Commutants of Analytic Toeplitz Operators on the Harmonic Bergman Space

We study the commuting problem for Toeplitz operators on the harmonic Bergman space of the unit disk. We show that an analytic Toeplitz operator and a co-analytic Toeplitz operator with certain noncyclicity hypothesis can commute only when one of their symbols is constant. We also obtain analogous results for semi-commutants.     

Products of Bergman space Toeplitz operators on the polydisk

Motivated by recent works of Ahern and uković on the disk, we study the generalized zero product problem for Toeplitz operators acting on the Bergman space of the polydisk. First, we extend the results to the polydisk. Next, we study the generalized compact product problem. Our results are new even on the disk. As a consequence on higher dimensional polydisks, we show that the generalized zero and compact product properties are the same for Toeplitz operators in a certain case.The first three authors were partially supported by KOSEF(R01-2003-000-10243-0) and the last author was partially supported by the National Science Foundation.     

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.     

On Toeplitz operators with quasihomogeneous symbols

In this paper, we give some basic results concerning Toeplitz operators whose symbol is of the form e^{i p θ}ϕ, where ϕ is a radial function, then use these results to characterize all Toeplitz operators which commute with them.Received: 12 June 2004; revised: 27 January 2005     

Bounded Toeplitz Products on the Bergman Space of the Unit Ball in \mathbb{C}^n

We investigate necessary and sufficient conditions for boundedness of the operator on the Bergman space of the unit ball for n ≥ 1, where T_f is the Toeplitz operator. Those conditions are related to boundedness of the Berezin transform of symbols f and g. We construct the inner product formula which plays a crucial role in proving the sufficiency of the conditions.     

Semi-commutators of Toeplitz operators on the Bergman space

In this paper several necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained for the semi-commutator of Toeplitz operators andT _g with bounded pluriharmonic symbols on the unit ball to be compact on the Bergman space. Using -harmonic function theory on the unit ball we show that with bounded pluriharmonic symbolsf andg is zero on the Bergman space of the unit ball or the Hardy space of the unit sphere if and only if eitherf org is holomorphic.The author was supported in part by the National Science Foundation.     

A Note on the Range of Toeplitz Operators

A well known lemma attributed to Coburn states that a Toeplitz operator with non-trivial kernel acting on the Hardy space must have dense range. We show that the range of a non-zero Toeplitz operator with non-trivial kernel must contain all polynomials and state this in a precise form.     

Toeplitz Operators on Analytic Besov Spaces

We characterize complex measures μ on the unit disk for which the Toeplitz operator T _μ is bounded or compact on the analytic Besov spaces B _p with 1 ≤ p < ∞. Research supported in part by NSF grant, DMS 0200587 (first author); and by a NSERC grant (third author).     

Norms of Moore-Penrose Inverses of Fredholm Toeplitz Operators

In this paper we estimate the norm of the Moore-Penrose inverse T(a)⁺ of a Fredholm Toeplitz operator T(a) with a matrix-valued symbol a∈L_{N × N}^∞ defined on the complex unit circle. In particular, we show that in the ”generic case” the strict inequality ||T(a)⁺|| > ||a⁻¹||_∞ holds. Moreover, we discuss the asymptotic behavior of ||T(t^ra)⁺|| for . The results are illustrated by numerical experiments.     

Compact Operators on Bergman Spaces

We prove that a bounded operator S on L _a ^p for p > 1 is compact if and only if the Berezin transform of S vanishes on the boundary of the unit disk if S satisfies some integrable conditions. Some estimates about the norm and essential norm of Toeplitz operators with symbols in BT are obtained.     

Bergman Space Structure,Commutative Algebras of Toeplitz Operators,and Hyperbolic Geometry

We exhibit a surprising but natural connection among the Bergman space structure, commutative algebras of Toeplitz operators and pencils of hyperbolic straight lines. The commutative C*-algebras of Toeplitz operators on the unit disk can be classified as follows. Each pencil of hyperbolic straight lines determines the set of symbols consisting of functions which are constant on corresponding cycles, the orthogonal trajectories to lines forming a pencil. It turns out that the C*-algebra generated by Toeplitz operators with this class of symbols is commutative. Submitted: January 15, 2001?Revised: February 7, 2002     

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.     

A Note on Maximal Inner Spaces of the Bergman Space

For an invariant subspace I of the Bergman space on the unit disk D, the associated inner space I zI has been known to have nice properties K. Zhu has recently given, in terms of kernels of Hankel operators, several characterizations for an inner space to be maximal. We show that maximality of inner spaces can be understood alternatively by use of the adjoint operator of the Bergman shift operator on      

The Reproducing Kernel Thesis for Toeplitz Operators on the Paley-Wiener Space

It is known that for particular classes of operators on certain reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces, key properties of the operators (such as boundedness or compactness) may be determined by the behaviour of the operators on the reproducing kernels. We prove such results for Toeplitz operators on the Paley-Wiener space, a reproducing kernel Hilbert space over . Namely, we show that the norm of such an operator is equivalent to the supremum of the norms of the images of the normalised reproducing kernels of the space. In particular, therefore, the operator is bounded exactly when this supremum is finite. In addition, a counterexample is provided which shows that the operator norm is not equivalent to the supremum of the norms of the images of the real normalised reproducing kernels. We also give a necessary and sufficient condition for compactness of the operators, in terms of their limiting behaviour on the reproducing kernels.     

Finite Rank Perturbations of Toeplitz Operators

We study finite rank perturbations of the Brown-Halmos type results involving products of Toeplitz operators acting on the Bergman space.      

Almost-invertible Toeplitz operators and K-theory

We consider the question of when a Toeplitz operator with continuous symbol on a connected compact abelian group is almost invertible, and show that this occurs precisely when the symbol is invertible and has zero topological index. The proof uses someK-theory computations.     

Hilbert-Schmidt Hankel Operators on the Bergman Space of Planar Domains

In this paper we study the problem of the membership of H _ϕ in the Hilbert-Schmidt class, when and Ω is a planar domain. We find a necessary and sufficient condition.We apply this result to the problem of joint membership of H _φ and in the Hilbert-Schmidt class. Using the notion of Berezin Transform and a result of K. Zhu we are able to give a necessary and sufficient condition. Finally, we recover a result of Arazy, Fisher and Peetre on the case with φ holomorphic.     

The Essential Norm of Hankel Operators on the Weighted Bergman Spaces with Exponential Type Weights

Let denote the closed subspace of consisting of analytic functions in the unit disc . For certain class of subharmonic functions and , it is shown that the essential norm of Hankel operator is comparable to the distance norm from H_f to compact Hankel operators.     

Automorphisms on the Toeplitz Algebra with Piecewise Continuous Symbol on the Unit Ball

In this paper, we obtain a Fredholm index formula for Toeplitz operators whose symbols are certain piecewise continuous function matrices on the unit ball. Moreover, using this formula, we discuss the automorphisms on the corresponding Toeplitz algebra     

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).