Multicentric calculus and the Riesz projection

Abstract

In multicentric holomorphic calculus one represents the function $\varphi$ using a new polynomial variable $w=p(z)$ in such a way that when it is evaluated at the operator $A,$ then $p(A)$ is small in norm. Usually it is assumed that $p$ has distinct roots. In this paper we discuss two related problems, the separation of a compact set (such as the spectrum) into different components by a polynomial lemniscate, respectively the application of the Calculus to the computation and the estimation of the Riesz spectral projection. It may then become desirable the use of $p(z)^n$ as a new variable. We also develop the necessary modifications to incorporate the multiplicities in the roots.