Abstract
This paper investigates weighted composition–differentiation operators acting between Bers-type spaces defined on a generalized Hua domain of the first kind. By establishing a key norm inequality for functions in these spaces, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the boundedness and compactness of such operators.
Keywords:
generalized Hua domain of the first kind; weighted composition–differentiation operators; Bers-type space; boundedness and compactness MSC:
32A37; 47B38
1. Introduction
Let and be two points in . Their standard inner product is defined by
This inner product induces the standard Euclidean norm on
Now let , and let be an r-tuple with for every i. For any , we define the -norm by
Correspondingly, for , , we introduce the associated form
When , we have
which shows that the form is positive definite and compatible with the -norm.
We proceed to establish the upper bound estimate:
Let and with for . The set
is called a polydisk (or polydisc) with center and radius . In particular, when and for all j, this is called a unit polydisk, denoted by , i.e.,
Clearly, when , this reduces to an open unit disk, which we denote by . That is,
The ball with center and radius is defined by
In particular, when and , this reduces to a unit ball, which we denote by . That is,
When , this is also a unit disk .
Regarding the unit disk , Fatehi and Hammond [1] systematically expounded the definitions of various operators and, building upon this foundation, defined the composition–differentiation operators. In this paper, we extend their framework by generalizing these operators. While earlier work mainly considered individual operators, Zhu and Hu [2] systematically analyzed the properties of finite linear combinations of weighted differential composition operators.
Regarding the unit ball , Stević and Ueki [3] mainly discussed two distinct construction forms: those implementing composition followed by differentiation, and those applying differentiation before composition. Meanwhile, they extended the scope of composition–differentiation operators, and characterized the properties of generalized operators. By introducing two new types of operators and leveraging their unique properties, Hagger [4] extended the classical result for Toeplitz operators.
Regarding the unit polydisk , Kosiński [5] derived the boundedness of composition operators by introducing an inequality relating the modulus of a function to the modulus of its gradient. Starting from classical compactness theory and a basic research framework of composition operators, Choe [6] further explored the compactness conditions and related criteria for linear combinations of such operators.
For special cases of bounded symmetric domains, relevant studies on the unit disk, unit ball, and polydisk can be found in references [7,8,9,10,11,12,13].
In the 1930s, Cartan [14] completed the foundational classification of irreducible bounded symmetric domains, identifying six distinct families. In this paper, we focus on the Cartan domain of the first kind, which is defined as
where are positive integers, denotes the transpose of Z, and its entrywise complex conjugate. Regarding , Quiroga-Barranco [15] investigated Toeplitz operators with radial-like invariant symbols, characterizing both their boundedness and the commutativity of pairs of such operators associated with distinct invariant symbols. By performing coordinate decomposition on matrices, Jiang [16] derived an inequality between the modulus of a function’s radial derivative and its norm, and thereby characterized the properties of operators on weighted Zygmund spaces. Further studies concerning various Cartan domains can be found in [17,18,19,20].
Since 1998, Yin [21] has systematically constructed five classes of domains, namely Cartan–Hartogs domains, Cartan–Egg domains, Hua domains, generalized Hua domains, and the Hua construction. Among these, the first two are special cases of Hua domains, while the last two are generalizations of Hua domains. Collectively, these families are referred to as Hua domains. We now give the precise definition of the generalized Hua domain of the first kind:
Here, are positive integers, , and . When , the generalized Hua domain of the first kind reduces to an ellipsoid. When and , the generalized Hua domain of the first kind becomes the unit ball. For simplicity, we set for all , so that each corresponding vector reduces to a complex scalar in . For brevity, we write to refer to the generalized Hua domain of the first kind throughout the rest of this paper.
By the definition of , for any , we have
Rearranging gives
Since , by the singular value decomposition, there exist unitary matrices and satisfying
with . Then
where is the conjugate transpose of the unitary matrix . So
The condition implies for all , i.e., . Therefore,
with equality if and only if all , i.e., . Since , we obtain
Also, , so
In general, except for the unit ball, Hua domains are non-homogeneous domains, and therefore the study of their problems is of great significance. Wang and Su [22] constructed a more general framework for Hua domains, yielding results that hold for all five classes of their classes. Zhang [23] established sufficient conditions ensuring that a Kähler-Ricci soliton must be a Kähler–Einstein metric on the Cartan–Hartogs domain. Wang [24,25] extended the Hua inequality, enabling its application to a broader class of domains. By adopting extended Hua inequalities, Huo [26] explored integral operators defined on Cartan–Hartogs domains and achieved excellent research outcomes. In this paper, we employ this generalized version to characterize the properties of the defined norm. Su and Zhang [27] firstly utilized the properties of matrix determinants on Cartan–Hartogs domains to establish inequalities between two distinct norms, which has been a great inspiration for our research. We further generalize this method and relevant techniques to derive more general forms of inequalities.
Although extensive research has been conducted on Hua domains, the study of differential operators on them remains largely unexplored. To the best of our knowledge, this paper is the first to investigate weighted composition–differentiation operators on . Building on the work of Zhu [28], we prove Lemma 6, which creatively establishes an inequality between the modulus of the derivative on the unit disk and the norm defined in this paper.
The result of Lemma 6 is then extended from the unit disk to , yielding Lemma 7. These two lemmas are particularly useful in our study, and we hope they will also be useful to other researchers working on differential operators.
2. Preliminaries
Prior to the below analysis, we introduce the precise definitions of the operators under consideration and the associated Bers-type spaces. We also establish several key lemmas that serve as essential technical foundations for the derivation of the main results of this paper.
Let be a bounded domain in , denote the set of all holomorphic functions on , and denote the set of all holomorphic self-maps on . Then consider and . The operator
is called a weighted composition–differentiation operator, as introduced in [1], for any . Here, for , it follows that
The Bers-type space on is formulated as
where
Our definition of the Bers-type space also applies to the unit ball and the unit disk , which can be denoted by and , respectively.
Clearly, is a norm on . We next verify the completeness of .
Let . Then for any , by inequalities (1) and (2), we have . Suppose that is a Cauchy sequence in . Then for any , there exists such that for all , we have
For any compact subset of , there exists , fulfilling
From (3), it follows that
Then converges uniformly to f on every compact subset of . Consequently, we can find with
Furthermore, letting in (3), we obtain, for all , that
In particular, set , then for all ,
Therefore,
Hence, , and thus is a Banach space.
In the following, stand for positive constants not depending on the function being discussed, whose values may differ from line to line.
Lemma 1
([29]). Let be an Hermitian matrix with . Then
Equality holds if and only if is a diagonal matrix.
Lemma 2
([30]). Let and all have the same sign, with . Then
Lemma 3
([26]). Let , , , and let ℑ be a positive integer. Then
Lemma 4
([28]). If and , then for all ,
where
and is the normalized area measure on unit disk .
Lemma 5
([28]). For any , , , there exists a constant (depending only on T and K, but independent of t, α, and z) such that for all , , ,
Lemma 6.
For any , and , there exists a constant such that
Proof.
For any , by the fundamental properties of weighted Bergman spaces, we note that . Since , we have . Then by Lemma 4,
Differentiating with respect to z, we obtain
Therefore,
by Lemma 5, there exists such that
Therefore,
Using the identity , we have
so that
Since , we have , so and thus . Therefore,
where , and we may take . □
Lemma 7.
Let , , () be positive integers. Let be a holomorphic self-map on . Then for all , there exists a constant such that
Proof.
For any , let
We first derive the explicit form of by computing its entries. For any with and , we have
Therefore, is an positive semi-definite Hermitian matrix, whose explicit form is
Subtracting this matrix from the identity matrix I, we obtain the matrix
Since , the matrix is positive definite. In particular, all its diagonal entries are positive, i.e.,
In particular, for any fixed indices , we have
Taking the product over all and , we obtain
By the inequality (9), we have
Since , it follows that
Next, by (8), we obtain
Since and , we have
Thus,
Eventually, from inequalities (6) and (7), we can find a constant satisfying
where . Combining all the estimates above, we conclude that
Furthermore, by Lemma 6, we can find constants C and satisfying
where .
□
Lemma 8
([26]). Let with . Then
and
Equality holds if .
Lemma 9.
For all and , the following holds:
Proof.
The definition of directly implies that
Therefore,
which completes the proof. □
Lemma 10.
Let be a holomorphic self-map on , and let . Then the weighted composition–differentiation operator is compact if and only if is bounded, and for any bounded sequence in that converges uniformly to 0 on every compact subset K of , we have
Proof.
Let be a compact operator, and let be a bounded sequence in converging uniformly to 0 on every compact subset of . Suppose, on the other hand, that as . Then we can extract a subsequence of satisfying
By the compactness of , we may extract a further subsequence of (still denoted for simplicity) with
From Lemma 9, the following holds:
Now let K be any compact subset of . Then has a positive lower bound on K. Thus, uniformly on K. This means that for any , there exists with the property that for all ,
for all .
According to our assumption, converges uniformly to 0 on every compact subset of . According to the Weierstrass theorem, also converges uniformly to 0 on every compact subset. Thus, for the above , let be a positive integer with the property that , for all and every . Let and . Then for all , we get
Because can be taken to be arbitrarily small, we obtain on K. According to the identity theorem for holomorphic functions, this implies that throughout . Therefore,
contradicting the assumption that .
In the opposite direction, assume is any bounded sequence in so that for some constant and all n. Then is uniformly bounded on every compact subset of . Montel’s theorem guarantees the existence of a subsequence of that converges uniformly to some holomorphic function f on every compact subset of .
For any fixed , there exists a compact subset fulfilling . Since uniformly on as , there exists satisfying , for all and .
Moreover,
Therefore,
By the arbitrariness of , we conclude that for all ,
This immediately implies that , and hence
Thus, on every compact subset of as . Consequently, we get
This shows that the operator is compact. □
3. Boundedness of
Next, we combine Lemma 7 with a suitably constructed test function in order to verify the operator’s bound, thereby establishing the desired estimate.
Theorem 1.
Let , , and let (j = 1,2,…,r). Suppose is a holomorphic self-map on , and . Let . If
then is bounded.
For the other direction, if is bounded, then
where
Here, denotes the matrix whose -entry is 1 and all other entries are 0.
Proof.
On the one hand, assume condition (13) holds. For any , we proceed as follows:
Multiplying and dividing by the term , an application of Lemma 7 gives us
Consequently, for all , we obtain
This shows that the operator is bounded.
On the other hand, assume that is a bounded operator. Take any point and define a holomorphic test function on via
The test function we construct enables us to estimate images under the operator by using the boundedness of the operator. For all , from (12), it follows that
Therefore,
Taking partial derivatives of the test function, we obtain
where , , . Therefore,
Thus,
Let ,
Therefore,
□
For , , , reduces to the classical unit ball
As an immediate consequence of the main result, we arrive at the following corollary:
Corollary 1.
Suppose ϕ is a holomorphic self-map on , and . Then is bounded if and only if
4. Compactness of
In this section, Lemma 7 is also applied to prove compactness of the operator, which we verify by discussing the properties of the constructed test functions.
Theorem 2.
Suppose , , and let be a holomorphic self-map of , . Denote , and let () be positive integers. If and
then is compact.
Proof.
Assuming that (16) holds, then the supremum condition
holds. By virtue of Theorem 1, the operator is bounded. Choose a bounded sequence converging uniformly to zero on every compact subset of . Thus, one can find , for which holds for all . In view of (16), for any , there exists , whenever , then
We now apply Lemma 7 to estimate the main term:
Additionally, let
Then is a compact subset of . For the above , we can find so that , for all whenever . Since , it follows from the Weierstrass theorem that , for sufficiently large j and all . Therefore, for the above , then the following holds:
Combining the inequalities above, we obtain
Finally, using Lemma 10, we conclude that is compact.
Meanwhile, since every compact operator between Banach spaces is automatically bounded, it follows that if is compact, then it is also bounded. Let , and clearly . Then there exists a constant C satisfying that
This indicates . Take into account the sequence subject to as . In the absence of such a sequence, cannot approach the boundary of at all. In this case, the limit in condition (17) is vacuously satisfied, since there are no points along which the expression could fail to tend to zero. Furthermore, we construct the following sequence of test functions:
For one thing, the test function is bounded in the norm of ; for another, it tends to zero near the boundary of the domain. For all , by (12), we have
Thus,
Since , as , we have . Consider a compact subset . For , the quantity is bounded below by a positive constant, so converges uniformly to 0 on every compact subset of as . By Lemma 10, it follows that .
Taking partial derivatives of the test function, for each i we obtain
where , , , and .
By substituting the partial derivatives of into the expression for the operator , we derive the following estimate for :
Taking ,
where
Since , as , it follows that
□
By considering the same case as in Corollary 1, we obtain the following corollary on the unit ball, which gives the necessary and sufficient conditions for compactness.
Corollary 2.
Suppose ϕ is a holomorphic self-map on , and . Then is a compact operator if and only if
Author Contributions
Writing—original draft preparation, J.S. and M.S. Writing—review and editing, K.W. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant/Award Number: 11771184, the High-Quality Scientific and Technological Cultivation Program of JSNU, Grant/Award Number: JSNUGZL2026072.
Data Availability Statement
The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article; further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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