On norms of composition operators acting on Bergman spaces. (Q1426074)

The author studies the norm of a composition operator defined by \(C_{\varphi}(f)=f\circ\varphi\) for \(f\) analytic in the unit disk \(D\) on the Bergman spaces of \(D\), denoted by \(A^p\), consisting of analytic functions \(f\) such that \[ \| f\| _p=\left(\int_D| f'(z)| ^pdA(z)\right)^{1/p}<\infty, \] where \(dA\) is an area measure on \(D\) and \(1\leq p<\infty\). The author gives a new lower estimate for \(\| C_{\varphi}\| \) and shows that the norm of \(C_{\varphi}\) on \(A^p\) equals \((1-| \varphi(0)| ^2)^{-2/p}\) if and only if either \(\varphi\) fixes the origin or is constant, which is similar to the recent result of \textit{D. B. Pokorny} and \textit{J. E. Shapiro} [Integral Equations Oper. Theory 45, No. 3, 351--358 (2003; Zbl 1053.47019)]. Some results on the essential norms of composition operators on \(A^p\) are also obtained.