Non-commutative functional calculus: Unbounded operators

In a recent work, Colombo (in press) [1], we developed a functional calculus for bounded operators defined on quaternionic Banach spaces. in this paper we show how the results from the above-mentioned work can be extended to the unbounded case, and we highlight the crucial differences between the two cases. In particular, we deduce a new eigenvalue equation, suitable for the construction of a functional calculus for operators whose spectrum is not necessarily real. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.