Abstract
Harold Widom proved in 1966 that the spectrum of a Toeplitz operator T(a) acting on the Hardy space Hp(T) over the unit circle T is a connected subset of the complex plane for every bounded measurable symbol a and 1 < p < ∞. In 1972, Ronald Douglas established the connectedness of the essential spectrum of T(a) on H2(T). We show that, as was suspected, these results remain valid in the setting of Hardy spaces Hp(G,&ohgr;),1<p<∞, with general Muckenhoupt weights &ohgr; over arbitrary Carleson curves G.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 83-114 |
Number of pages | 32 |
Journal | Integral Equations and Operator Theory |
Volume | 65 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2009 |
Keywords
- Carleson curve
- Essential spectrum
- Hardy space
- Index
- Muckenhoupt weight
- Pettis integral
- Spectrum
- Toeplitz operator
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analysis
- Algebra and Number Theory