semi-Fredholm operator


A semi-Fredholm operator is a bounded operatorMathworldPlanetmathPlanetmath between Banach spacesMathworldPlanetmath that has a finite dimensional kernel or cokernel, and closed range. There are two semigroups of semi-Fredholm operators: upper semi-Fredholm operators (those which have finite dimensional kernels), and lower semi-Fredholm operators (those which have finite dimensional cokernels). A semi-Fredholm operator that is both upper and lower is Fredholm. If an operator is homotopic through (a norm continuous path of) semi-Fredholm operators to a Fredholm operator, then it is Fredholm.

Title semi-Fredholm operator
Canonical name SemiFredholmOperator
Date of creation 2013-03-22 14:17:00
Last modified on 2013-03-22 14:17:00
Owner mhale (572)
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Numerical id 5
Author mhale (572)
Entry type Definition
Classification msc 47A53