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The S-functional calculus for the Clifford adjoint operator

Spectral Theory 2025-08-19 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we work within the framework of modules over the Clifford algebra Rd\mathbb{R}_d. Our investigation focuses on the S-spectrum and the S-functional calculus in its various forms for the adjoint T* of a Clifford operator T. One of the key results we present is that the bisectoriality of T can be transferred to T*. This is grounded in the fact that, for Clifford operators, the S-spectrum of the adjoint operator T* is identical to that of T. Furthermore, we demonstrate that for the existing formulations of the S-functional calculus, including bounded, unbounded, ω\omega, and HH^\infty versions, there is a clear connection between the left functional calculus of T and the right functional calculus of T*. This explicit link between the left functional calculus of T and the right functional calculus of T* and vice versa is obtained using the function f#(s):=f(s)f^\#(s):=\overline{f(\overline{s})}. Finally, we discuss the fact that the S-spectrum, related to the invertibility of the second-order operator T^2-2s_0T+|s|^2, can actually be characterized through the invertibility of the first-order R\mathbb{R}-linear operator T-I^Rs.

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@article{arxiv.2508.12958,
  title  = {The S-functional calculus for the Clifford adjoint operator},
  author = {F. Colombo and F. Mantovani and P. Schlosser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.12958},
  year   = {2025}
}
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