On Generators of the Hardy and the Bergman Spaces

Abstract

A function which is analytic and bounded in the Unit disk is called a generator for the Hardy space or the Bergman space if polynomials in that function are dense in the corresponding space. We characterize generators in terms of sub-spaces which are invariant under multiplication by the generator and also invariant under multiplication by z, and study wandering properties of such sub-spaces. Density of bounded analytic functions in the sub-spaces of the Hardy space which are invariant under multiplication by the generator is also investigated.