Weighted composition operators on algebras of differentiable functions (Q511321)

Let \(X\) be a perfect compact planar set, \(n\in \mathbb N\), and denote by \(D^n(X)\) the algebra of all complex-valued functions on \(X\) with continuous \(n\)-th derivative. In this paper, the authors study weighted composition operators on \(D^n(X)\). In Section 2, they consider the compactness of those maps and show that for certain planar sets \(X\) a weighted composition operator on \(D^n(X)\) is compact if and only if the composing function is constant or the image of the co-zero set of the weight function under the composing function is in the interior of \(X\). As a consequence, the authors characterize power compact composition operators on these algebras. Let \(X\) be a compact planar set and \(A(X)\) be the uniform algebra of all continuous functions on \(X\) which are analytic in the interior of \(X\). Let \(A\) be a unital Banach subalgebra of \(A(X)\) containing the coordinate function \(z\). In Section 3, the authors determine the spectra of Riesz weighted composition operators on such algebras \(A\) and then obtain corresponding results for \(D^n(X)\), too.