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Let \(\phi\) be an analytic self-map of the unit disc \(D\) such that \(\phi(0)= 0\) and \(0<|\phi'(0)|< 1\) and let \(\phi_n= \phi\circ \phi\circ\cdots \circ\phi\) be the \(n\)th iterate of \(\phi\). The Koenigs sequence \(\{\sigma_n\}\) of \(\phi\) is \(\sigma_n(z):= \phi_n(z)/\phi'(0)^n\). A classical theorem of Koenigs says that \(\{\sigma_n\}\) converges locally uniformly to an analytic function \(\sigma\) and the equation \(\sigma\circ\phi= \phi'(0)\sigma\) holds on \(D\). The Hardy space membership of the Koenigs function \(\sigma\) is important to know in the study of the composition operator \(C_\phi: f\to f\circ\phi\) (on Hardy spaces) because the functional equation above implies \(\sigma^n\circ\phi= \phi'(0)^n\sigma^n\), \(n= 1,2,3,\dots\), and Koenigs showed that, up to constant multiples, powers of \(\sigma\) are the only solutions of these functional equations. Thus the point spectrum of \(C_\phi\) is directly related to the \(H^p\) membership of \(\sigma\). Furthermore, it has been shown by \textit{P. S. Bourdon} and \textit{J. H. Shapiro} [J. Am. Math. Soc. 10, No. 2, 299-325 (1997; Zbl 0870.30018)] and by \textit{P. Poggi-Corradini} [Mich. Math. J. 44, No. 3, 495-507 (1997; Zbl 0897.30014)] that the essential spectral radius of \(C_\phi\) can be determined exactly if the Hardy class membership of \(\sigma\) is known. In this article, the author studies the convergence of \(\{\sigma_n\}\) in the Hardy space norm. It is shown that if \(\phi\) is univalent then \(\{\sigma_n\}\) converges in the norm of \(H^p(D)\) whenever \(\sigma\in H^p(D)\). According to a remark at the end of the article, the restriction of univalence of \(\phi\) has been removed by Poggi-Corradini so the result holds for all self-maps \(\phi\) of \(D\) that fix \(0\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0880.00042].











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