Composition operators within singly generated composition <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>*-algebras

Let ϕ be a linear-fractional self-map of the open unit disk D, not an automorphism, such that ϕ(ζ) = η for two distinct points ζ,η in the unit circle ∂D. We consider the problem of determining which composition operators, acting on the Hardy space H ², lie in C*(C _ϕ ,K), the unital C*-algebra generated by the composition operator C _ϕ and the ideal K of compact operators. This necessitates a companion study of the unital C*-algebra generated by the composition operators induced by all parabolic non-automorphisms with common fixed point on the unit circle.     

Weighted composition operators from Bergman-type spaces into Bloch spaces

Let ϕ be an analytic self-map and u be a fixed analytic function on the open unit disk D in the complex plane ℂ. The weighted composition operator is defined by

Interpolation of operators of weak type (ϕ<Subscript>0</Subscript>, ψ<Subscript>0</Subscript>, ϕ<Subscript>1</Subscript>, ψ<Subscript>1</Subscript>) in Lorentz spaces

We prove theorems on interpolation of quasilinear operators of weak type (ϕ₀, ψ₀, ϕ₀, ψ₁) in Lorentz spaces. The operators under study are analogs of the Calderón operator and the Benett operator for concave and convex functions ϕ₀(t), ψ₀(t), ϕ₁(t), and ψ₁(t). __________ Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 57, No. 11, pp. 1490–1507, November, 2005.     

Compactness of Composition Operators from the Bloch Space B to QK Spaces

Suppose that φ is an analytic self-map of the unit disk Δ. We consider compactness of the composition operator Cφ from the Bloch space B into the spaces QK defined by a nonnegative, nondecreasing function K（r） for 0 ≤ r 〈 Cφ. Our compactness condition depends only on Φ which can be considered as a slight improvement of the known results. The compactness of Cφ from the Dirichlet space D into the spaces QK is also investigated,     

Spectra of weighted composition operators on weighted banach spaces of analytic functions

We determine the spectra of weighted composition operators acting on the weighted Banach spaces of analytic functionsH _{ν p} ^∞ when the symbolφ has a fixed point in the open unit disk. Further, we apply this result to give the spectra of composition operators on Bloch type spaces. In particular, we answer in the affirmative a conjecture by MacCluer and Saxe. The research of the second author was partially supported by the Academy of Finland Project No. 51906; the research of this paper was carried out while this author was visiting Kent State University, whose hospitality is acknowledged with thanks.     

The continuity of superposition operators on some sequence spaces defined by moduli

Let λ and μ be solid sequence spaces. For a sequence of modulus functions Φ = (ϕ k) let λ(Φ) = {x = (x _k ): (ϕk(|x _k |)) ∈ λ}. Given another sequence of modulus functions Ψ = (ψ_k), we characterize the continuity of the superposition operators P _f from λ(Φ) into μ (Ψ) for some Banach sequence spaces λ and μ under the assumptions that the moduli ϕk (k ∈ ℕ) are unbounded and the topologies on the sequence spaces λ(Φ) and μ(Ψ) are given by certain F-norms. As applications we consider superposition operators on some multiplier sequence spaces of Maddox type. This research was supported by Estonian Science Foundation Grant 5376.     

Spectra of composition operators on the bloch and bergman spaces

Whenϕ is an analytic map of the unit diskU into itself, andX is a Banach space of analytic functions onU, define the composition operatorC _ϕ byC _ϕ (f)=f o ϕ, forf∈X. In this paper we show how to use the Calderón theory of complex interpolation to obtain information on the spectrum ofC _ϕ (under suitable hypotheses onϕ) acting on the Bloch spaceB and BMOA, the space of analytic functions in BMO. To do this we first obtain some results on the essential spectral radius and spectrum ofC _ϕ on the Bergman spacesA ^pand Hardy spacesH ^p,spaces which are connected toB and BMOA by the interpolation relationships [A ¹,B] _t =A ^pand [H ¹,BMOA] _t =H ^pfor 1=p(1−t).     

Linear fractional composition operators on the Dirichlet space in the unit ball

We investigate the adjoints of linear fractional composition operators Cφ acting on classical Dirichlet space D(BN ) in the unit ball BN of CN , and characterize the normality and essential normality of Cφ on D(BN ) and the Dirichlet space modulo constant function D0(BN ), where φ is a linear fractional map of BN . In addition, we also show that for any non-elliptic linear fractional map φ of BN , the composition maps σ ο φ and φ ο σ are elliptic or parabolic linear fractional maps of BN .     

Weighted composition operators on weighted Bergman spaces of bounded symmetric domains

In this paper, we study the weighted compositon operators on weighted Bergman spaces of bounded symmetric domains. The necessary and sufficient conditions for a weighted composition operator W _φψ to be bounded and compact are studied by using the Carleson measure techniques. In the last section, we study the Schatten p-class weighted composition operators.     

Realization of a sum of sequences by a sum graph

It is shown that the realizability of the sequences ϕ=(a ₁,…, _a ), ψ=(b ₁,…,b _n ) and ϕ+ψ is a sufficient condition for the realizability of ϕ+ψ by a graph with a ϕ-factor ifb _i ≦1 fori=1,…,n. The condition is not sufficient in general. A necessary and sufficient condition for the realizability of ϕ+ψ by a graph with a ϕ-factor is given for the case that ϕ is realizable by a star and isolated vertices.     

Weighted Composition Operators on H 2 and Applications

Operators on function spaces acting by composition to the right with a fixed selfmap φ of some set are called composition operators of symbol φ. A weighted composition operator is an operator equal to a composition operator followed by a multiplication operator. We summarize the basic properties of bounded and compact weighted composition operators on the Hilbert Hardy space on the open unit disk and use them to study composition operators on Hardy–Smirnov spaces. Submitted: January 30, 2007. Revised: June 19, 2007. Accepted: July 11, 2007.     

Joint Hyponormality of Rational Toeplitz Pairs

We characterize hyponormal “rational” Toeplitz pairs which are pairs of Toeplitz operators whose symbols are rational functions in L^∞. The main result of this article is as follows. If T = (T_ϕ, T_ψ) is a hyponormal rational Toeplitz pair then ϕ − βψ ∈H² for some constant β; in other words, their co-analytic parts necessarily coincide up to a constant multiple. As a corollary we get a complete characterization of hyponormal rational Toeplitz pairs.     

Tensor products of Drinfeld modules andv-adic representations

We define the tensor product ϕ ⊗ ψ and relatedt-modules Sym²(ϕ), and ∧²(ϕ) for Drinfeld modules ϕ, ψ defined over the rational function fieldK=F _q (T), and describe thev-adic Tate modules of theset-modules by using those of ϕ, ψ.     

Weighted differentiation composition operators from H and Bloch spaces to nth weighted-type spaces on the unit disk

We characterize the boundedness and compactness of weighted differentiation composition operators from the space of bounded analytic functions, the Bloch space and the little Bloch space to nth weighted-type spaces on the unit disk.     

Composition Operators and Vector-valued BMOA

Analytic composition operators are studied on X-valued versions of BMOA, the space of analytic functions on the unit disk that have bounded mean oscillation on the unit circle, where X is a complex Banach space. It is shown that if X is reflexive and C _φ is compact on BMOA, then C _φ is weakly compact on the X-valued space BMOA _C (X) defined in terms of Carleson measures. A related function-theoretic characterization is given of the compact composition operators on BMOA.     

Eigenvalues of Weighted Composition Operators on the Bloch Space

This note discusses eigenvalues of weighted composition operators uC _φ on the Bloch space. The main result provides a class of uC _φ for which computation of eigenvalues is possible. We also construct an example of a non-compact operator C _φ whose eigenvalues can be determined precisely.     

The Essential Norm of Weighted Composition Operators on Weighted Banach Spaces of Analytic Functions

For a wide class of radial weights we calculate the essential norm of a weighted composition operator uC_j{uC_\varphi} on the weighted Banach spaces of analytic functions in terms of the analytic function u \colon \mathbb D ? \mathbb C{u \colon \mathbb D \to \mathbb C} and the nth power of the analytic selfmap j{\varphi} of the open unit disc \mathbb D{\mathbb D} . We also apply our result to calculate the essential norm of composition operators acting on Bloch type spaces with general radial weights.     

Bounded projectors in spaces of functions holomorphic in the unit ball

The paper studies some bounded operators in the Banach spaces L ^∞(B) and L ¹(B) over the unit ball B of ℂ ⁿ , the range of which are the corresponding holomorphic subspaces A _∞(φ) and A ¹(ϕ) depending on a normal pair of weight-functions {φ, ϕ}.     

The zeros of functions in Nevanlinna’s area class

Let {Z_n=1{( _n ^∓ ) bea sequence of points in the unit open disk, and letNϕ(U) denote the class of functionsf analytic in the unit disk U such that |f|∈L ( _ϕ ¹ )(U). For ϕ ≡ 1, the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence off εN(U) and vanishing atz _n is Σ( _n=1 ^∓ ) (1–|Z_n|)² ∞. Also we estimate a large family of canonical products. These results are extended to ϕ(z)=(1-|z|)^ϕ. This represents a part of a Ph.D. thesis conducted at the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Mathematics, by Dr. C. A. Horowitz. His help during the preparation of this paper is gratefully acknowledged.     

Essential norm of products of multiplication composition and differentiation operators on weighted Bergman spaces

Let ψ be a holomorphic function on the open unit disk D and φ a holomorphic self-map of D. Let C_φ,M_ψ and D denote the composition, multiplication and differentiation operator, respectively. We find an asymptotic expression for the essential norm of products of these operators on weighted Bergman spaces on the unit disk. This paper is a continuation of our recent paper concerning the boundedness of these operators on weighted Bergman spaces.