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Fabrizio Colombo

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arXiv2021

The Poisson kernel and the Fourier transform of the slice monogenic Cauchy kernels

The Fueter-Sce-Qian (FSQ for short) mapping theorem is a two-steps procedure to extend holomorphic functions of one complex variable to slice monogenic functions and to monogenic functions. Using the Cauchy formula of slice monogenic functions the FSQ-theorem admits an integral representation for $n$ odd. In this paper we show that the relation $ Δ_{n+1}^{(n-1)/2}S_L^{-1}=\mathcal{F}^L_n $ between the slice monogenic Cauchy kernel $S_L^{-1}$ and the F-kernel $\mathcal{F}^L_n$, that appear in the integral form of the FSQ-theorem for $n$ odd, holds also in the case we consider the fractional powers of the Laplace operator $Δ_{n+1}$ in dimension $n+1$, i.e., for $n$ even. Moreover, this relation is proven computing explicitly Fourier transform of the kernels $S_L^{-1}$ and $\mathcal{F}^L_n$ as functions of the Poisson kernel. Similar results hold for the right kernels $S_R^{-1}$ and of $\mathcal{F}^R_n$.

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arXiv2021

The spectral theorem for normal operators on a Clifford module

In this paper, using the recently discovered notion of the $S$-spectrum, we prove the spectral theorem for a bounded or unbounded normal operator on a Clifford module (i.e., a two-sided Hilbert module over a Clifford algebra based on units that all square to be $-1$). Moreover, we establish the existence of a Borel functional calculus for bounded or unbounded normal operators on a Clifford module. Towards this end, we have developed many results on functional analysis, operator theory, integration theory and measure theory in a Clifford setting which may be of an independent interest. Our spectral theory is the natural spectral theory for the Dirac operator on manifolds in the non-self adjoint case. Moreover, our results provide a new notion of spectral theory and a Borel functional calculus for a class of $n$-tuples of commuting or non-commuting operators on a real or complex Hilbert space. Moreover, for a special class of $n$-tuples of operators on a Hilbert space our results provide a complementary functional calculus to the functional calculus of J. L. Taylor.

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arXiv2021

Poly slice monogenic functions, Cauchy formulas and the PS-functional calculus

Since 2006 the theory of slice hyperholomorphic functions and the related spectral theory on the S-spectrum have had a very fast development. This new spectral theory based on the S-spectrum has applications, for example, in the formulation of quaternionic quantum mechanics, in Schur analysis and in fractional diffusion problems. In this paper we introduce and study the theory of poly slice monogenic functions, also proving some Cauchy type integral formulas. Then we introduce the associated functional calculus, called PS-functional calculus, which is the polyanalytic version of the S-functional calculus and which is based on the notion of S-spectrum. We study some different formulations of the calculus and we prove some of its properties, among which the product rules.

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arXiv2021

On a polyanalytic a approach to noncommutative de Branges-Rovnyak spaces and Schur analysis

In this paper we begin the study of Schur analysis and de Branges-Rovnyak spaces in the framework of Fueter hyperholomorphic functions. The difference with other approaches is that we consider the class of functions spanned by Appell-like polynomials. This approach is very efficient from various points of view, for example in operator theory, and allows to make connections with the recently developed theory of slice polyanalytic functions. We tackle a number of problems: we describe a Hardy space, Schur multipliers and related results. We also discuss Blaschke functions, Herglotz multipliers and their associated kernels and Hilbert spaces. Finally, we consider the counterpart of the half-space case, and the corresponding Hardy space, Schur multipliers and Carathéodory multipliers.

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arXiv2021

A unified approach to Schrödinger evolution of superoscillations and supershifts

Superoscillating functions and supershifts appear naturally in weak measurements in physics. Their evolution as initial conditions in the time dependent Schrödinger equation is an important and challenging problem in quantum mechanics and mathematical analysis. The concept that encodes the persistence of superoscillations during the evolution is the (more general) supershift property of the solution. In this paper we give a unified approach to determine the supershift property for the solution of the time dependent Schrödinger equation. The main advantage and novelty of our results is that they only require suitable estimates and regularity assumptions on the Green's function, but not its explicit form. With this efficient general technique we are able to treat various potentials.

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arXiv2020

An introduction to hyperholomorphic spectral theories and fractional powers of vector operators

The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the spectral theories associated with the notions of holomorphicity in dimension greater than one. A first natural extension is the theory of several complex variables whose Cauchy formula is used to define the holomorphic functional calculus for $n$-tuples of operators $(A_1,...,A_n)$. A second way is to consider hyperholomorphic functions of quaternionic or paravector variables. In this case, by the Fueter-Sce-Qian mapping theorem, we have two different notions of hyperholomorphic functions that are called slice hyperholomorphic functions and monogenic functions. Slice hyperholomorphic functions generate the spectral theory based on the $S$-spectrum while monogenic functions induce the spectral theory based on the monogenic spectrum. There is also an interesting relation between the two hyperholomorphic spectral theories via the $F$-functional calculus. The two hyperholomorphic spectral theories have different and complementary applications. Here we also discuss how to define the fractional Fourier's law for nonhomogeneous materials, such definition is based on the spectral theory on the $S$-spectrum.

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arXiv2020

The noncommutative fractional Fourier law in bounded and unbounded domains

Using the spectral theory on the $S$-spectrum it is possible to define the fractional powers of a large class of vector operators. This possibility leads to new fractional diffusion and evolution problems that are of particular interest for nonhomogeneous materials where the Fourier law is not simply the negative gradient operator but it is a nonconstant coefficients differential operator of the form $$ T=\sum_{\ell=1}^3e_\ell a_\ell(x)\partial_{x_\ell}, \ \ \ x=(x_1,x_2,x_3)\in \barΩ, $$ where, $Ω$ can be either a bounded or an unbounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^3$ whose boundary $\partialΩ$ is considered suitably regular, $\barΩ$ is the closure of $Ω$ and $e_\ell$, for $\ell=1,2,3$ are the imaginary units of the quaternions $\mathbb{H}$. The operators $T_\ell:=a_\ell(x)\partial_{x_\ell}$, for $\ell=1,2,3$, are called the components of $T$ and $a_1$, $a_2$, $a_3: \barΩ \subset\mathbb{R}^3\to \mathbb{R}$ are the coefficients of $T$. In this paper we study the generation of the fractional powers of $T$, denoted by $P_α(T)$ for $α\in(0,1)$, when the operators $T_\ell$, for $\ell=1,2,3$ do not commute among themselves. To define the fractional powers $P_α(T)$ of $T$ we have to consider the weak formulation of a suitable boundary value problem associated with the pseudo $S$-resolvent operator of $T$. In this paper we consider two different boundary conditions. If $Ω$ is unbounded we consider Dirichlet boundary conditions. If $Ω$ is bounded we consider the natural Robin-type boundary conditions associated with the generation of the fractional powers of $T$.

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arXiv2020

Infinite order differential operators acting on entire hyperholomorphic functions

Infinite order differential operators appear in different fields of Mathematics and Physics and in the last decades they turned out to be of fundamental importance in the study of the evolution of superoscillations as initial datum for Schrödinger equation. Inspired by the operators arising in quantum mechanics, in this paper we investigate the continuity of a class of infinite order differential operators acting on spaces of entire hyperholomorphic functions. The two classes of hyperholomorphic functions, that constitute a natural extension of functions ofone complex variable to functions of paravector variables are illustrated by the Fueter-Sce-Qian mapping theorem. We show that, even though the two notions of hyperholomorphic functions are quite different from each other, entire hyperholomorphic functions with exponential bounds play a crucial role in the continuity of infinite order differential operators acting on these two classes of entire hyperholomorphic functions. We point out the remarkable fact that the exponential function of a paravector variable is not in the kernel of the Dirac operator but entire monogenic functions with exponential bounds play an important role in the theory.

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arXiv2020

Green's Function for the Schrödinger Equation with a Generalized Point Interaction and Stability of Superoscillations

In this paper we study the time dependent Schrödinger equation with all possible self-adjoint singular interactions located at the origin, which include the $δ$ and $δ'$-potentials as well as boundary conditions of Dirichlet, Neumann, and Robin type as particular cases. We derive an explicit representation of the time dependent Green's function and give a mathematical rigorous meaning to the corresponding integral for holomorphic initial conditions, using Fresnel integrals. Superoscillatory functions appear in the context of weak measurements in quantum mechanics and are naturally treated as holomorphic entire functions. As an application of the Green's function we study the stability and oscillatory properties of the solution of the Schrödinger equation subject to a generalized point interaction when the initial datum is a superoscillatory function.

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arXiv2020

On Pseudo-Spectral Factorization over the Complex Numbers and Quaternions

This paper is a continuation of the research of our previous work and considers quaternionic generalized Carathéodory functions and the related family of generalized positive functions. It is addressed to a wide audience which includes researchers in complex and hypercomplex analysis, in the theory of linear systems, but also electric engineers. For this reason it includes some results on generalized Carathéodory functions and their factorization in the classic complex case which might be of independent interest. An important new result is a pseudo-spectral factorization and we also discuss some interpolation problems in the class of quaternionic generalized positive functions.

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arXiv2019

Superoscillating sequences and supershifts for families of generalized functions

We construct in this paper a large class of superoscillating sequences, more generally of $\mathscr F$-supershifts, where $\mathscr F$ is a family of smooth functions (resp. distributions, hyperfunctions) indexed by a real parameter $λ\in \R$. The key model we introduce in order to generate such families is the evolution through a Schrödinger equation $(i\partial/\partial t - \mathscr H(x))(ψ)=0$ with a suitable hamiltonian $\mathscr H$, in particular a suitable potential $V$ when $\mathscr H(x) = -(\partial^2/\partial x^2)/2 + V(x)$. The family $\mathscr F$ is in this case $\mathscr F= \{(t,x) \mapsto φ_λ(t,x)\,;\, λ\in \R\}$, where $φ_λ$ is evolved from the initial datum $x\mapsto e^{iλx}$. Then $\mathscr F$-supershifts will be of the form $\{\sum_{j=0}^N C_j(N,a) φ_{1-2j/N}\}_{N\geq 1}$ for $a\in \R\setminus [-1,1]$, taking $C_j(N,a) =\binom{N}{j}(1+a)^{N-j}(1-a)^j/2^N$. We prove the locally uniform convergence of derivatives of the supershift towards corresponding derivatives of its limit. We analyse in particular the case of the quantum harmonic oscillator, which forces us, in order to take into account singularities of the evolved datum, to enlarge the notion of supershifts for families of functions to a similar notion for families of hyperfunctions, thus beyond the frame of distributions.

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arXiv2019

Schrödinger evolution of superoscillations with $δ$- and $δ'$-potentials

In this paper we study the time persistence of superoscillations as the initial data of the time dependent Schrödinger equation with $δ$- and $δ'$-potentials. It is shown that the sequence of solutions converges uniformly on compact sets, whenever the initial data converges in the topology of the entire function space $A_1(\mathbb{C})$. Convolution operators acting in this space are our main tool. In particular, a general result about the existence of such operators is proven. Moreover, we provide an explicit formula as well as the large time asymptotics for the time evolution of a plane wave under $δ$- and $δ'$-potentials.

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arXiv2018

The Fock space as a de Branges-Rovnyak space

We show that de Branges-Rovnyak spaces include as special cases a number of spaces, such as the Hardy space, the Fock space, the Hardy-Sobolev space and the Dirichlet space. We present a general framework in which all these spaces can be obtained by specializing a sequence that appears in the construction. We show how to exploit this approach to solve interpolation problems in the Fock space.

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arXiv2018

The Cauchy transform in the slice hyperholomorphic setting and related topics

In this paper we study the additive splitting associated to the quaternionic Cauchy transform defined by the Cauchy formula of slice hyperholomorphic functions. Moreover, we introduce and study the analogue of the fundamental solution of the global operator of slice hyperholomorphic functions. We state our results in the quaternionic setting but several results hold for Clifford algebra-valued function with minor changes in the proofs.

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arXiv2018

Fractional powers of vector operators and fractional Fourier's law in a Hilbert space

In this paper we give a concrete application of the spectral theory based on the notion of $S$-spectrum to fractional diffusion process. Precisely, we consider the Fourier law for the propagation of the heat in non homogeneous materials, that is the heat flow is given by the vector operator: $$ T=e_1\,a(x)\partial_{x_1} + e_2\,b(x)\partial_{x_2} + e_3\,c(x)\partial_{x_3} $$ where $e_\ell$, $\ell=1,2,3$ are orthogonal unit vectors in $\mathbb{R}^3$, $a$, $b$, $c$ are given real valued functions that depend on the space variables $x=(x_1,x_2,x_3)$, and possibly also on time. Using the $H^\infty$-version of the $S$-functional calculus we have recently defined fractional powers of quaternionic operators, which contain, as a particular case, the vector operator $T$. Hence, we can define the non-local version $T^α$, for $α\in (0,1)$, of the Fourier law defined by $T$. We will see in this paper how we have to interpret $T^α$, when we introduce our new approach called: "The $S$-spectrum approach to fractional diffusion processes". This new method allows us to enlarge the class of fractional diffusion and fractional evolution problems that can be defined and studied using our spectral theory based on the $S$-spectrum for vector operators. This paper is devoted to researchers working in fractional diffusion and fractional evolution problems, partial differential equations and non commutative operator theory. Our theory applies not only to the heat diffusion process but also to Fick's law and more in general it allows to compute the fractional powers of vector operators that arise in different fields of science and technology.

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arXiv2018

Realizations of holomorphic and slice hyperholomorphic functions: the Krein space case

In this work we treat realization results for operator-valued functions which are analytic in the complex sense or slice hyperholomorphic over the quaternions. In the complex setting, we prove a realization theorem for an operator-valued function analytic in a neighborhood of the origin with a coisometric state space operator thus generalizing an analogous result in the unitary case. A main difference with previous works is the use of reproducing kernel Krein spaces. We then prove the counterpart of this result in the quaternionic setting. The present work is the first paper which presents a realization theorem with a state space which is a quaternionic Krein space

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arXiv2018

An Application of the $S$-Functional Calculus to Fractional Diffusion Processes

In this paper we show how the spectral theory based on the notion of $S$-spectrum allows us to study new classes of fractional diffusion and of fractional evolution processes. We prove new results on the quaternionic version of the $H^\infty$ functional calculus and we use it to define the fractional powers of vector operators. The Fourier laws for the propagation of the heat in non homogeneous materials is a vector operator of the form \[ T=e_1\,a(x)\partial_{x_1} + e_2\,b(x)\partial_{x_2} + e_3\,c(x)\partial_{x_3}, \] where $e_\ell$, $e_\ell=1,2,3$ are orthogonal unit vectors, $a$, $b$, $c$ are suitable real valued function that depend on the space variables $x=(x_1,x_2,x_3)$ and possibly also on time. In this paper we develop a general theory to define the fractional powers of quaternionic operators which contain as a particular case the operator $T$ so we can define the non local version $T^α$, for $α\in (0,1)$, of the Fourier law defined by $T$. Our new mathematical tools open the way to a large class of fractional evolution problems that can be defined and studied using our theory based on the $S$-spectrum for vector operators. This paper is devoted to researchers in different research fields such as: fractional diffusion and fractional evolution problems, partial differential equations, non commutative operator theory, and quaternionic analysis.

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arXiv2017

Perturbation of normal quaternionic operators

The theory of quaternionic operators has applications in several different fields such as quantum mechanics, fractional evolution problems, and quaternionic Schur analysis, just to name a few. The main difference between complex and quaternionic operator theory is based on the definition of spectrum. In fact, in quaternionic operator theory the classical notion of resolvent operator and the one of spectrum need to be replaced by the two $S$-resolvent operators and the $S$-spectrum. This is a consequence of the non-commutativity of the quaternionic setting. Indeed, the $S$-spectrum of a quaternionic linear operator $T$ is given by the non invertibility of a second order operator. This presents new challenges which makes our approach to perturbation theory of quaternionic operators different from the classical case. In this paper we study the problem of perturbation of a quaternionic normal operator in a Hilbert space by making use of the concepts of $S$-spectrum and of slice hyperholomorphicity of the $S$-resolvent operators. For this new setting we prove results on the perturbation of quaternionic normal operators by operators belonging to a Schatten class and give conditions which guarantee the existence of a nontrivial hyperinvariant subspace of a quaternionic linear operator.

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