The generalized Fredholm operators

Fredholm Operators and the Generalized Index

One of the most fundamental problems in mathematics is to solve linear equations of the form Tf = g, where T is a linear transformation, g is known, and f is some unknown quantity. The simplest example of this comes from elementary linear algebra, which deals with solutions to matrix-vector equations of the form Ax = b. More generally, if V,W are vector spaces (or, in particular, Hilbert or Ban...

Notes on Fredholm operators

(2) If K ∈ B(X) is compact, then for all λ ∈ C \ {0}, K − λ1 is Fredholm with index zero. (3) The shift operator S± ∈ B(`p) for 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞ defined by (S±x)n = xn±1 is Fredholm with index ±1. (4) If X,Y are finite dimensional and T ∈ B(X,Y ), then by the Rank-Nullity Theorem, ind(T ) = dim(X)− dim(Y ). Lemma 3. Suppose E,F ⊆ X are closed subspaces with F finite dimensional. (1) The subspace E + F...

On the Fredholm Alternative for Nonlinear Operators

Let X be a locally convex topological vector space, Y a real Banach space, ƒ a mapping (in general, nonlinear) of X into Y. In several recent papers ([5], [ó], [7]), Pohozaev has studied the concept of normal solvability or the Fredholm alternative for mappings ƒ of class C. If Ax=f'x' is the continuous linear mapping of X into Y which is the derivative of ƒ a t the point x of X, A* the adjoint...

On the space of Fredholm operators

We compare various topologies on the space of (possibly unbounded) Fredholm selfadjoint operators and explain their K-theoretic relevance.∗ Introduction The work of Atiyah and Singer on the index of elliptic operators on manifolds has singled out the role of the space of bounded Fredholm operators in topology. It is a classifying space for a very useful functor, the topological K-theory. This m...

Fredholm Operators and the Family Index