Compact self-adjoint operators: spectral finiteness toolkit #
This file collects “spectral finiteness” facts for compact self-adjoint operators on Hilbert spaces:
finite-dimensionality of nonzero eigenspaces, finiteness away from 0, countability of the nonzero
point spectrum, isolation of nonzero eigenvalues, and a packaged ‖μ n‖ → 0 statement for injective
eigenvalue sequences.
These are standard ingredients for spectral-iteration proofs and compact-resolvent applications.
Main results #
CompactSelfAdjoint.finiteDimensional_eigenspace_of_isCompactOperatorCompactSelfAdjoint.finite_set_hasEigenvalue_norm_ge_of_isCompactOperator_of_isSelfAdjointCompactSelfAdjoint.countable_set_hasEigenvalue_ne_zero_of_isCompactOperator_of_isSelfAdjointCompactSelfAdjoint.exists_ball_hasEigenvalue_eq_of_isCompactOperator_of_isSelfAdjointCompactSelfAdjoint.finiteDimensional_iSup_eigenspace_norm_geCompactSelfAdjoint.tendsto_norm_of_injective_hasEigenvalue_of_isCompactOperator_of_isSelfAdjoint
Finite-dimensionality of nonzero eigenspaces #
If T is compact, then the eigenspace for a nonzero eigenvalue is finite-dimensional.
Finiteness of large eigenvalues (self-adjoint case) #
For a compact self-adjoint operator, there is no infinite sequence of distinct eigenvalues whose
norm is bounded below by ε > 0.
This is a standard compact spectral theorem ingredient: since distinct eigenspaces are orthogonal,
such a sequence would give an orthonormal family e n with ‖T (e n)‖ = ‖μ n‖ ≥ ε, contradicting
that compact operators send orthonormal sequences to norm-null sequences.
For a compact self-adjoint operator, the set of eigenvalues with norm bounded below by
ε > 0 is finite.
For a compact self-adjoint operator, the set of nonzero eigenvalues is countable (indeed, only
0 can be an accumulation point).
For a compact self-adjoint operator, any injective eigenvalue sequence must have eigenvalues
converging to 0 in norm.
Isolation of nonzero eigenvalues #
For a compact self-adjoint operator, any nonzero eigenvalue is isolated among eigenvalues.
Finite-dimensionality of large spectral subspaces #
For a compact self-adjoint operator, the sum (iSup) of eigenspaces corresponding to eigenvalues
with ‖μ‖ ≥ ε is finite-dimensional.