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Katie S. Quertermous

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Fixed Point Composition and Toeplitz-Composition C*-algebras

Let $φ$ be a linear-fractional, non-automorphism self-map of $\mathbb{D}$ that fixes $ζ\in \mathbb{T}$ and satisfies $φ^{\prime}(ζ) \neq 1$ and consider the composition operator $C_φ$ acting on the Hardy space $H^2(\mathbb{D}).$ We determine which linear-fractionally-induced composition operators are contained in the unital C$^*$-algebra generated by $C_φ$ and the ideal $\mathcal{K}$ of compact operators. We apply these results to show that $C^*(C_φ, \mathcal{K})$ and $C^*(\mathcal{F}_ζ)$, the unital C$^*$-algebra generated by all composition operators induced by linear-fractional, non-automorphism self-maps of $\mathbb{D}$ that fix $ζ$, are each isomorphic, modulo the ideal of compact operators, to a unitization of a crossed product of $C_0([0,1])$. We compute the K-theory of $C^*(C_φ, \mathcal{K})$ and calculate the essential spectra of a class of operators in this C$^*$-algebra. We also obtain a full description of the structures, modulo the ideal of compact operators, of the C$^*$-algebras generated by the unilateral shift $T_z$ and a single linear-fractionally-induced composition operator.

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A Semigroup Composition C*-algebra

For 0 < s < 1, let phi_s(z)=sz+(1-s). We investigate the unital C*-algebra generated by the semigroup {C_{phi_s} : 0 < s < 1} of composition operators acting on the Hardy space of the unit disk. We determine the joint approximate point spectrum of a related collection of operators and show that the quotient of the C*-algebra by its commutator ideal is isomorphic to the direct sum of the complex numbers and the algebra of almost periodic functions on the real line. In addition, we show that the C*-algebra is irreducible.

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