Semigroups of composition operators on Hardy spaces of Dirichlet series

Abstract

We consider continuous semigroups of analytic functions {Φt}t≥0 in the so-called Gordon-Hedenmalm class G, that is, the family of analytic functions Φ:C+→C+ giving rise to bounded composition operators in the Hardy space of Dirichlet series H2. We show that there is a one-to-one correspondence between continuous semigroups {Φt}t≥0 in the class G and strongly continuous semigroups of composition operators {Tt}t≥0, where Tt(f)=f∘Φt, f∈H2. We extend these results for the range p∈[1,∞). For the case p=∞, we prove that there is no non-trivial strongly continuous semigroup of composition operators in H∞. We characterize the infinitesimal generators of continuous semigroups in the class G as those Dirichlet series sending C+ into its closure. Some dynamical properties of the semigroups are obtained from a description of the Koenigs map of the semigroup.