Beurling's Theorem And Invariant Subspaces For The Shift On Hardy Spaces

Abstract

Let $G$ be a bounded open subset in the complex plane and let $H^{2}(G)$ denote the Hardy space on $G$. We call a bounded simply connected domain $W$ perfectly connected if the boundary value function of the inverse of the Riemann map from $W$ onto the unit disk $D$ is almost 1-1 rwith respect to the Lebesgure on $\partial D$ and if the Riemann map belongs to the weak-star closure of the polynomials in $H^{\infty}(W)$. Our main theorem states: In order that for each $M\in Lat(M_{z})$, there exist $u\in H^{\infty}(G)$ such that $ M = \vee\{u H^{2}(G)\}$, it is necessary and sufficient that the following hold: 1) Each component of $G$ is a perfectly connected domain. 2) The harmonic measures of the components of $G$ are mutually singular. 3) % $P^{\infty}(\omega) The set of polynomials is weak-star dense in $ H^{\infty}(G)$. \noindent Moreover, if $G$ satisfies these conditions, then every $M\in Lat(M_{z})$ is of the form $u H^{2}(G)$, where %$u\in H^{\infty}(G)$ and the restriction of $u$ to each of the components of $G$ is either an inner function or zero.