A note on closed-range composition operators (Q513400)

Denote by \(\varphi:\mathbb{D}\to \mathbb{D}\) a self-analytic map of the unit disk \(\mathbb{D}=\{z: |z|<1\}\). The composition operator \(C_{\varphi}\) is defined, for an analytic function \(f\) on \(\mathbb{D}\), by \((C_{\varphi})f(z)=f(\varphi(z))\). The closed-rangedness of a composition operator \(C_{\varphi}\) is studied in this paper. Denote \(\varphi(a)=\frac{ a-z}{1-\overline{a}z}\). In terms of \(\varphi(a)\), with some additional conditions, the authors obtain a criterion for closed-rangedness of \(C_{\varphi}\) which can be conferred on a smaller space. An example is provided to show the necessity of these conditions.