Let u and $\varphi $ be two analytic functions on the unit disk D such that $\varphi (D) \subset D$ . A weighted composition operator $uC_{\varphi }$ induced by u and $\varphi $ is defined on $A^2_{\alpha }$ , the weighted Bergman space of D, by $uC_{\varphi }f := u \cdot f \circ \varphi $ for every $f \in A^2_{\alpha }$ . We obtain sufficient conditions for the compactness of $uC_{\varphi }$ in terms of function-theoretic properties of u and $\varphi $ . We also characterize when $uC_{\varphi }$ on $A^2_{\alpha }$ is Hilbert–Schmidt. In particular, the characterization is independent of $\alpha $ when $\varphi $ is an automorphism of D. Furthermore, we investigate the Hilbert–Schmidt difference of two weighted composition operators on $A^2_{\alpha }$ .

We extend bifurcation results of nonlinear eigenvalue problems from real Banach spaces to any neighbourhood of a given point. For points of odd multiplicity on these restricted domains, we establish that the component of solutions through the bifurcation point either is unbounded, admits an accumulation point on the boundary, or contains an even number of odd-multiplicity points. In the simple-multiplicity case, we show that branches of solutions in the directions of corresponding eigenvectors satisfy similar conditions on such restricted domains.

We provide complete characterisations for the compactness of weighted composition operators between two distinct $L^{p}$-spaces, where $1\leq p\leq \infty$. As a corollary, when the underlying measure space is nonatomic, the only compact weighted composition map between $L^{p}$-spaces is the zero operator.

Let $u$ and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D711}$ be two analytic functions on the unit disc $D$ such that $\unicode[STIX]{x1D711}(D)\subset D$. A weighted composition operator $uC_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D711}}$ induced by $u$ and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D711}$ is defined by $uC_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D711}}f:=u\cdot f\circ \unicode[STIX]{x1D711}$ for every $f$ in $H^{p}$, the Hardy space of $D$. We investigate compactness of $uC_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D711}}$ on $H^{p}$ in terms of function-theoretic properties of $u$ and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D711}$.

We prove that if p > 1, $w\in A_p^ +$, b ∈ CMO and $C_b^ + $ is the commutator with symbol b of a Calderón–Zygmund convolution singular integral with kernel supported on (−∞, 0), then $C_b^ + $ is compact from Lp(w) into itself.

We show that a regular locally compact quantum group $\mathbb{G}$ is discrete if and only if ${{\mathcal{L}}^{\infty }}\left( \mathbb{G} \right)$ contains non-zero compact operators on ${{\mathcal{L}}^{2}}\left( \mathbb{G} \right)$. As a corollary we classify all discrete quantum groups among regular locally compact quantum groups $\mathbb{G}$ where ${{\mathcal{L}}^{1}}\left( \mathbb{G} \right)$ has the Radon-Nikodym property.

Some subadditivity inequalities for matrices and concave functions also hold for Hilbert space operators, but (unfortunately!) with an additional $\varepsilon $ term. It does not seem possible to erase this residual term. However, in case of compact operators we show that the $\varepsilon $ term is unnecessary. Further, these inequalities are strict in a certain sense when some natural assumptions are satisfied. The discussion also emphasizes matrices and their compressions and several open questions or conjectures are considered, both in the matrix and operator settings.

We give a necessary and sufficient condition for pseudo-differential operators with SGsymbols to be compact from L2(ℝn)into L2(ℝn).

A vector measure result is used to study the complementation of the space $K\left( X,Y \right)$ of compact operators in the spaces $W\left( X,Y \right)$ of weakly compact operators, $CC\left( X,Y \right)$ of completely continuous operators, and $U\left( X,Y \right)$ of unconditionally converging operators. Results of Kalton and Emmanuele concerning the complementation of $K\left( X,Y \right)$ in $L\left( X,Y \right)$ and in $W\left( X,Y \right)$ are generalized. The containment of ${{c}_{0}}$ and ${{\ell }_{\infty }}$ in spaces of operators is also studied.

We study the complementation of the space $W\left( X,Y \right)$ of weakly compact operators, the space $K\left( X,Y \right)$ of compact operators, the space $U\left( X,Y \right)$ of unconditionally converging operators, and the space $CC\left( X,Y \right)$ of completely continuous operators in the space $L\left( X,Y \right)$ of bounded linear operators from $X$ to $Y$. Feder proved that if $X$ is infinite-dimensional and ${{c}_{0}}\,\to \,Y$, then $K\left( X,Y \right)$ is uncomplemented in $L\left( X,Y \right)$. Emmanuele and John showed that if ${{c}_{0}}\,\to \,K(X,\,Y)$, then $K\left( X,Y \right)$ is uncomplemented in $L\left( X,Y \right)$. Bator and Lewis showed that if $X$ is not a Grothendieck space and ${{c}_{0}}\,\to \,Y$, then $W\left( X,Y \right)$ is uncomplemented in $L\left( X,Y \right)$. In this paper, classical results of Kalton and separably determined operator ideals with property $\left( * \right)$ are used to obtain complementation results that yield these theorems as corollaries.

The Banach spaces $L(X,Y),K(X,Y),{{L}_{{{w}^{*}}}}({{X}^{*}},Y)$, and ${{K}_{{{w}^{*}}}}({{X}^{*}},Y)$ are studied to determine when they contain the classical Banach spaces ${{c}_{o}}$ or ${{l}_{\infty }}$. The complementation of the Banach space $K(X,Y)$ in $L(X,Y)$ is discussed as well as what impact this complementation has on the embedding of ${{c}_{o}}$ or ${{l}_{\infty }}$ in $K(X,Y)$ or $L(X,Y)$. Results of Kalton, Feder, and Emmanuele concerning the complementation of $K(X,Y)$ in $L(X,Y)$ are generalized. Results concerning the complementation of the Banach space ${{K}_{{{w}^{*}}}}({{X}^{*}},Y)$ in ${{L}_{{{w}^{*}}}}({{X}^{*}},Y)$ are also explored as well as how that complementation affects the embedding of ${{c}_{o}}$ or ${{l}_{\infty }}$ in ${{K}_{{{w}^{*}}}}({{X}^{*}},Y)$ or ${{L}_{{{w}^{*}}}}({{X}^{*}},Y)$. The ${{l}_{p}}$ spaces for $1\,=\,p\,<\,\infty $ are studied to determine when the space of compact operators from one ${{l}_{p}}$ space to another contains ${{c}_{o}}$. The paper contains a new result which classifies these spaces of operators. A new result using vector measures is given to provide more efficient proofs of theorems by Kalton, Feder, Emmanuele, Emmanuele and John, and Bator and Lewis.

It is well-known that bounded operators in Hilbert C*-modules over C*-algebras may not be adjointable and the same is true for compact operators. So, there are two analogs for classical compact operators in Hilbert C*-modules: adjointable compact operators and all compact operators, i.e. those not necessarily having an adjoint.

Classical Fredholm operators are those that are invertible modulo compact operators. When the notion of a Fredholm operator in a Hilbert C*-module was developed in [6], the first analog was used: Fredholm operators were defined as operators that are invertible modulo adjointable compact operators.

In this paper we use the second analog and develop a more general version of Fredholm operators over C*-algebras. Such operators are defined as bounded operators that are invertible modulo the ideal of all compact operators. The main property of this new class is that a Fredholm operator still has a decomposition into a direct sum of an isomorphism and a finitely generated operator.

The special case of Fredholm operators (in the sense of [6]) over the commutative C*-algebra C(K) of continuous functions on a compact topological space K was also considered in [2]. In order to describe general Fredholm operators (invertible modulo all compact operators over C(K)) we construct a new IM-topology on the space of compact operators on a Hilbert space such that continuous families of compact operators generate the ideal of all compact operators over C(K).

We consider differences of composition operators between given weighted Banach spaces or Hv0 of analytic functions with weighted sup-norms and give estimates for the distance of these differences to the space of compact operators. We also study boundedness and compactness of the operators. Some examples illustrate our results.

We work with interpolation methods for $N$-tuples of Banach spaces associated with polygons. We compare necessary conditions for interpolating closed operator ideals with conditions required to interpolate compactness. We also establish a formula for the measure of non-compactness of interpolated operators.

Composition operators Cτ between Orlicz spaces Lϕ (Ω, Σ, μ) generated by measurable and nonsingular transformations τ from Ω into itself are considered. We characterize boundedness and compactness of the composition operator between Orlicz spaces in terms of properties of the mapping τ, the function ϕ and the measure space (Ω, Σ, μ). These results generalize earlier results known for Lp-spaces.

Suppose X and Y are closed subspaces of (ΣXn)p and (ΣYn)q (1 < p ≦ q < ∞, dim Xn < ∞, dimYn < ∞), respectively. If K(X, Y), the space of the compact linear operators from X to Y, is dense in L(X, Y), the space of the bounded linear operators from X to Y, in the strong operator topology, then K(X, Y) is an M-ideal in L(X, Y).

Let K be a non-trivial complete non-Archimedean valued field and let E be an infinite-dimensional Banach space over K. Some of the main results are:

(1) K is spherically complete if and only if every weakly convergent sequence in l∞ is norm-convergent.

(2) If the valuation of K is dense, then C0 is complemented in E if and only if C(E,c0) is n o t complemented in L(E,c0), where L(E,c0) is the space of all continuous linear operators from E to c0 and C(E,c0) is the subspace of L(E, c0) consisting of all compact linear operators.

Let X and Y be Banach spaces, L(X, Y) the space of bounded linear operators from X to Y and C(X, Y) its subspace of the compact operators. A sequence {Ti} in C(X, Y) is said to be an unconditional compact expansion of T ∈ L (X, Y) if ∑ Tix converges unconditionally to Tx for every x ∈ X. We prove: (1) If there exists a non-compact T ∈ L(X, Y) admitting an unconditional compact expansion then C(X, Y) is not complemented in L(X, Y), and (2) Let X and Y be classical Banach spaces (i.e. spaces whose duals are some LP(μ) spaces) then either L(X, Y) = C(X, Y) or C(X, Y) is not complemented in L(X, Y).