I am trying to prove that for all $x,y \in l^{2}(\mathbb{R})$, it holds that $$\left\langle\left(\downarrow M\right)\left[x\right],y \right\rangle = \left\langle x,\left(\uparrow M\right)\left[y\right] \right\rangle \text{.}$$ How should I proceed to prove this?