Paper 3, Section II, I

Linear Analysis
Part II, 2020

Let HH be a separable complex Hilbert space.

(a) For an operator T:HHT: H \rightarrow H, define the spectrum and point spectrum. Define what it means for TT to be: (i) a compact operator; (ii) a self-adjoint operator and (iii) a finite rank operator.

(b) Suppose T:HHT: H \rightarrow H is compact. Prove that given any δ>0\delta>0, there exists a finite-dimensional subspace EHE \subset H such that T(en)PET(en)<δ\left\|T\left(e_{n}\right)-P_{E} T\left(e_{n}\right)\right\|<\delta for each nn, where {e1,e2,e3,}\left\{e_{1}, e_{2}, e_{3}, \ldots\right\} is an orthonormal basis for HH and PEP_{E} denotes the orthogonal projection onto EE. Deduce that a compact operator is the operator norm limit of finite rank operators.

(c) Suppose that S:HHS: H \rightarrow H has finite rank and λC\{0}\lambda \in \mathbb{C} \backslash\{0\} is not an eigenvalue of SS. Prove that SλIS-\lambda I is surjective. [You may wish to consider the action of S(SλI)S(S-\lambda I) on ker(S).]\left.\operatorname{ker}(S)^{\perp} .\right]

(d) Suppose T:HHT: H \rightarrow H is compact and λC\{0}\lambda \in \mathbb{C} \backslash\{0\} is not an eigenvalue of TT. Prove that the image of TλIT-\lambda I is dense in HH.

Prove also that TλIT-\lambda I is bounded below, i.e. prove also that there exists a constant c>0c>0 such that (TλI)xcx\|(T-\lambda I) x\| \geqslant c\|x\| for all xHx \in H. Deduce that TλIT-\lambda I is surjective.