Composition Semigroups on BMOA and $H^{\infty}$

Abstract

We study $[ϕ_t , X]$, the maximal space of strong continuity for a semigroup of composition operators induced by a semigroup $\{ϕ_t\}_{t\ge0}$ of analytic self-maps of the unit disk, when $X$ is BMOA, $H^\infty$ or the disk algebra. In particular, we show that $[ϕ_t,\text{BMOA}] \neq \text{BMOA}$ for all nontrivial semigroups. We also prove, for every semigroup $\{ϕ_t\}_{t\ge0}$, that $\lim_{t \to 0^+} ϕ_t(z) = z$ not just pointwise, but in $H^{\infty}$ norm. This provides a unified proof of known results about $[ϕ_t , X]$ when $X \in \{H^p, A^p, \mathcal B_0, \text{VMOA}\}$.