Partial *-algebras of distributions (Q2574355)

A dense subspace \(\mathcal D\) of Hilbert space \(\mathcal H\) is endowed with a locally convex topology \(t\), stronger than the topology defined by the Hilbert norm. Let \({\mathcal D}'\equiv {\mathcal D}'[t']\) be its topological conjugate dual endowed with the strong dual topology \(t'\). In this way, the familiar triplet called a rigged Hilbert space: \({\mathcal D}\subset {\mathcal H}\subset {\mathcal D}'\), is obtained. Let \({\mathcal L}({\mathcal D},{\mathcal D}')\) be the set of all continuous linear maps from \({\mathcal D}[t]\) into \({\mathcal D}'[t]\). In this paper, the general problem of the multiplication in \({\mathcal L}({\mathcal D},{\mathcal D}')\) is discussed. The particular case where \({\mathcal D}\) is a dense (in the graph topology) subspace of \({\mathcal D}^\infty(A)\), with \(A\) a self-adjoint operator in \(\mathcal H\) which is a generalized commutative Hilbert algebra, is considered. The structure of partial \(*\)-algebra of the corresponding conjugate dual space \({\mathcal D}'\) is investigated by associating to each distribution \(F\in{\mathcal D}'\) a multiplication operator \(L_F\in{\mathcal L}({\mathcal D},{\mathcal D}')\). These ideas are applied to the rigged Hilbert space generated by the tempered distributions.