q<. The case p=1 or q=1 seems more intriguing and is left open for further investigation. Also, we give criteria for positive Toeplitz operators acting on b ² to be in the Schatten classes. Some applications are also included.     

Hankel operators on the Dirichlet space

We study (small) Hankel operators on the Dirichlet space D with symbols in a class of function space, and show that such (small) Hankel operators are closely related to the corresponding Hankel operators on the Bergman space and the Hardy space H².     

Hankel and Toeplitz Transforms on H 1: Continuity, Compactness and Fredholm Properties

We revisit the boundedness of Hankel and Toeplitz operators acting on the Hardy space H ¹ and give a new proof of the old result stating that the Hankel operator H _a is bounded if and only if a has bounded logarithmic mean oscillation. We also establish a sufficient and necessary condition for H _a to be compact on H ¹. The Fredholm properties of Toeplitz operators on H ¹ are studied for symbols in a Banach algebra similar to C + H ^∞ under mild additional conditions caused by the differences in the boundedness of Toeplitz operators acting on H ¹ and H ². The first author was partially supported by the European Commission IHP Network “Harmonic Analysis and Related Problems” (Contract Number: HPRN-CT-2001-00273-HARP) and by the Greek Research Program “Pythagoras 2” (75% European funds and 25 National funds). The second author was fully supported by the European Commission IHP Network “Harmonic Analysis and Related Problems” (Contract Number: HPRN-CT-2001-00273-HARP) while he visited the first author at the University of Crete and later by the Academy of Finland Project 207048.     

Positive Toeplitz operators between the pluriharmonic Bergman spaces

We study Toeplitz operators between the pluriharmonic Bergman spaces for positive symbols on the ball. We give characterizations of bounded and compact Toeplitz operators taking a pluriharmonic Bergman space b ^p into another b ^q for 1 < p, q < ∞ in terms of certain Carleson and vanishing Carleson measures. This research was supported by KOSEF (R01-2003-000-10243-0) and Korea University Grant.     

Abstract,weighted, and multidimensional Adamjan-Arov-Krein theorems,and the singular numbers of Sarason commutants

The classical Adamjan-Arov-Krein (A-A-K) theorem relating the singular numbers of Hankel operators to best approximations of their symbols by rational functions is given an abstract version. This provides results for Hankel operators acting in weightedH ²(T; ), as well as inH ²(T ^d ), and an A-A-K type extension of Sarason's interpolation theorem. In particular, it is shown that all compact Hankel operators inH ²(T ^d ) are zero.Author partially supported by NSF grant DMS89-11717.     

Some results for operators on a model space

We investigate some problems for truncated Toeplitz operators. Namely, the solvability of the Riccati operator equation on the set of all truncated Toeplitz operators on the model space K _θ = H²ΘθH² is studied. We study in terms of Berezin symbols invertibility of model operators. We also prove some results for the Berezin number of the truncated Toeplitz operators. Moreover, we study some property for H²-functions in terms of noncyclicity of co-analytic Toeplitz operators and hypercyclicity of model operators.     

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].     

Toeplitz operators on Dirichlet spaces

In this paper we consider Toeplitz operators on Dirichlet spaces of the unit disk in whose symbols are nonnegative measures. We obtain necessry and sufficient conditions on the symbols for the operator to be bounded and compact. If the symbols are supported in a cone we also get necessary and sufficient conditions for the operators to belong to the Schatten p-class. Application to the Hankel operators are indicated.This work supported in part by NSF grant DMS 8701271     

Herz Classes and Toeplitz Operators in the Disk

In this paper we decompose into diadic annuli and consider the class S_p,q of Toeplitz operators T_φ for which the sequence of Schatten norms belongs to ℓ^q, where φ_n = φχ A_n. We study the boundedness and compactness of the operators in S_p,q and we describe the operators T_φ , φ ≥ 0 in these spaces in terms of weighted Herz norms of the averaging operator of the symbols φ.     

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     

Continuity properties for modulation spaces, with applications to pseudo-differential calculus—I

Let M^p,q denote the modulation space with parameters p,q∈[1,∞]. If 1/p₁+1/p₂=1+1/p₀ and 1/q₁+1/q₂=1/q₀, then it is proved that . The result is used to get inclusions between modulation spaces, Besov spaces and Schatten classes in calculus of Ψdo (pseudo-differential operators), and to extend the definition of Toeplitz operators. We also discuss continuity of ambiguity functions and Ψdo in the framework of modulation spaces.     

Hankel Operators on Fock Spaces and Related Bergman Kernel Estimates

Hankel operators with anti-holomorphic symbols are studied for a large class of weighted Fock spaces on ? ⁿ . The weights defining these Hilbert spaces are radial and subject to a mild smoothness condition. In addition, it is assumed that the weights decay at least as fast as the classical Gaussian weight. The main result of the paper says that a Hankel operator on such a Fock space is bounded if and only if the symbol belongs to a certain BMOA space, defined via the Berezin transform. The latter space coincides with a corresponding Bloch space which is defined by means of the Bergman metric. This characterization of boundedness relies on certain precise estimates for the Bergman kernel and the Bergman metric. Characterizations of compact Hankel operators and Schatten class Hankel operators are also given. In the latter case, results on Carleson measures and Toeplitz operators along with Hörmander’s L ² estimates for the $\bar{\partial}$ operator are key ingredients in the proof.     

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.     

Commutative <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>*-Algebras of Toeplitz Operators on the Unit Ball,I. Bargmann-Type Transforms and Spectral Representations of Toeplitz Operators

Extending known results for the unit disk, we prove that for the unit ball there exist n+2 different cases of commutative C*-algebras generated by Toeplitz operators, acting on weighted Bergman spaces. In all cases the bounded measurable symbols of Toeplitz operators are invariant under the action of certain commutative subgroups of biholomorphisms of the unit ball. This work was partially supported by CONACYT Projects 46936 and 44620, México.     

Schatten class Toeplitz operators on generalized Fock spaces

In this paper we characterize the Schatten p   class membership of Toeplitz operators with positive measure symbols acting on generalized Fock spaces for the full range 0<p<∞$0<p<\infty$.     

On Ptak's Generalization of Hankel Operators

In 1997 Ptak defined generalized Hankel operators as follows: Given two contractions and , an operator is said to be a generalized Hankel operator if and X satisfies a boundedness condition that depends on the unitary parts of the minimal isometric dilations of T ₁ and T ₂. This approach, call it (P), contrasts with a previous one developed by Ptak and Vrbova in 1988, call it (PV), based on the existence of a previously defined generalized Toeplitz operator. There seemed to be a strong but somewhat hidden connection between the theories (P) and (PV) and we clarify that connection by proving that (P) is more general than (PV), even strictly more general for some T ₁ and T ₂, and by studying when they coincide. Then we characterize the existence of Hankel operators, Hankel symbols and analytic Hankel symbols, solving in this way some open problems proposed by Ptak.     

Toeplitz Operators with Semi-Almost-Periodic Matrix Symbols on Hardy Spaces

We establish a Fredholm criterion and an index formula for Toeplitz operators with semi-almost-periodic matrix symbols on the Hardy spaces H ^p (1<p<). Our main result completes the Fredholm theory of the aforementioned operators and generalizes previous results, which concerned the case p=2 or were based on certain additional assumptions, such as factorizability, for the almost-periodic representatives of the symbol.