Multicomplex Ideals, Modules and Hilbert Spaces

Derek Courchesne, Sébastien Tremblay

Published 2024-05-07, updated 2024-05-14Version 3

In this article we study some algebraic aspects of multicomplex numbers $\mathbb M_n$. For $n\geq 2$ a canonical representation is defined in terms of the multiplication of $n-1$ idempotent elements. This representation facilitates computations in this algebra and makes it possible to introduce a generalized conjugacy $\Lambda_n$, i.e. a composition of the $n$ multicomplex conjugates $\Lambda_n:=\dagger_1\cdots \dagger_n$, as well as a multicomplex norm. The multicomplex algebra equipped with this norm and $\Lambda_n$ as the involution forms a C$^*$-algebra. The ideals of the ring of multicomplex numbers are then studied in details. Free $\mathbb M_n$-modules and their linear operators are considered. Finally, we develop Hilbert spaces on the multicomplex algebra.