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In Koenigs' footsteps: Diagonalization of composition operators

Spectral Theory 2019-09-04 v2 Functional Analysis

Abstract

Let φ:DD\varphi:\mathbb{D} \to \mathbb{D} be a holomorphic map with a fixed point αD\alpha\in\mathbb{D} such that 0φ(α)<10\leq |\varphi'(\alpha)|<1. We show that the spectrum of the composition operator CφC_\varphi on the Fr\'echet space Hol(D) \textrm{Hol}(\mathbb{D}) is {0}{φ(α)n:n=0,1,}\{0\}\cup \{ \varphi'(\alpha)^n:n=0,1,\cdots\} and its essential spectrum is reduced to {0}\{0\}. This contrasts the situation where a restriction of CφC_\varphi to Banach spaces such as H2(D)H^2(\mathbb{D}) is considered. Our proofs are based on explicit formulae for the spectral projections associated with the point spectrum found by Koenigs. Finally, as a byproduct, we obtain information on the spectrum for bounded composition operators induced by a Schr\"oder symbol on arbitrary Banach spaces of holomorphic functions.

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@article{arxiv.1903.04990,
  title  = {In Koenigs' footsteps: Diagonalization of composition operators},
  author = {Wolfgang Arendt and Benjamin Célariès and Isabelle Chalendar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.04990},
  year   = {2019}
}
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