Abstract:
Let $F$ be an outer function on the unit disk. It is well known that its smootheness properties may be two times worse that those of the modulus of its boundary values, but under some restrictions on $\log|F|$ this gap becomes smaller. It is shown that the smoothness decay admits a convenient description in terms of a rearrangement invariant Banach function space containing $\log|F|$. All results are of pointwise nature.
Key words and phrases:outer function, harmonic conjugation operator, symmetric space, nonincreasing rearrengement, mean oscillation.