Berger-Coburn theorem, localized operators, and the Toeplitz algebra

Abstract: We give a simplified proof of the Berger-Coburn theorem on the boundedness of Toeplitz operators and extend this theorem to the setting of $p$-Fock spaces $(1\leq p \leq \infty)$. We present an overview of recent results by various authors on the compactness characterization via the Berezin transform for certain operators acting on the Fock space. Based on these results we present three new characterizations of the Toeplitz $C^*$ algebra generated by Toeplitz operators with bounded symbols.