Let $H^2(\Omega)$ be the Hardy space on a strictly pseudoconvex domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{C}^n$, and let $A \subset L^\infty(\partial \Omega)$ denote the subalgebra of all $L^\infty$-functions $f$ with compact Hankel operator $H_f$. Given any closed subalgebra $B \subset A$ containing $C(\partial \Omega)$, we describe the first Hochschild cohomology group of the corresponding Toeplitz algebra $\mathcal(B) \subset B(H^2(\Omega))$. In particular, we show that every derivation on $\mathcal{T}(A)$ is inner. These results are new even for $n=1$, where it follows that every derivation on $\mathcal{T}(H^\infty+C)$ is inner, while there are non-inner derivations on $\mathcal{T}(H^\infty+C(\partial \mathbb{B}_n))$ over the unit ball $\mathbb{B}_n$ in dimension $n\gt 1$.

Under the assumption that $\mu$ is a nondoubling measure, we study certain commutators generated by the Lipschitz function and the Marcinkiewicz integral whose kernel satisfies a Hörmander-type condition. We establish the boundedness of these commutators on the Lebesgue spaces, Lipschitz spaces, and Hardy spaces. Our results are extensions of known theorems in the doubling case.

Let $H$ be a separable, infinite-dimensional, complex Hilbert space and let $A, B\in{\mathcal L }(H)$, where ${\mathcal L}(H)$ is the algebra of all bounded linear operators on $H$. Let $\delta_{AB}\colon {\mathcal L}(H)\rightarrow {\mathcal L}(H)$ denote the generalized derivation $\delta_{AB}(X)=AX-XB$. This note will initiate a study on the class of pairs $(A,B)$ such that $\overline{{\mathcal R}(\delta_{AB})}= \overline{{\mathcal R}(\delta_{A^{\ast}B^{\ast}})}$.

Let $N$ be an integer which is larger than one. In this paper we study invariant subspaces of $L^2 (\mathbb{T}^N)$ under the double commuting condition. A main result is an $N$-dimensional version of the theorem proved by Mandrekar and Nakazi. As an application of this result, we have an $N$-dimensional version of Lax's theorem.