## Journal of the Mathematical Society of Japan

### Essential norms of differences of composition operators on $\bm{H^\infty}$

#### Abstract

We study essential norms of differences of composition operators on the Banach algebra $H^\infty$ of bounded analytic functions on the unit disk.

#### Article information

Source
J. Math. Soc. Japan, Volume 57, Number 3 (2005), 669-690.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 14 September 2006

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jmsj/1158241928

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2969/jmsj/1158241928

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2139727

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1100.47022

#### Citation

HOSOKAWA, Takuya; IZUCHI, Keiji. Essential norms of differences of composition operators on $\bm{H^\infty}$. J. Math. Soc. Japan 57 (2005), no. 3, 669--690. doi:10.2969/jmsj/1158241928. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jmsj/1158241928

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