New estimates for Ritz vectors

The following estimate for the Rayleigh–Ritz method is proved: |λ̃−λ||(ũ,u)| ≤ ‖Aũ− λ̃ũ‖sin∠{u;Ũ}, ‖u‖= 1. Here A is a bounded self-adjoint operator in a real Hilbert/euclidian space, {λ,u} one of its eigenpairs, Ũ a trial subspace for the Rayleigh–Ritz method, and {λ̃, ũ} a Ritz pair. This inequality makes it possible to analyze the fine structure of the error of the Rayleigh–Ritz method, in particular, it shows that |(ũ,u)| ≤ Cε2, if an eigenvector u is close to the trial subspace with accuracy ε and a Ritz vector ũ is an ε approximation to another eigenvector, with a different eigenvalue. Generalizations of the estimate to the cases of eigenspaces and invariant subspaces are suggested, and estimates of approximation of eigenspaces and invariant subspaces are proved.