On similarity of powers of shift operators

Let Mz and B denote, respectively, the multiplication operator and the backward shift operator on a weighted Hardy space. We present sufficient conditions so that Mzn is similar to \bigoplus1nMz, and Bn is similar to \bigoplus1nB. The first part generalizes a result obtained by Yucheng Li.

On similarity of powers of shift operators

Let Mz and B denote, respectively, the multiplication operator and the backward shift operator on a weighted Hardy space. We present sufficient conditions so that Mzn is similar to \bigoplus1nMz, and Bn is similar to \bigoplus1nB. The first part generalizes a result obtained by Yucheng Li.