Paper 3, Section II, I
Let be a separable complex Hilbert space.
(a) For an operator , define the spectrum and point spectrum. Define what it means for to be: (i) a compact operator; (ii) a self-adjoint operator and (iii) a finite rank operator.
(b) Suppose is compact. Prove that given any , there exists a finite-dimensional subspace such that for each , where is an orthonormal basis for and denotes the orthogonal projection onto . Deduce that a compact operator is the operator norm limit of finite rank operators.
(c) Suppose that has finite rank and is not an eigenvalue of . Prove that is surjective. [You may wish to consider the action of on
(d) Suppose is compact and is not an eigenvalue of . Prove that the image of is dense in .
Prove also that is bounded below, i.e. prove also that there exists a constant such that for all . Deduce that is surjective.