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Commutative C*-Algebras of Toeplitz Operators on the Unit Ball, II. Geometry of the Level Sets of Symbols

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In the first part [16] of this work, we described the commutative C*-algebras generated by Toeplitz operators on the unit ball \({\mathbb{B}}^{n}\) whose symbols are invariant under the action of certain Abelian groups of biholomorphisms of \({\mathbb{B}}^{n}\). Now we study the geometric properties of these symbols. This allows us to prove that the behavior observed in the case of the unit disk (see [3]) admits a natural generalization to the unit ball \({\mathbb{B}}^{n}\). Furthermore we give a classification result for commutative Toeplitz operator C*-algebras in terms of geometric and “dynamic” properties of the level sets of generating symbols.

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Correspondence to Nikolai Vasilevski.

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This work was partially supported by CONACYT Projects 46936 and 44620, México.

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Quiroga-Barranco, R., Vasilevski, N. Commutative C*-Algebras of Toeplitz Operators on the Unit Ball, II. Geometry of the Level Sets of Symbols. Integr. equ. oper. theory 60, 89–132 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00020-007-1540-y

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Mathematics Subject Classification (2000).

  • Primary 47B35
  • Secondary 47L80, 32A36, 32M15, 53C12, 53C55

Keywords.

  • Toeplitz operator
  • Bergman space
  • commutative C*-algebra
  • unit ball
  • Abelian groups of biholomorphisms
  • flat parallel submanifold
  • Lagrangian submanifold
  • Riemannian foliation
  • totally geodesic foliation