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arxiv: 2605.03692 · v1 · submitted 2026-05-05 · 🧮 math.FA

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Cyclicity via weak^ast sequentially cyclicity in Radially weighted Besov spaces

Anusrika Datta, Stefan Richter

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Bounded zero-free holomorphic functions f in radially weighted Besov spaces are cyclic if log f satisfies a condition via weak* sequentially cyclic multipliers, with a comparison principle showing that smaller-modulus such functions imply the property for larger ones.

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The paper studies spaces of holomorphic functions on the unit ball in several complex variables. These radially weighted Besov spaces require that the radial derivative of the function is square-integrable against a given radial measure. The multiplier algebra consists of functions that keep the space closed under multiplication. A function is cyclic if multiplying it by multipliers produces a dense set in the space. Some of these spaces have the complete Pick property, which simplifies cyclicity questions, but more general ones do not. In the general case, there can be cyclic multipliers that fail to be weak-star sequentially cyclic. For bounded holomorphic functions without zeros, the authors give a condition on the logarithm of the function that guarantees cyclicity and also makes the reciprocal invertible in an associated Smirnov-type class. The condition is expressed using weak-star sequential cyclicity. A practical tool is the comparison principle: if one function has smaller absolute value than another and the smaller one is weak-star sequentially cyclic, then the larger one is too. This helps check the condition in concrete cases and gives new information about cyclicity outside the complete Pick setting.

Core claim

For bounded holomorphic functions f with no zeros in the unit ball, a condition on log f formulated in terms of weak* sequentially cyclic multipliers implies the cyclicity of f in H and yields invertibility properties for 1/f within an associated Smirnov-type class; this condition can often be verified using the comparison principle that if f, g in Mult(H) satisfy |f| <= |g| and f is weak* sequentially cyclic, then g is also weak* sequentially cyclic.

Load-bearing premise

That the condition on log f can be meaningfully formulated and verified via weak* sequentially cyclic multipliers in spaces that fail to be complete Pick spaces, and that the comparison principle applies without additional restrictions that would invalidate the implication for general admissible radial measures.

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A radially weighted Besov space $H$ is a space of holomorphic functions on the unit ball $\mathbb{B}_d \subseteq \mathbb{C}^d$ whose $N$-th radial derivative is square integrable with respect to a given admissible radial measure. We write $Mult(H)$ for its multiplier algebra. The cyclic vectors in $H$ are those functions $f$ whose multiplier multiples are dense in $H$. We call a multiplier has the complete Pick property. However, in more general radially weighted Besov spaces there may be multipliers that are cyclic, but not weak$^\ast$ sequentially cyclic. For bounded holomorphic functions $f$ with no zeros in $\mathbb{B}_d$, we obtain a condition on $\log f$ that implies the cyclicity of $f$ in $H$ and yields invertibility properties for $1/f$ within an associated Smirnov-type class. This condition is formulated in terms of weak$^\ast$ sequentially cyclic multipliers and can often be verified using a comparison principle: if $f, g \in Mult(H)$ satisfy $|f| \leq |g|$ and if $f$ is weak$^\ast$ sequentially cyclic, then $g$ is also weak$^\ast$ sequentially cyclic. These results provide new insights into cyclicity phenomena in radially weighted Besov spaces in settings, where $H$ fails to be a complete Pick space.

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The results rest on standard background from complex analysis and functional analysis. No free parameters, new entities, or ad-hoc axioms are visible in the abstract.

axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Standard properties of holomorphic functions on the unit ball and the definition of radially weighted Besov spaces via square-integrable radial derivatives
    Invoked throughout as the setting for the multiplier algebra and cyclicity questions.
  • domain assumption Existence and basic properties of an associated Smirnov-type class in which 1/f is invertible
    Used for the invertibility claim attached to the cyclicity condition.

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