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Derivations on Toeplitz Algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Michael Didas
Affiliation:
Fachrichtung Mathematik, Universität des Saarlandes, Postfach 15 11 50, D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germany e-mail: didas@math.uni-sb.deeschmei@math.uni-sb.de
Jörg Eschmeier
Affiliation:
Fachrichtung Mathematik, Universität des Saarlandes, Postfach 15 11 50, D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germany e-mail: didas@math.uni-sb.deeschmei@math.uni-sb.de
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Let ${{H}^{2}}\left( \Omega \right)$ be the Hardy space on a strictly pseudoconvex domain $\Omega \,\subset \,{{\mathbb{C}}^{n}}$, and let $A\,\subset \,{{L}^{\infty }}\left( \partial \Omega \right)$ denote the subalgebra of all ${{L}^{\infty }}$-functions $f$ with compact Hankel operator ${{H}_{f}}$. Given any closed subalgebra $B\,\subset \,A$ containing $C\left( \partial \Omega \right)$, we describe the first Hochschild cohomology group of the corresponding Toeplitz algebra $\mathcal{T}\left( B \right)\,\subset \,B\left( {{H}^{2}}\left( \Omega \right) \right)$. In particular, we show that every derivation on $\mathcal{T}\left( A \right)$ is inner. These results are new even for $n\,=\,1$, where it follows that every derivation on $\mathcal{T}\left( {{H}^{\infty }}\,+\,C \right)$ is inner, while there are non-inner derivations on $\mathcal{T}\left( {{H}^{\infty }}\,+\,C\left( \partial {{\mathbb{B}}_{n}} \right) \right)$ over the unit ball ${{\mathbb{B}}_{n}}$ in dimension $n\,>\,1$.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2014

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