ROOM TWO: Toeplitz-composition algebras with discontinuous symbols and linear fractional self-maps
This talk aims to extend the investigation of C*-algebras generated by con-
tinuous Toeplitz operators and linear fractional composition operators on the Hardy space
to certain classes of discontinuous Toeplitz symbols. We show that the C*-algebra generated
by quasicontinuous Toeplitz operators and a group of automorphic composition operators is
isomorphic modulo the compact operators to the crossed product of the C*-algebra of qua-
sicontinuous functions by the group acting as compositions of these functions. Specializing
to the case of a single rational rotation generator, we characterize the Fredholm operators
in the algebra and discuss their indices. These results extend certain results of M. Jury
(2007). Next, we consider the commutative non-self-adjoint Calkin subalgebra generated
by the composition operator of a non-parabolic linear fractional non-automorphism xing a
boundary point and a certain class of piecewise quasicontinuous Toeplitz operators. Its max-
imal ideal space and Shilov boundary are identied, which yields essential spectral bounds
upon spectral permanence considerations in the Calkin algebra. These results are motivated
by Quertermous (2013) which obtained an isomorphism of a noncommutative C*-algebra.