An operator inequality for weighted Bergman shift operators (Q373499)

Let \(\omega\) be a log-subharmonic weight of order \(\alpha\) on the open unit disk \(\mathbb{D}\) of \(\mathbb{C}\), that is, a nonnegative function on \(\mathbb{D}\) such that \(\log\left(\omega(z)/(1-|z|^2)^\alpha\right)\) is subharmonic. Denote by \(A^2_\omega(\mathbb{D})\) the corresponding weighted Bergman space, and let \(S\) be the shift operator \(S(f)(z)=zf(z)\). The authors prove that, if \(\omega\) is a log-subharmonic weight of integer order \(\alpha\geq 0\), then \[ \|f+(\alpha+1)Sg\|_{A^2_\omega(\mathbb{D})}^2 \leq (\alpha+2)\left( \|Sf\|_{A^2_\omega(\mathbb{D})}^2+\|g\|_{A^2_\omega(\mathbb{D})}^2 +\alpha \|Sg\|_{A^2_\omega(\mathbb{D})}^2 \right), \] This generalizes results in [\textit{H. Hedenmalm, S. Jakobsson} and \textit{S. Shimorin}, J. Reine Angew. Math. 550, 25--75 (2002; Zbl 1013.53025)] (\(\alpha=0\)) and [\textit{S. Shimorin}, J. Reine Angew. Math. 531, 147--189 (2001; Zbl 0974.47014)] (\(\alpha=1\)). Motivated by the above result, for \(\alpha>-1\), the authors consider the class \(\mathcal{L}_\alpha\) of bounded linear operators \(T\) on a Hilbert space \(\mathcal{H}\) satisfying \[ \|f+(\alpha+1)Tg\|^2 \leq (\alpha+2)\left( \|Tf\|^2+\|g\|^2+\alpha \|Tg\|^2 \right). \] The main results proved in this paper include a characterization of these operators, the embedding \(\mathcal{L}_\alpha\subset \mathcal{L}_\beta\), \(\alpha<\beta,\) and the fact that the operators in \(\mathcal{L}_\alpha\), \(-1<\alpha\leq 0\), are contractions. The paper concludes with some examples of shift operators on weighted spaces of sequences and on weighted Bergman spaces satisfying the above inequality. Inequalities of the above type appear in different settings within the theory of Bergman spaces, such as the study of contractive divisors, reproducing kernels and Wold type decompositions.