Octonionic Para-linear Self-Adjoint Operators and Spectral Decomposition

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Main Authors: Huo, Qinghai, Ren, Guangbin, Sabadini, Irene
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Published: 2025
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author Huo, Qinghai
Ren, Guangbin
Sabadini, Irene
author_facet Huo, Qinghai
Ren, Guangbin
Sabadini, Irene
contents This paper presents a groundbreaking advancement in the theory of operators defined on octonionic Hilbert spaces, successfully resolving a fundamental challenge that has persisted for over six decades. Due to the intrinsic non-associative nature of octonions, conventional linear operator theory encounters profound structural difficulties. We make use of an original conceptual framework termed para-linearity, an innovative generalization of linearity that naturally accommodates the octonionic algebraic structure. Within this newly established paradigm, we systematically develop an appropriate algebraic setting by defining a carefully designed operator algebra and an adjoint operation which, together, recapture essential analytic properties previously inaccessible in this context. We identify a geometric structure, the slice cone, as the fundamental object encoding spectral properties typically derived through sesquilinear forms. We obtain a rigorous characterization of self-adjointness which indicates how to introduce a new notion of strong eigenvalues. For every compact, para-linear, self-adjoint operator with strong eigenvalues, we can establish the spectral decomposition theorem and functional calculi.
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spellingShingle Octonionic Para-linear Self-Adjoint Operators and Spectral Decomposition
Huo, Qinghai
Ren, Guangbin
Sabadini, Irene
Functional Analysis
Complex Variables
17A35, 46S10, Secondary 47B37, 47A70
This paper presents a groundbreaking advancement in the theory of operators defined on octonionic Hilbert spaces, successfully resolving a fundamental challenge that has persisted for over six decades. Due to the intrinsic non-associative nature of octonions, conventional linear operator theory encounters profound structural difficulties. We make use of an original conceptual framework termed para-linearity, an innovative generalization of linearity that naturally accommodates the octonionic algebraic structure. Within this newly established paradigm, we systematically develop an appropriate algebraic setting by defining a carefully designed operator algebra and an adjoint operation which, together, recapture essential analytic properties previously inaccessible in this context. We identify a geometric structure, the slice cone, as the fundamental object encoding spectral properties typically derived through sesquilinear forms. We obtain a rigorous characterization of self-adjointness which indicates how to introduce a new notion of strong eigenvalues. For every compact, para-linear, self-adjoint operator with strong eigenvalues, we can establish the spectral decomposition theorem and functional calculi.
title Octonionic Para-linear Self-Adjoint Operators and Spectral Decomposition
topic Functional Analysis
Complex Variables
17A35, 46S10, Secondary 47B37, 47A70
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04707