Numerical ranges of radial Toeplitz operators on Bergman space (Q2655385)

The Bergman space \(A^2(\mathcal D) \) of the open unit disc \(\mathcal D\) in the plane consists of the analytic functions \(f:\mathcal D\to {\mathbb C}\) which are square-integrable with respect to the area measure \(dA\). For an essentially bounded function \(\phi\) on \(\mathcal D\), the Toeplitz operator \(T_\phi\) is the operator on \(A^2(\mathcal D)\) defined by \(T_\phi(f)=P(\phi f)\) for \(f\in A^2(\mathcal D)\), where \(P\) denotes the orthogonal projection from \(L^2(\mathcal D)\) onto \(A^2(\mathcal D)\). \(T_\phi\) or \(\phi\) is said to be radial if \(\phi(z)=\phi(|z|)\) for almost all \(z\) in \(\mathcal D\). The authors study the numerical range of such operators. It is shown that all finite segments, convex hulls of analytic images of \(\mathcal D\) and closed convex polygonal regions in the plane are numerical ranges of radial Toeplitz operators. On the other hand, Toeplitz operators \(T_\phi\) with \(\phi\) radial or \(\phi\) harmonic on \(\mathcal D\) and continuous on \(\overline{\mathcal D}\) are convexoid, but certain compact quasinilpotent Toeplitz operators are not.