Compact operators and Fredholm theory
[100/30%]Prove that an operator is compact if and only if the image of the unit ball in is a precompact set in .
Prove that a finite linear combination of compact operators is a compact operator.
Prove that the composition of a compact and a bounded operator (in either order) is a compact operator.
Prove that if are compact operators and , then is also a compact operator.
(J. Calkin, 1941). Let H be a separable Hilbert space. Prove that the unique nontrivial proper closed two-sided ideal in is .
Let and be Banach spaces, . Prove that can have a right inverse operator only in the case . Prove that can have a left inverse operator only in the case .
Give an example of a sequence of compact operators in a Banach space such that , but is not a compact operator.
Let and be normed spaces, . Prove that if , then is compact.
Let be a Banach space, , and let be a closed subspace. Prove that .
Give an example of Banach spaces and and a non-compact operator such that contains no infinite-dimensional closed subspaces.
Let , where is a Banach space, and . Can the operator be compact?
Let and be Banach spaces, and . Prove that .
Let and be normed spaces, the operator . Prove that the space is separable.
Let be a Banach space. Prove that the identity operator on it is compact if and only if is finite-dimensional.
Prove that a projection operator in a Banach space is compact if and only if it is finite-dimensional.
Let be a reflexive Banach space, let be separable, and . Prove that the image of the closed unit ball is a compact set. 1
Theorem 14.4 (S. Banach, 1932; L. Alaoglu, 1940): Let be a linear normed space. The closed unit ball of is compact in the weak topology if and only if is reflexive.
Footnotes
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The statement of the problem remains valid even without the condition of separability of the dual space (for the proof one must use Theorem 14.4). ↩
Let be a Banach space. Prove that if for every operator the image of the closed unit ball is a compact set, then the space is reflexive.
Is it true that if in an infinite-dimensional normed space , then the operator is compact?
Let be an infinite-dimensional Banach space, the operator , and the polynomial . Prove that if , then . For an arbitrary polynomial with coefficient , give an example of a compact operator for which .
Prove that similar operators (see Definition 9.4) are either both compact or both non-compact.
Definition 9.4: Let and be normed spaces, , . The operators and are called similar if there exists a bounded operator with bounded inverse (that is, ) such that (notation ).
Prove that a compact operator carries every weakly convergent sequence into a sequence convergent in norm.
Prove that an operator in a reflexive space carrying every weakly convergent sequence into a sequence convergent in norm is compact. Give an example of an operator in a nonreflexive space carrying every weakly convergent sequence into a sequence convergent in norm, but which is not compact.
Let and be Banach spaces, , the sequence in , the sequence in . Prove that .
Let and be Banach spaces, with separable. Let , and let the operator carry every -weakly convergent sequence in into a sequence convergent in norm in . Prove that is compact.
Let a Banach space be reflexive, and let be separable. Prove that every compact operator attains its norm on the closed unit ball 1. Give an example of a compact operator in a nonreflexive space that does not attain its norm on the closed unit ball.
Theorem 14.4 (S. Banach, 1932; L. Alaoglu, 1940): Let be a linear normed space. The closed unit ball of is compact in the weak topology if and only if is reflexive.
Footnotes
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The statement of the problem remains valid even without the condition of separability of the dual space (for the proof one must use Theorem 14.4). ↩
Prove that is a (in general, non-closed) linear subspace of . Prove that , if or .
On the linear space introduce the norm
where the infimum is taken over all representations of the operator as the sum of an absolutely convergent series of one-dimensional operators. Prove that this function satisfies the axioms of a norm. Prove the estimate . Prove that the space is Banach with respect to the introduced norm.
Prove that any Banach space in which there is a countable Schauder basis has the approximation property. Prove that any (not necessarily separable) Hilbert space has the approximation property.
Suppose that a Schauder basis exists in a Banach space . Prove that the closure of the subspace of finite-dimensional operators in the sense of strong operator convergence in coincides with .
For which is the operator a compact operator in ? Under what conditions on the sequence is this operator nuclear?
For which is the operator a compact operator in ? For which is the operator compact in ?
Prove that any bounded operator acting from a reflexive space into the space is compact. In particular, if , then .
Prove that any bounded operator acting from the space into a reflexive space is compact.
Let and . Prove that (cf. problem 9.18).
Prove that the operators of right and left shift in any of the spaces or are not compact.
Prove that if , then the integral operator , is compact for any .
Prove that if , then the integral operator , is compact.
Prove that if the function is continuous on the square except for a finite number of continuous curves of the form , then the integral operator , is compact.
Prove that the differentiation operator is not compact when acting:
from into ;
from into .
Prove that the shift operator is not compact in the spaces:
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Using problem 11.21, prove that the Hardy operator
in the space , is not compact.
Prove that any integral operator in the space with measurable kernel satisfying the condition is compact.
- Prove that every compact operator in the space can be written in this form.
Give an example of a non-compact bounded operator in the space , and a sequence with the properties
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for all ;
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(cf. problem 11.22).
Let be one of the spaces: , or . Let , and . Prove that . Give an example of a compact operator in the space such that .
Prove that the operator of the form
in the spaces , , and , is bounded, not compact, but .
Is the operator compact in the space ?
Let be a continuous map of the segment into itself. Prove that the composition operator , is compact in if and only if const.
(Theorem of I. K. Daugavet, 1963). Prove that for every compact operator in the equality holds.
Let, in a Hilbert space , the operator be compact. Prove that the operator is compact.
Prove that in a Hilbert space the operator is compact if and only if is compact.
Let be a self-adjoint nonnegative operator in a Hilbert space . Prove that is compact if and only if is compact.
Let and be self-adjoint operators in a Hilbert space, , where and are compact. Prove that is also compact.
For which values of the parameter is the Hardy operator
(see problem 6.33), compact?
Prove that if , and is an orthonormal basis of the space , then .
Prove the compactness of the operator ,
Is the operator compact in under the condition ?
Is the Hilbert operator (see problem 6.72), defined by the matrix , where , compact in the space ?
Give an example of a compact operator in the space whose matrix entries in the standard basis satisfy the relation .
Let be the right shift operator in the space . Prove that if a compact operator commutes with , then .
Prove that the operator is not compact in the space .
Prove the compactness in the space of the integral operator with kernel .
For which is the operator
compact?
Prove the compactness of the operator , .
Let be a Hilbert space, . Prove that there exists a vector , such that (cf. problem 11.25).
Let be a Hilbert space, , a vector , and . Prove that the operator carries into .
Prove that similar operators in Banach spaces are either both Fredholm with equal indices, or both not Fredholm.
Prove that every invertible operator in a Banach space is Fredholm.
Let and be Banach spaces, . Prove that if and only if both spaces and are finite-dimensional.
Let be a Banach space and let be a Fredholm operator in . Prove that then the operator is also Fredholm and .
Prove Theorems 11.5-11.8 for the case of a Hilbert space and a finite-dimensional operator .
Notation: for an operator on a Banach space and the adjoint operator one considers four equations: (1) ; (2) ; (3) ; (4) . Let (the solutions of equation (3)) and (the solutions of equation (4)). For a pair , one writes if .
Theorem 11.5 (F. Riesz, 1918): If , then the operator is Fredholm.
Theorem 11.6 (first Fredholm theorem): Equation (1) (respectively, equation (2)) has a solution if and only if (respectively, ).
Theorem 11.7 (second Fredholm theorem, or the Fredholm alternative): Either equation (1) (respectively, equation (2)) has a solution for every right-hand side, or equation (3) (respectively, equation (4)) has a nonzero solution.
Theorem 11.8 (third Fredholm theorem): .
Prove the first Fredholm theorem 11.6 for the case of a Hilbert space.
Theorem 11.6 (first Fredholm theorem): Let , the adjoint operator, , . The equation (respectively, the equation ) has a solution if and only if (respectively, ). Here for a pair , one writes if .
In an arbitrary Banach space the method used in the previous problem to prove the Fredholm theorems is not applicable, since the space may fail to have the approximation property (see Theorem 11.2).
Theorem 11.2 (P. Enflo, 1972): There exist separable Banach spaces without the approximation property. These spaces have no Schauder basis. Here (Definition 11.3) a space is said to have the approximation property if for every Banach space and every compact operator there is a sequence of finite-dimensional operators converging to in the norm of .
The statements of problems 11.71-11.75 contain theorems from the beginning of Section 11.4; this problem must be solved without using Theorems 11.3-11.8 (their statements are given in problems 11.69, 11.74 and 11.79).
Let be a Banach space, and . Prove that .
The statements of problems 11.71-11.75 contain theorems from the beginning of Section 11.4; this problem must be solved without using Theorems 11.3-11.8 (their statements are given in problems 11.69, 11.74 and 11.79).
Let be a Banach space, and . Prove that the subspace is closed in .
The statements of problems 11.71-11.75 contain theorems from the beginning of Section 11.4; this problem must be solved without using Theorems 11.3-11.8 (their statements are given in problems 11.69, 11.74 and 11.79).
Let be a Banach space, and . Prove that .
The statements of problems 11.71-11.75 contain theorems from the beginning of Section 11.4; this problem must be solved without using Theorems 11.3-11.8 (their statements are given in problems 11.69, 11.74 and 11.79).
Prove Theorem 11.3.
Theorem 11.3: If and are Banach spaces and (that is, is a Fredholm operator: the numbers and are finite), then is closed (see problem 9.15).
The statements of problems 11.71-11.75 contain theorems from the beginning of Section 11.4; this problem must be solved without using Theorems 11.3-11.8 (their statements are given in problems 11.69, 11.74 and 11.79).
Let be a Banach space, and . Prove that:
has finite ascent and equal finite descent ;
for all natural the kernels are finite-dimensional, and the images are closed (see problems 6.54 and 6.56).
Let and be Banach spaces, , . Prove that and ind ind ind .
Let and be Banach spaces, an invertible operator, . Prove that and
Let and be Banach spaces, and ind . Without using Theorem 11.4, prove F. Riesz's decomposition theorem: there exists an invertible operator and a finite-dimensional operator such that .
Theorem 11.4 (S. M. Nikol'skii, 1943): Let be Banach spaces. An operator is Fredholm if and only if it is almost invertible, that is, there exist operators such that , , where , . Moreover, the operators and can be chosen equal and such that and are finite-rank (finite-dimensional) operators.
Prove Theorem 11.4.
Definition 11.5: Let be Banach spaces. An operator is called almost invertible if there exist operators , such that , , where , .
Theorem 11.4 (S. M. Nikol'skii, 1943): Let be Banach spaces. An operator is Fredholm (that is, and ) if and only if it is almost invertible. Moreover, the operators and can be chosen equal and such that and are finite-rank (finite-dimensional) operators.
(First index stability theorem). Let and be Banach spaces, . Prove that and
(Second index stability theorem). Let and be Banach spaces, . Prove that there exists such that for every operator with the inclusion holds together with the equality .
Let be Banach spaces. Prove that the embedding operator is Fredholm if and only if the codimension of the linear space in is finite.
Prove that a projection operator in a Banach space is Fredholm if and only if its image has finite codimension.
Prove that the following operators are Fredholm:
;
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Find the numbers and .
Under what conditions on the sequence is the operator in , where , a Fredholm operator? In those cases where the operator is Fredholm, compute and ind .
Under what conditions on the function is the operator Fredholm:
in ;
in ?
In those cases where the operator is Fredholm, compute and ind .
Prove that the operators of right and left shift in any of the spaces , or are Fredholm. Compute the deficiency numbers and index for these operators.
Prove that the operator is Fredholm in any of the spaces . Compute , and for this operator in each of the indicated spaces.
Let be an orthonormal basis in a Hilbert space , and let the system be quadratically close to it, i.e., . Prove that under these conditions the following statements are equivalent:
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the system is complete;
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the system is minimal;
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the system is a Riesz basis. 1
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Compare with problems 3.68 and 10.64. ↩
Prove that the general solution of the equation
(with respect to the function , with known) has the form
here , are solutions of the system of equations
where the coefficients and depend on and . State the Fredholm alternative in terms of the matrix and the right-hand side . Assume the functions to be linearly independent.
In the space , find the solution of the following integral equations for all values of the complex parameters and :
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In the space , find the solution of the following integral equations for all values of the complex parameters and :
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Under what conditions on the function and the parameter does the equation
have a unique solution in the space ?
Find all for which the equation
is solvable in for every .
In the space , find the solution of the following integral equations for all values of the complex parameters and :
;
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In the space , find the solution of the following integral equations for all values :
;
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In the space , find the solution of the integral equation for all values :
if
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In the space , find the solution of the integral equation for all values :
if
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In the space , find the solution of the integral equation for all values :
if
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Is the Fredholm equation of the first kind
solvable where
;
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in the spaces ?