RT Journal Article T1 A new class of operators and a description of adjoints of composition operators A1 Cowen, Carl C. A1 Gallardo Gutiérrez, Eva A. AB Starting with a general formula, precise but difficult to use, for the adjoint of a composition operator on a functional Hilbert space, we compute an explicit formula on the classical Hardy Hilbert space for the adjoint of a composition operator with rational symbol. To provide a foundation for this formula, we study an extension to the definitions of composition, weighted composition, and Toeplitz operators to include symbols that are multiple-valued functions. These definitions can be made on any Banach space of analytic functions on a plane domain, but in this work, our attention is focused on the basic properties needed for the application to operators on the standard Hardy and Bergman Hilbert spaces on the unit disk PB Elsevier SN 0022-1236 YR 2006 FD 2006 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50608 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50608 LA eng NO Plan Nacional I+D NO Gobierno de Aragón research group Análisis Matemático y Aplicaciones DS Docta Complutense RD 29 abr 2024