Examples of critically cyclic functions in the Dirichlet spaces of the ball
Pouriya Torkinejad Ziarati
TL;DR
This work addresses when a holomorphic function in the Dirichlet-type spaces $D_α(\\mathbb{B}_2)$ is cyclic, establishing explicit, geometry-driven thresholds $α_c$ tied to boundary zero sets. Using interpolation- and peak-set techniques from smooth ball algebras (Bruna, Ortega; Chaumat, Chollet), the authors construct critically cyclic functions in $D_2(\\mathbb{B}_2)$ whose cyclicity in $D_α$ switches at $α_c$. They prove sharp thresholds for three boundary geometries: transversal curves give $α_c=2-d$, complex-tangential curves give $α_c=2-d/2$, and totally real manifolds give $α_c=\\tfrac{3}{2}-d$, with $d$ the Hausdorff dimension of the zero set. The results illuminate the role of $α$-capacity in cyclicity and extend to higher dimensions, providing concrete constructions and a framework for critically cyclic functions across the Dirichlet scale.
Abstract
In this work, we construct examples of holomorphic functions in $D_2(\B_2)$, the Dirichlet space on $\B_2$, for which there exists an index $α_c \in [\frac12,2]$ such that the function is cyclic in $D_α(\B_2)$ if and only if $α\leq α_c$. To this end, we use the notion of \emph{interpolation sets} in smooth ball algebras, as studied by Bruna, Ortega, Chaumat, and Chollet.
