Intertwining relations for Volterra operators on the Bergman space (Q2509820)

Let \(\mathbb{D}\) denote the open unit disk in the complex plane, \(H(\mathbb{D})\) be the collection of all analytic functions on \(\mathbb{D}\), and \(A^p\) denote the Bergman space \[ A^p:= \{ f \in H(\mathbb{D}), \; \|f\|_p^p:= \int_{\mathbb{D}} |f(z)|^p \; dA(z) < \infty \}, \] where \(dA(z)\) is the normalized Lebesgue area measure. Through composition, an analytic self-map \(\varphi\) of \(\mathbb{D}\) induces the classical linear composition operator \(C_{\varphi}\) defined by \[ C_{\varphi}: H(\mathbb{D}) \to H(\mathbb{D}), \; f \mapsto f \circ \varphi. \] The study of composition operators has quite a long and rich history, see the excellent monographs of \textit{C. C. Cowen} and \textit{B. D. MacCluer} [Composition operators on spaces of analytic functions. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press (1995; Zbl 0873.47017)] and of \textit{J. H. Shapiro} [Composition operators and classical function theory. New York: Springer-Verlag (1993; Zbl 0791.30033)]. In this paper, the composition operator is studied in combination with the following operators: Let \(g \in H(\mathbb{D})\). Then the Volterra operator \(J_g\) is defined by \[ J_g: H(\mathbb{D}) \to H(\mathbb{D}), \; (J_g f)(z)= \int_0^z f(\xi) g'(\xi) \; d \xi, \; z \in \mathbb{D}, \] while the co-Volterra operator \(I_g\) is given as follows \[ I_g: H(\mathbb{D}) \to H(\mathbb{D}), \; (I_gf)(z)= \int_0^z f'(\xi) g(\xi) \; d \xi, \; z \in \mathbb{D}. \] Now, let \(\varphi\) and \(\psi\) be analytic self-maps of the unit disk and \(g,h \in H(\mathbb{D})\). Moreover, it is assumed that the operators \(C_{\varphi}, C_{\psi}, J_g\) and \(J_h\) act on the Bergman space \(A^p\). In this case, the authors show that the equality \(C_{\varphi} J_g= J_h C_{\psi}\) is equivalent with the following: either \(g\) is a constant or \(\varphi(0)=0\), and \(\varphi=\psi\), \(h=g \circ \varphi + C\), where \(C\) is an arbitrary constant. In the case of the co-Volterra operator, a similar result is obtained.