Compact truncated Toeplitz operators (Q289594)

Denote by \(\mathbb D\) the unit disk on the complex plane and by \(H^2\) the classical Hardy space which consists of functions holomorphic on \(\mathbb D\). The model space \(K_\theta\) is defined as \[ K_\theta=H^2\ominus\theta H^2 \] for an inner function \(\theta\). Furthermore, denote by \(P_\theta\) the orthogonal projection from \(L_2\) onto the subspace \(K_\theta\). For \(\theta\in L_2\), the truncated Toeplitz operator \(A_\varphi\) is defined by \[ A_\varphi f=P_\theta(\varphi f). \] The authors of the present paper investigate the compactness of truncated Toeplitz operators on \(K_\theta\) for \(\varphi\in L^\infty\). Their results unify previous known results on compact truncated Toeplitz operators and provide a new criterion which is analogous to the Axler-Chang-Sarason-Volberg theorem. They also extend the Sarason theorem and the Bessonov theorem on compact truncated Toeplitz operators.