Generalized spectrum and commuting compact perturbations

Abstract

Let X be an infinite-dimensional complex Banach space and denote the set of bounded (compact) linear operators on X by B(X) (K(X)). Let N(A) and R(A) denote, respectively, the null space and the range space of an element A of B(X). Set R(A∞)=∩nR(An) and k(A)=dim N(A)/(N(A)∩R(A∞)). Let σg(A) = ℂ\{λ∈ℂ:R(A−λ) is closed and k(A−λ)=0} denote the generalized (regular) spectrum of A. In this paper we study the subset σgb(A) of σg(A) defined by σgb(A) = ℂ\{λ∈ℂ:R(A−λ) is closed and k(A−λ)<∞}. Among other things, we prove that if f is a function analytic in a neighborhood of σ(A), then σgb(f(A)) = f(σgb(A)).