Compact products of Hankel operators (Q1592838)

Let \(H_f, f\in L_\infty\), denote the Hankel operator acting in the Hardy space on the unit disk. The authors study the conditions on functions \(f_1,f_2,f_3\) when the product \(H^\ast_{f_1}H_{f_2}H^\ast_{f_3}\) of Hankel operators is compact. They give the function theoretic characterization for this compactness. Also it is obtained the necessary and sufficient condition for the operators \(H^\ast_{f_1}H_{f_2}H^\ast_{f_3}, H^\ast_{f_2}H_{f_1}H^\ast_{f_3}\), and \(H^\ast_{f_1}H_{f_3}H^\ast_{f_2}\) to be simultaneously compact.