Linear combination of composition operators on \(H^\infty\) and the Bloch space (Q2414678)

Associated to given \(k\) analytic self-maps \(\varphi_j\); \(j=1,\dots,k\), of the unit disc \(D\) in the complex plane \(\mathbb{C}\), the authors consider and characterize the compactness of the linear combination \[ \lambda_1C_{\varphi_1}+ \lambda_2C_{\varphi_2}+ \dots +\lambda_kC_{\varphi_k}, \quad \lambda_j\in \mathbb{C}, \] of composition operators \(C_{\varphi_j}(f):= f\circ \varphi_j\), when acting on the Bloch space \(\mathcal{B}\) of all holomorphic functions on \(D\) subject to norm boundedness \[ \|f\|_{\mathcal{B}}:= |f(0)| + \sup_{z\in D} (1 - |z|^2)|f'(z)| < +\infty. \] More precisely, they show that \(\lambda_1C_{\varphi_1}+ \lambda_2C_{\varphi_2}+ \dots +\lambda_kC_{\varphi_k}\) is compact if and only if \[ \lim_n \|\lambda_1\varphi_1^n+ \lambda_2\varphi_2^n+ \dots +\lambda_k\varphi_k^n\|_{\mathcal{B}} =0. \] This result generalizes the one obtained by \textit{H. Wulan} et al. [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 137, No. 11, 3861--3868 (2009; Zbl 1194.47038)] corresponding to \(k=1\). The same assertion holds true for the Banach algebra \(H^\infty\) of all bounded analytic functions on \(D\) endowed with the supremum norm \[ \|f\|_{H^\infty} := \sup_{z\in D} |f(z)|. \]