Operator theory in the Hardy space over the bidisk. II (Q5956230)

The paper is the second part of the issue consisting from three parts and connecting with operator theory in Hardy spaces over the bidisk. This paper also is devoted to the systematic description some problems of the operator theory in the Hardy spaces \(H^2 (D^2)\) over the bidisk and is the continuation of part I [\textit{R. G. Douglas} and \textit{R. Yang}, Integral Equations Oper. Theory 38, No. 2, 207-221 (2000; Zbl 0970.47016)]. The main attention here is connected with the evaluation operator. Contents. Section 1. Evaluation operator and characteristic operator function. Section 2. Difference quotient operator. Section 3. Essential spectrum. Section 4. Compactness of evaluation operators. Section 5. Compression operators.