Generators of $C_0$-semigroups of weighted composition operators

Abstract

We prove that in a large class of Banach spaces of analytic functions in the unit disc $\mathbb{D}$ an (unbounded) operator $Af=G\cdot f'+g\cdot f$ with $G,\, g$ analytic in $\mathbb{D}$ generates a $C_0$-semigroup of weighted composition operators if and only if it generates a $C_0$-semigroup. Particular instances of such spaces are the classical Hardy spaces. Our result generalizes previous results in this context and it is related to cocycles of flows of analytic functions on Banach spaces. Likewise, for a large class of non-separable Banach spaces $X $ of analytic functions in $\mathbb{D}$ contained in the Bloch space, we prove that no non-trivial holomorphic flow induces a $C_0$-semigroup of weighted composition operators on $X$. This generalizes previous results regarding $C_0$-semigroup of (unweighted) composition operators.