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# Global Quaternionic Fock Structure

The global quaternionic Fock structure encompasses a comprehensive analytic and operator-theoretic framework for function spaces of slice regular and related classes of quaternionic-valued functions, equipped with Gaussian-type measures, explicit reproducing kernels, and norm-equivalent formulations across slices of the quaternionic algebra. The theory generalizes the classical complex Bargmann–Fock space to higher-dimensional, noncommutative settings and provides the foundational Hilbert and Banach module structures for analysis, operator theory, and invariant function spaces over the quaternions.

## 1. Global Fock Norms and Function Spaces

Let $\mathbb H$ denote the quaternions and $\mathbb S = \{I \in \mathbb H : I^2=-1\}$ the 2-sphere of imaginary units. Any nonreal $z \in \mathbb H$ can be written as $x + I y$, and the corresponding "slice" is $\mathbb C_I = \mathbb R + I\mathbb R$. For $\alpha > 0$ and $0 < p \leq \infty$, a global Gaussian $L^p$-norm for a measurable slice function $f:\mathbb H \to \mathbb H$ is defined by
\[
\|f\|_{p,\alpha}^p = \int_\mathbb{H} |f(z) e^{-\frac{\alpha}{2}|z|^2}|^p\,dV(z) 
= \int_\mathbb{H} |f(z)|^p\, d\lambda_{\alpha p/2}(z),
\]
with $d\lambda_\alpha(z) = \frac{2\alpha}{\pi} e^{-\alpha|z|^2} dV(z)$, where $dV(z)$ is the product of area on each slice $\mathbb C_I$ and the uniform measure $d\sigma(I)$ on $\mathbb S$. For $p=\infty$, the essential supremum is taken with the same Gaussian weight.

The associated global quaternionic Fock space is
\[
F^p_\alpha = \left\{ f\in \mathrm{SR}(\mathbb H) : \|f\|_{p,\alpha} < \infty \right\},
\]
where $\mathrm{SR}(\mathbb H)$ denotes the set of slice-regular functions. Parallel to this, a slice-defined norm on each $\mathbb C_I$ leads to the slice Fock space $\mathfrak F^p_\alpha$.

## 2. Equivalence of Global and Slice Fock Structures

A fundamental result establishes the equivalence (both as sets and up to norm equivalence) between $F^p_\alpha$ and the slice-constructed space
\[
\mathfrak F^p_\alpha = \left\{ f \in \mathrm{SR}(\mathbb H) : \sup_{I\in\mathbb{S}} \|f\|_{p,\alpha,I} < \infty\right\}, \qquad
\|f\|_{p,\alpha,I}^p = \frac{\alpha p}{2\pi} \int_{\mathbb{C}_I} |f(z) e^{-\frac{\alpha}{2}|z|^2}|^p \, dm_{2,I}(z).
\]
Specifically, for $0 < p \leq \infty$ and all $\alpha > 0$,
\[
F^p_\alpha = \mathfrak F^p_\alpha, \qquad 
\|f\|_{p,\alpha} \approx \sup_{I\in\mathbb S} \|f\|_{p,\alpha,I}.
\]
If $p = 2$, this identification is isometric, and the inner products agree via a quaternionic polarization identity [2601.10162].

This equivalence relies fundamentally on the slice representation formula for slice-regular functions, which allows one to recover the global $L^p$ norm from the aggregate of slice-based norms and guarantees global independence from the choice of slice.

## 3. Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space Structure

In the Hilbert space case $p=2$, $F^2_\alpha$ is a right quaternionic Hilbert space endowed with the inner product
\[
\langle f, g \rangle_\alpha = \int_\mathbb{H} \overline{g(z)} f(z) d\lambda_\alpha(z).
\]
This space possesses a unique reproducing kernel
\[
K_\alpha(z, w) = \sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{\alpha^n}{n!} z^n \overline{w}^n = e_\star^{\alpha z \overline{w}},
\]
where $e_\star^{u} = \sum_{n=0}^\infty u^n / n!$ is the quaternionic star-exponential. Thus,
\[
f(z) = \langle f(\cdot), K_\alpha(\cdot, w)\rangle_\alpha,
\]
for all $f \in F^2_\alpha$.

The full projection $P_\alpha: L_{s,\alpha}^2 \to F^2_\alpha$ is given globally by
\[
(P_\alpha h)(z) = \int_\mathbb H K_\alpha(z, w) h(w) d\lambda_\alpha(w),
\]
yielding a slice-independent orthogonal projection.

## 4. Generalizations: Polyanalytic, Cholewinski, and Fueter–Regular Structures

### (a) Polyanalytic and Poly-Fueter Extensions

The theory extends to slice-polyanalytic Fock spaces of order $N$:
\[
F_N^{\mathrm{slice}}(\mathbb H) = \left\{ f \text{ slice-polyanalytic of order } N \mid 
\int_{\mathbb C_I} |f(p)|^2 d\mu_I(p) < \infty \right\},
\]
where, for each $f$, the reproducing kernel is
\[
K_N(q, r) = e^{\overline{r} q} \sum_{k=0}^{N-1} (-1)^k \binom{N}{k+1} \frac{(\overline{q} r)^k}{k!}
= e^{\overline{r} q}\, L_{N-1}^{(1)}(|q - r|^2),
\]
with $L_{N-1}^{(1)}$ the generalized Laguerre polynomial [1812.07018].

Poly-Fueter Fock spaces are constructed as images under higher-order analogues of the Fueter mapping theorem, producing a global ladder of Fock-theoretic structures relating slice-analytic, polyanalytic, and monogenic function classes [2510.10688].

### (b) Cholewinski-Fock Spaces

Cholewinski–Fock spaces introduce further generality by weighting norms with Macdonald (modified Bessel) functions,
\[
\|f\|^2_\alpha = \int_{\mathbb C_I} |f_e(q)|^2 d\lambda_{\alpha,I}(q) +
\int_{\mathbb C_I} |f_o(q)|^2 |q|^{-2} d\lambda_{\alpha+1,I}^*(q),
\]
where $f_e$ and $f_o$ denote even and odd components [1901.02941]. The associated monotonic inclusion chain in $\alpha$ provides a continuous family of RKHSs interpolating between the classical slice Fock space ($\alpha = -1$) and more singularly weighted spaces.

## 5. Orthonormal Bases and Power Series Expansions

In all global quaternionic Fock spaces $F^2_\alpha$ (and their generalizations), the space admits an explicit orthonormal basis formed by the monomials
\[
e_n(q) = \frac{q^n}{\sqrt{n!}} , \qquad n \geq 0,
\]
so that any $f \in F^2_\alpha$ can be expanded globally as
\[
f(q) = \sum_{n=0}^\infty q^n a_n, \quad \sum_{n=0}^\infty |a_n|^2 n! < \infty,
\]
where the coefficients $a_n$ are quaternionic. Similar bases exist for polyanalytic and Cholewinski spaces, often involving composite monomials or Hermite polynomials [1611.05199, 1707.01674, 1901.02941].

## 6. Operators and Symmetry Properties

The global quaternionic Fock structure naturally accommodates creation and annihilation operators:
\[
(a^* f)(q) = q f(q), \qquad (a f)(q) = \partial_S f(q),
\]
satisfying $[a, a^*] = I$ and their Cholewinski generalizations $[D_\alpha, M] = I + (2\alpha+1)A$ with $A$ the parity operator [1901.02941, 1406.5583]. Invariant structures under Heisenberg–Weyl and rotation groups are manifest via the kernel forms and power series.

Symmetries include $SU(2)$- and $SU(2,2)$-actions, slice independence of the inner product and kernel, and explicit intertwining with quaternionic Segal–Bargmann and Bargmann–Fock–Fueter transforms [1908.01105, 2402.07073]. In the quasi-regular function formalism, the global Fock structure is realized as a fermionic Fock space over Clifford algebra generators, carrying representations of the quaternionic conformal group GL$(2, \mathbb H^{\mathbb C})$ with pseudo-unitary inner products and explicit Green's function–type reproducing kernels $(Z - W)^{-1}$ [2402.07073].

## 7. Applications and Operator Theory

The global quaternionic Fock framework enables the rigorous development of operator theory in quaternionic analysis, including:

- Kernel-induced integral operators and their boundedness/compactness via Fock–Carleson measure characterizations.
- Berezin transforms and Toeplitz operators with slice-function or measure symbols, with boundedness and compactness characterized in terms of Berezin-type averages and slice/symmetrized BMO$^1$ conditions [2601.10162].
- Embedding theorems, duality relations, and norm isomorphisms across global and slice-Fock spaces, informing spectral theory, representation decompositions, and explicit integral transforms.

The global structure thus knits together slice-regularity, complex-analytic techniques, and noncommutative harmonic analysis, extending the Bargmann–Fock theory into the quaternionic and hypercomplex domains with complete analytic, algebraic, and operator-theoretic infrastructure [2601.10162, 1611.05199, 2510.10688, 1406.5583].

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