Brown-Halmos characterization of multi-Toeplitz operators associated with noncommutative poly-hyperballs

Abstract: We obtain a noncommutative multivariable analogue of Louhichi and Olofsson characterization of Toeplitz operators with harmonic symbols on the weighted Bergman space $A_m({\bf D})$, as well as Eschmeier and Langendorfer extension to the unit ball of ${\bf C}^n$. All our results are proved in the more general setting of noncommutative poly-hyperballs ${\bf D_n^m}(H)$, ${\bf n,m}\in {\bf N}^k$, and are used to characterize the bounded free $k$-pluriharmonic functions with operator coefficients on poly-hyperballs and to solve the associated Dirichlet extension problem. In particular, the results hold for the reproducing kernel Hilbert space with kernel $$ \kappa_{\bf m}(z,w):=\prod_{i=1}^k \frac{1}{(1-\bar z_i w_i)^{m_i}},\qquad z,w\in {\bf D}^k, $$ where $m_i\geq 1$. This includes the Hardy space, the Bergman space, and the weighted Bergman space over the polydisk.