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Polar Decomposition and Partial Isometries

In this note I revisit the polar decomposition T=U∣T∣ for bounded (possibly antilinear) operators between Hilbert spaces, emphasizing the role of partial isometries and their initial and final subspaces. The diagram in the snow shows exactly what our polar bear … Continue reading

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Spectral family and resolution of the identity

This post is (hopefully) the last one in a short series on real and complex Hilbert spaces. After this post we will return to the study of real and complex spaces with indefinite metric, Krein spaces and their geometry. In … Continue reading

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