On Shapiro's compactness criterion for composition operators

Abstract: For any analytic self-map

p s i

of

z : | z | < 1

, J. H. Shapiro has established that the square of the essential norm of the composition operator

C_{p} s i

on the Hardy Space

H^{2}

is precisely

l i m s u p_{| w | i g h t a r r o w 1^{-}} N_{p} s i (w) / (1 - | w |)

; where

N_{p} s i

is the Nevanlinna counting function for

p s i

. In this paper we show that this quantity is equal to

This alternative expression provides a link between the one given by Shapiro and earlier measure-theoretic notions. Applications are given.

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