Abstract :
Let ψψ be a bounded analytic function on a simply connected domain Ω⊆CΩ⊆C. For a large family of weights we characterize when a pointwise multiplication operator MψMψ, Mψ(f)(z)=ψ(z)f(z)Mψ(f)(z)=ψ(z)f(z), defined on a weighted Bergman space View the MathML sourceAwp(Ω) on ΩΩ has closed range. In particular, the result holds for weights w(z)=ξ(d(z,∂S))w(z)=ξ(d(z,∂S)), ξ:R+→R+,ξ⩾0ξ:R+→R+,ξ⩾0, defined on a strip S or weights View the MathML sourcew(z)=(Rez)α,α>-1p, defined on a right half plane.