Backward shifts on function algebras

J.R. Holub (1988) 1101 introduced the concept of backward shift on Banach spaces. We show that an infinite-dimensional function algebra does not admit a backward shift. Moreover, we define a backward quasi-shift as a weak type of a backward shift, and show that a function algebra A does not admit it, under the assumption that the Choquet boundary of A has at most finitely many isolated points.