Spectral Properties of Compact Operators

Abstract

The spectral properties of a compact operator \(T : X \longrightarrow Y\) on a normed linear space resemble those of square matrices. For a compact operator, the spectral properties can be treated fairly completely in the sense that Fredholm's famous theory of integral equations may be extended to linear functional equations \(T x -\lambda\) \(= y\) with a complex parameter \(\lambda\) . This paper has studied and investigated the spectral properties of compact operators in Hilbert spaces. The spectral properties of compact linear operators are relatively simple generalization of the eigenvalues of finite matrices. As a result, the paper has given a number of corresponding propositions and interesting facts which are used to prove basic properties of compact operators. The Fredholm theory has been introduced to investigate the solvability of linear integral equations involving compact operators.