Difference of composition operators between standard weighted Bergman spaces (Q542858): Difference between revisions

Let \(\varphi\) be an analytic self map of the unit disc \(\mathbb D=\{z:z\in \mathbb C,\;|z|<1\}\). The composition operator \(C_{\varphi}\) is defined by \(C_{\varphi}(f)=f\circ \varphi\) whenever \(f\) is also analytic on \(\mathbb D\). If \(\alpha >-1\) and \(A\) is the normalized Lebesgue measure on \(\mathbb D,\) a new measure can be defined on \(\mathbb D\) by \(A_{\alpha}(E):=(\alpha +1)\int_E(1-|z|^2)^{\alpha}\,dA(z)\). For \(0<p,\) the Bergman space \(A^p_{\alpha}\) is the subspace of \(L^p(A_{\alpha})\) which consists of analytic functions on \(\mathbb D\). Let \(-1<\alpha\) and \(-1<\beta\). For \(\varphi,\psi\) analytic self maps of \(\mathbb D\) and \(0<p\leq q,\) the author studies when the difference operator \(C_{\varphi}-C_{\psi}\) maps \(A^p_{\alpha}\) into \(A^q_{\alpha}\). He shows that this is the case if and only if the weighted composition operators \(\sigma C_{\varphi}\) and \(\sigma C_{\psi}\) also do that, where \(\sigma(z)=\dfrac{\varphi(z)-\psi(z)}{1-\overline{\varphi(z)}\psi(z)}\). This last map has been studied by \textit{J. Moorhouse} [J. Funct. Anal. 219, No. 1, 70--92 (2005; Zbl 1087.47032)] in relation with the compact differences of composition operators. The author also studies the essential norm of \(C_{\varphi}-C_{\psi}\). For \(1\leq p\), let \(H^p(\mathbb D)\) be the classic Hardy space. He shows that, if \(1<p \leq q\) and \(\varphi, \psi\) are analytic self maps of \(\mathbb D\) such that \(\sigma C_{\varphi}\) and \(\sigma C_{\psi}\) map \(H^p(\mathbb D)\) into \(H^q(\mathbb D)\), then so does \(C_{\varphi}-C_{\psi}\). Furthermore, if \(\sigma C_{\varphi}\) and \(\sigma C_{\psi}\) are compact, then so is \( C_{\varphi}- C_{\psi}\). \(\frac {3}{2}\)