On Hardy kernels as reproducing kernels

Abstract Hardy kernels are a useful tool to define integral operators on Hilbertian spaces like $L^2(\mathbb R^+)$ or $H^2(\mathbb C^+)$ . These kernels entail an algebraic $L^1$ -structure which is used in this work to study the range spaces of those operators as reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces. We obtain their reproducing kernels, which in the $L^2(\mathbb R^+)$ case turn out to be Hardy kernels as well. In the $H^2(\mathbb C^+)$ scenario, the reproducing kernels are given by holomorphic extensions of Hardy kernels. Other results presented here are theorems of Paley–Wiener type, and a connection with one-sided Hilbert transforms.