A theorem of Brown-Halmos type for Bergman space Toeplitz operators (Q5953433)

From author's abstract: We study the analogous of the Brown-Halmos theorem for Toeplitz operators on the Bergman space. We show that for \(f\) and \(g\) harmonic, \(T_f T_g= T_h\) only in the trivial case, provided that \(h\) is of class \(C^2\) with the invariant Laplacian bounded. Here the trivial cases are \(\overline f\) or \(g\) holomorphic. From this we conclude that the zero-product problem for harmonic symbols has only the trivial solution. Finally, we provide examples that show the Brown-Halmos theorem fails for general symbols, even for symbols continuous up to the boundary.