Essential norms and weak compactness of integration operators (Q636744)

Let \(g\) be an analytic function on the unit disk \(\mathbb D\) in the complex plane. The generalized Volterra integral operator \(T_ g\) is defined by the formula \( (T_ g f)(z)=\int_0^{z}f(\zeta)g'(\zeta)\,d\zeta \), \(z\in {\mathbb D}\), for functions \(f\) analytic in \(\mathbb D\). There are found two-sided estimates for essential and weak essential norms of \(T_ g\) on the spaces \(H^ p\) and \(BMOA\). For example, for \(g\in BMOA\), \(T_ g:H^ p\rightarrow H^ p\), \(1\leq p<\infty\), the following relation holds: \( \| T_ g\|_ e\simeq \text{dist}(g,VMOA) \). It is proved that on the spaces \(H^1\) and \(BMOA\), the operator \(T_ g\) is weakly compact if and only if it is compact.