Questions tagged [fredholm-operators]
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Essential spectrum of multiplication operator
Let $a\in \mathcal{L}(L^2([0, 1], \mathbb{R}))$ be a multiplication operator. I wonder whether there is any work on calculating its essential spectrum. Is there any way to explicitly compute its ...
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$C(X)$-Fredholm operators and Atiyah-Jänich theorem
Let $X$ be a compact Hausdorff topological space and consider the Hilbert space $\ell^2(\mathbb N)$. As shown here, any $T\in C(X,\ell^2(\mathbb N))$ induces a $C(X)$-Fredholm operator
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Fredholm elements of a Lie algebra
An element $a$ of a Lie algebra $L$ is called a Fredholm element if the adjoint operator $\mathrm{ad}_a:L \to L$ is a Fredholm linear map. That is: its kernel is a finite-dimensional space and its ...
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Equivalence of families indexes of Fredholm operators
Let $F=F(H,H)$ be the space of bounded Fredholm operators in a Hilbert space $H$ with topology inherited from the norm operator topology, and let $X$ be a compact topological space.
For a continuous ...
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Index of the Fredholm operator
I have two vector bundles $E_1$, $E_2$ over $M$ and an embedding of the smooth sections $\lambda : \Gamma(M, E_1) \rightarrow \Gamma(M, E_1 \oplus E_2)$. I consider a Fredholm differential operator $...
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Closure of the space of Fredholm operators
Let $X,Y$ be two Banach spaces.
A bounded operator $A$ is Fredholm if $\ker A$ and $\mathrm{coker} A$ are finite dimensional. Denote by $Fred(X,Y) \subset \mathcal{L}(X,Y)$ the space of Fredholm ...
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Generalizations of Sard-Smale Theorem
Sard-Smale theorem holds for Fredholm maps $f:M\rightarrow B$ between separable Banach manifolds $M,N$. There are some constrains relating the Fredholm index $\operatorname{ind}(f)$ of $f$ to its ...
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Unbounded operators vs compact operators
The operator $L:\operatorname{dom}(L)\subset C[0,1]\to C[0,1]$ given by $Lx=x'$
a) is closed, unbounded and densely defined
b) also has a compact right inverse, namely $K:C[0,1] \to C[0,1]$ given by $...
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Determinant line of Fredholm operators and composition of morphisms
Let $P$ be a polarization of a Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$, i.e. a bounded idempotent: consider a group $G=GL_{res}(\mathcal{H}):=\{g \in GL(\mathcal{H}): [g,P] \in HS\}$ (where $HS$ is the set of all ...
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Characterization of absolutely-continuous spectrum
The essential spectrum of a bounded linear operator $A$ on a separable Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$ is defined as $$ \sigma_{\mathrm{ess}}(A) \equiv\left\{z\in\mathbb{C}\left.\right|A-z\mathbb{1}\text{ ...
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Construction of a regulariser for the boundary integral operator $\lambda\mathrm{Id} - K'$
$\newcommand\Id{\mathrm{Id}}$Assumptions and Notations :
$\Omega$ is a bounded Lipschitz domain in $\mathbb R^2$, $\Gamma$ denotes its boundary and $n$ is the normal vector to the boundary $\Gamma$,
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When is the solution to a Fredholm integral equation a PDF?
I have two questions about inhomogenous Fredholm integral equations of the first kind:
$$f(x) = \int_a^b K(x,t) g(t) dt$$
where $f, K$ are known and $g$ is not.
If a unique solution for $g$ exists, ...
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Relation between the spectrum of 𝐷𝐴 and 𝐴 where 𝐴 is a bounded linear self-adjoint positive operator and 𝐷 is a constant diagonal positive matrix
Let $D$ be a $3\times 3 $ constant real positive-definite diagonal matrix and $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^3$ be a bounded lipschitz domain.
Denote by $(L^2(\Omega))^3$ the set of square integrable ...
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Empty Weyl/Fredholm spectrum of an operator on an infinite dimensional Banach space
Let $X$ be a complex infinite dimensional Banach space, and let $T \in B(X)$ be nonscalar. The Fredholm spectrum of $T$ is defined by:
$$ \sigma_{\Phi} (T) := \lbrace \lambda \in \mathbb{C} : T- \...
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Analytic solution of a compact operator eigenvector (integral equation)
In Sewall Wright's Evolution of Mendalian Population, the equation for the nonrecurrent mutation is
$$\frac{\phi(x)}n = \binom n {nx}\int_0^1 q^{nx}(1-q)^{n(1-x)}\phi(q)\,dq,\quad \forall x\in[0,1],$$
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Operational quantities characterizing upper semi-Fredholm operators
An operator $T:X\rightarrow Y$ is said to be upper semi-Fredholm if its range is closed and its kernel is finite-dimensional. M. Schechter (1972) introduced a quantity $$\nu(T):=\sup_{\operatorname{...
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Eigenvalues of an integral operator
Let $K\in L^2((0,1)\times(0,1))$ and consider the operator defined in $L^2(0,1)$ by
$$Lu(x):=u(x)-\int_0^1K(s,x)u(s)ds.$$
What kind of assumption might I impose on $K$ such that $\lambda=1$ will be ...
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Proof of the analytic Fredholm theorem in Borthwick
I've stumbled across a proof of the analytic Fredholm theorem given in Theorem 6.1 in Spectral Theory of Infinite-Area Hyperbolic Surfaces by David Borthwick (see below).
Given the notion of being &...
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On the spectrum of a compact pertubation of a skew-adjoint operator
Let $A\colon \text{dom}(A)\subset H \to H$ ($H$ is a Hilbert space) be a skew-adjoint (i.e. $A^{*}=-A$), closed and densely defined operator. Then the essential spectrum is the set of spectral values $...
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Essential spectrum of constant invertible diagonal matrix acting on a product of Hilbert spaces [closed]
Let $M$ be a $3\times 3$ real invertible diagonal matrix and $H$ a Hilbert space of infinite dimension (for example, we can take $H$ as the space of square integrable functions over a bounded ...