Complex symmetric operators and applications II

A bounded linear operator on a complex Hilbert space is called complex symmetric if , where is a conjugation (an isometric, antilinear involution of ). We prove that , where is an auxiliary conjugation commuting with . We consider numerous examples, including the Poincaré-Neumann singular integral (bounded) operator and the Jordan model operator (compressed shift). The decomposition also extends to the class of unbounded -selfadjoint operators, originally introduced by Glazman. In this context, it provides a method for estimating the norms of the resolvents of certain unbounded operators.