Let COP = 0 ∩ H∞, where 0 is the little Bloch space on the open unit disk , and A() be the disk algebra on . For non-zero functions u1,u2,. . ., uN ∈ A() and distinct analytic self-maps ϕ1,ϕ2,. . .,ϕN satisfying ϕj ∈ A() and ∥ϕj∥∞=1 for every j, it is given characterisations of which the sum of weighted composition operators ∑Nj=1ujCϕj maps COP into A().

We study the membership of Blaschke products in Lipschitz spaces, especially for interpolating Blaschke products and for those whose zeros lie in a Stolz angle. We prove several theorems that complement or extend the earlier works of Ahern and the author.

In this paper we show that, for analytic composition operators between weighted Bergman spaces (including Hardy spaces) and as far as boundedness, compactness, order boundedness and certain summing properties of the adjoint are concerned, it is possible to modify domain spaces in a systematic fashion: there is a space of analytic functions which embeds continuously into each of the spaces under consideration and on which the above properties of the operator are decided.

A remarkable consequence is that, in the setting of composition operators between weighted Bergman spaces, the properties in question can be identified as properties of the operator as a map between appropriately chosen Hilbert spaces.

We characterize those analytic self-maps ϕ of the unit disc which generate bounded or compact composition operators Cϕ between given weighted Banach spaces H∞v or H0v of analytic functions with the weighted sup-norms. We characterize also those composition operators which are bounded or compact with respect to all reasonable weights v.

It is shown that, if F and G are inner functions, (H2 ⊖ FH2)/(H2 ⊖ FH2) ∩ GH2 is n-dimensional if and only if G is a Blaschke product of degree n. This is an extension of the well known result for the case (H2 ⊖ FH2) ∩ GH2 = {0}.