Contractive zero-divisors in Bergman spaces (Q811603)

Generalizing a result of \textit{H. Hedenmalm} [J. Reine Angew. Math. (to appear)] for \(p=2\), a contractive zero-divisor is found in the Bergman space \(A^ p\) over the unit disk for \(1\leq p<\infty\). This is a function \(G\in A^ p\) with norm \(\| G\|_ p=1\) and with a prescribed zero-set \(\{\zeta_ j\}\), uniquely determined by the contractive property \(\| f/G\|_ p\leq\| f\|_ p\) for all \(f\in A^ p\) which vanish on \(\{\zeta_ j\}\). The canonical divisor is constructed via an extremal problem. The proof of its contractive property uses the positivity of the biharmonic Green function in the disk. For a finite zero-set, the canonical divisor \(G\) is represented explicitly in terms of the Bergman kernel of a certain weighted \(A^ 2\) space. It is then shown that \(G\) has an analytic continuation to a larger disk.