An analytic self-map φ : D → D of the open unit disk D in the complex plane induces the composition operator Cφ on H(D), the space of holomorphic functions on D, defined by Cφ(f) = f ◦φ. A basic goal in the study of composition operators is to relate function theoretic properties of φ to operator theoretic properties of Cφ. Here we review some results that characterize when φ induces a bounded ...

We analyze the limit of the spectrum of a geometric Dirac-type operator under a collapse with bounded diameter and bounded sectional curvature. In the case of a smooth limit space B, we show that the limit of the spectrum is given by the spectrum of a certain first-order differential operator on B, which can be constructed using superconnections. In the case of a general limit space X , we expr...

The operator Aε = D1g1(x1/ε, x2)D1 + D2g2(x1/ε, x2)D2 is considered in L2(R ), where gj(x1, x2), j = 1, 2, are periodic in x1 with period 1, bounded and positive definite. Let function Q(x1, x2) be bounded, positive definite and periodic in x1 with period 1. Let Q(x1, x2) = Q(x1/ε, x2). The behavior of the operator (Aε + Q ) as ε → 0 is studied. It is proved that the operator (Aε +Q ) tends to ...

A consequence of Littlewood’s Subordination Principle [10] is the (not at all obvious) fact that every composition operator restricts to a bounded operator on the Hardy space H2 (see also [5, Theorem 1.7, page 10] or [16, pp. 13–15]), and this in turn has inspired a lively enterprise connecting complex function theory with operator theory, the goal being to understand how properties Cφ are rela...

We provide a direct proof that the Haagerup estimate on the completely bounded norm of elementary operators is best possible in the case of B(H) via a generalisation of a theorem of Stampfli. We show that for an elementary operator T of length `, the completely bounded norm is equal to the k-norm for k = `. A C*-algebra A has the property that the completely bounded norm of every elementary ope...