B3.8
Part II, 2002
Let be an infinite-dimensional, separable Hilbert space. Let be a compact linear operator on , and let be a non-zero, approximate eigenvalue of . Prove that is an eigenvalue, and that the corresponding eigenspace is finite-dimensional.
Let be a compact, self-adjoint operator on . Prove that there is an orthonormal basis of , and a sequence in , such that (i) and (ii) as .
Now let be compact, self-adjoint and injective. Let be a bounded self-adjoint operator on such that . Prove that has an orthonormal basis , where, for every is an eigenvector, both of and of .
[You may assume, without proof, results about self-adjoint operators on finite-dimensional spaces.]