A Beurling-Rudin theorem for \(H^{\infty}\) (Q1820394)

We give a description of the closed ideals in QA. Using this we show that every closed ideal in \(H^{\infty}\) has the form \(u(J\cap H^{\infty})\) where u is an inner function and J is a closed ideal in \(H^{\infty}+C\). We also show that a closed \(H^{\infty}\) ideal with hull contained in the Šilov boundary is an intersection of maximal ideals.