Cyclicity in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces of analytic functions (Q476371)

This note investigates the cyclicity problem with respect to the forward shift operator acting on general reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces \(H\) of holomorphic functions on the unit disc. This class of spaces contains the Hardy space, the Dirichlet space and the Bergman space. Recall that \(f \in H\) is cyclic if the polynomial multiples of the function are dense in \(H\). The \(n\)-th optimal approximants and the \(n\)-th optimal norm are investigated in the present context. It is shown that optimal approximants exist and are uniquely determined as the solution of a certain linear system. The main result of the paper characterizes cyclic elements of \(H\) that are holomorphic on a disc centered at the origin with radius strictly bigger than \(1\) and whose zeros lie outside the unit disc. The proof is based on a reduction argument to the function \(f(z)=1-z\). Some open questions are mentioned.