Dimension free $L^p$ estimates for Riesz transforms via an $H^{\infty}$ joint functional calculus

By using an $H^{\infty}$ joint functional calculus for strongly commuting operators, we derive a scheme to deduce the $L^p$ boundedness of certain $d$-dimensional Riesz transforms from the $L^p$ boundedness of appropriate one-dimensional Riesz transforms. Moreover, the $L^p$ bounds we obtain are independent of the dimension. The scheme is applied to Riesz transforms connected with orthogonal expansions and discrete Riesz transforms on products of groups with polynomial growth.