Gleason parts and COP (Q1123361)

Let COP be the intersection of \(H^{\infty}\) with the little Bloch space. It is shown that there is an h in COP and an inner function I in COP such that h/I is in \(H^ 1\) but not in COP. This answers a question of Metzger and extends an earlier result of Anderson. In a separate section it is shown that if two Gleason parts in \(M(H^{\infty})\) have disjoint closures then there is an \(H^{\infty}\) function which vanishes identically on one but not the other. That result yields a Corona theorem for certain subalgebras of \(H^{\infty}\).