Corona theorem for strictly pseudoconvex domains

Nearly 60 years have passed since Lennart Carleson gave his proof of Corona Theorem for unit disc in the complex plane. It was only recently that M. Kosiek and K. Rudol obtained the first positive result for Corona Theorem in multidimensional case. Using duality methods for uniform algebras the authors proved "abstract" Corona Theorem which allowed to solve Corona Problem for a wide class of regular domains. In this paper we expand Corona Theorem to strictly pseudoconvex domains with smooth boundaries.

From ℋ∞ to 𝒩. Pointwise properties and algebraic structure in the Nevanlinna class

This survey shows how, for the Nevanlinna class 𝒩 of the unit disc, one can define and often characterize the analogues of well-known objects and properties related to the algebra of bounded analytic functions ℋ∞: interpolating sequences, Corona theorem, sets of determination, stable rank, as well as the more recent notions of Weak Embedding Property and threshold of invertibility for quotient algebras. The general rule we observe is that a given result for ℋ∞ can be transposed to 𝒩 by replacing uniform bounds by a suitable control by positive harmonic functions. We show several instances where this rule applies, as well as some exceptions. We also briefly discuss the situation for the related Smirnov class.

Bounding smooth solutions of Bezout equations

Given data $f=(f_1,f_2,\dots ,f_n)$ in the holomorphic part $ A= F_+$ of a symmetric Banach\slash topological algebra $ F$ on the unit circle $\mathbb{T}$, we estimate solutions $ g_j\in A$ to the corresponding Bezout equation $\sum _{j=1}^ng_jf_j=1$ in terms of the lower spectral parameter δ, $0< \delta \leq |f(z)|$, and an inversion controlling function $c_1(\delta ,F)$ for the algebra $F$. A scheme developed issues from an analysis of the famous Uchiyama-Wolff proof to the Carleson corona theorem and includes examples of algebras of “smooth” functions, as Beurling-Sobolev, Lipschitz, or Wiener-Dirichlet algebras. There is no real “corona problem” in this setting, the issue is in the growth rate of the upper bound for $\|g\|_{A^n}$ as $\delta \to 0$ and in numerical values of the quantities that occur, which are determined as accurately as possible.