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$C^\ast$-algebras generated by a subnormal operator
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by Kit C. Chan and Z̆eljko C̆uc̆ković PDF
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 351 (1999), 1445-1460 Request permission

Abstract:

Using the functional calculus for a normal operator, we provide a result for generalized Toeplitz operators, analogous to the theorem of Axler and Shields on harmonic extensions of the disc algebra. Besides that result, we prove that if $T$ is an injective subnormal weighted shift, then any two nontrivial subspaces invariant under $T$ cannot be orthogonal to each other. Then we show that the $C^*$-algebra generated by $T$ and the identity operator contains all the compact operators as its commutator ideal, and we give a characterization of that $C^*$-algebra in terms of generalized Toeplitz operators. Motivated by these results, we further obtain their several-variable analogues, which generalize and unify Coburn’s theorems for the Hardy space and the Bergman space of the unit ball.
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  • Kit C. Chan
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0221
  • Email: kchan@bgnet.bgsu.edu
  • Z̆eljko C̆uc̆ković
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390
  • MR Author ID: 294593
  • Email: zcuckovi@math.utoledo.edu
  • Received by editor(s): December 4, 1995
  • Received by editor(s) in revised form: March 4, 1998
  • © Copyright 1999 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 351 (1999), 1445-1460
  • MSC (1991): Primary 47B20, 32A37, 46L05; Secondary 46E20, 47A13, 47B37
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-99-02389-2
  • MathSciNet review: 1624093