- Disk algebra
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For other uses, see Disc (disambiguation).
In function theory, the disk algebra A(D) (also spelled disc algebra) is the set of holomorphic functions
- f : D → C,
where D is the open unit disk in the complex plane C, f extends to a continuous function on the closure of D. That is,
where denotes the Banach space of bounded analytic functions on the unit disc D (i.e. a Hardy space). When endowed with the pointwise addition, (f+g)(z)=f(z)+g(z), and pointwise multiplication,
- (fg)(z)=f(z)g(z),
this set becomes an algebra over C, since if ƒ and g belong to the disk algebra then so do ƒ + g and ƒg.
Given the uniform norm,
by construction it becomes a uniform algebra and a commutative Banach algebra. By construction it is a subalgebra of the Hardy space H∞.
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