When ϕ and ψ are linear-fractional self-maps of the unit ball BN in C N , N ≥ 1, we show that the difference Cϕ − C ψ cannot be nontrivially compact on either the Hardy space H 2 (BN ) or any weighted Bergman space A 2 α (BN ). Our arguments emphasize geometrical properties of the inducing maps ϕ and ψ.
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