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Let \(D\) be the unit disc, \(\Gamma\) the unit circle, \({\mathcal M}\) the set of complex-valued Borel measures on \(\Gamma\), and \(H(D)\) the set of functions holomorphic on \(D \). For \(\alpha>0\), let \({\mathcal F}_\alpha\) be the set of functions in \(H(D)\) given by (1) \(f(z)= \int_\Gamma (1-xz)^{-\alpha} d\mu (x)\) for \(\mu\) in \({\mathcal M}\). \({\mathcal F}_\alpha\) is a Banach space under the norm \(|f|_\alpha =\inf \{|\mu |:(1)\) holds\}. The Besov space \({\mathcal B}_\alpha\) is the Banach space of functions \(f\) in \(H(D)\) for which the following norm is finite: \[ \bigl|f(0)\bigr |+ \int^1_0 \int^\pi_{-\pi} \bigl|f'(re^{i \theta}) \bigr|(1-r)^{ \alpha-1} d\theta dr. \] It is known that \({\mathcal B}_\alpha \subset {\mathcal F}_\alpha\) and that \({\mathcal F}_\alpha \subset {\mathcal B}_\beta\) for every \(\beta> \alpha\). Let \(\Phi\) be an analytic self-map of the disc. \(\Phi\) is said to induce a composition operator on \({\mathcal F}_\alpha\) if \(f\circ \Phi\) is in \({ \mathcal F}_\alpha\) for every \(f\) in \({\mathcal F}_\alpha\). The set of \(\Phi\) with this property depends on \(\alpha\). The author gives an examle of a \(\Phi\) which induces a composition operator on \({\mathcal F}_\beta\) for \(\beta \geq 0.5\), but not on \({\mathcal F}_\alpha\) for \(\alpha \leq 0.17\). The paper's first main result is that if \(\beta> \alpha>0\) and \(\Phi\) induces a composition operator on \({\mathcal F}_\alpha\), then \(\Phi\) induces a composition operator on \({\mathcal F}_\beta\). A characterization is given for those \(\Phi\) which induce a bounded transformation from \({\mathcal F}_\alpha\) to \({\mathcal B}_\alpha\); these are the \(\Phi\) for which the set \(\{1/(1-x \Phi)^\alpha: |x |=1\}\) is a norm-bounded subset of \({\mathcal B}_\alpha\). Finally, it is shown that all such \(\Phi\) induce bounded linear transformations from \({\mathcal F}_\beta\) to \({\mathcal B}_\beta\) for all \(\beta> \alpha\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0880.00042].