Towards Fock Spaces in Hypercomplex Analysis
Kamal Diki
TL;DR
This work surveys the extension of the Segal-Bargmann (Fock) framework from the classical complex setting to hypercomplex analysis, focusing on quaternionic slice hyperholomorphic and Fueter-regular function theories. It builds a comprehensive collection of quaternionic Fock spaces, including slice hyperholomorphic, slice polyanalytic, Cholewinski-Fock, Gaussian RBF, and $p$-Fock variants, and links them via the Fueter mapping theorem to Fueter-regular and poly-Fueter-regular spaces. Key contributions include explicit reproducing kernels, Segal-Bargmann transforms, and approximation results, plus a poly-Fock-Fueter construction that unifies true poly-Fock spaces with their slice counterparts. The framework lays a foundation for quaternionic quantum mechanics, signal processing in the hypercomplex setting, and further development of Clifford-analytic Bargmann-type transforms. Overall, the article advances a cohesive theory connecting hypercomplex Fock spaces across slice and Fueter perspectives with concrete kernels and transform mappings.
Abstract
The Bargmann-Fock space(or Fock space for short) is a fundamental example of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces that has found fascinating applications across multiple fields of current interest, including quantum mechanics, time-frequency analysis, mathematical analysis, and stochastic processes. In recent years, there has been increased interest in studying counterparts of the Fock space and related topics in hypercomplex analysis. This chapter presents a survey exploring various aspects of the Fock space from complex to hypercomplex analysis. In particular, we discuss different Fock spaces recently introduced in the setting of slice hyperholomorphic and slice polyanalytic functions of a quaternionic variable. The connection between slice hyperholomorphic (polyanalytic) Fock spaces and the classical theory of Fueter regular and poly-Fueter regular functions is established via the Fueter mapping theorem and its polyanalytic extension. This chapter focuses on Fock spaces consisting of functions of a quaternionic variable, with a brief discussion of related works in the Clifford setting.
