Toeplitz operators on Herglotz wave functions (Q2389264)

The purpose of the paper under review is to study Toeplitz operators with nonnegative radial symbols defined on the space of all Herglotz wave functions in \({\mathbb R}^2\). This space consists of all solutions of the Helmholz equation \(\Delta u+u=0\) in \({\mathbb R}^2\) that are represented as the Fourier transform in \({\mathbb R}^2\) of a measure \(\phi d\lambda\), where \(\phi\in L^2(S^1)\) and \(\lambda\) is the Lebesgue measure on the torus \(S^1\). This space has the structure of a Hilbert space with reproducing kernel. Conditions on the symbols guaranteeing that Toeplitz operators on this space are bounded, compact, trace class, or Hilbert--Schmidt, are established. Some partial results concerning Toeplitz operators in the Schatten classes \(S_p\) are obtained as well.