spectral values classification
Spectral points classificationFernando Sanz Gamiz
Definition 1.
Let a topological vector space and a linear transformation withdomain . Depending on the properties of11the notation is to beunderstood as with the identity transformation and is the rangeof the following definitions apply:
Remark 1.
It is obvious that, if is the field of possible values for (usually or) then , that is, thesedefinitions cover all the possibilities for . The complement of the resolvent set is called spectrum of the operator A, i.e.,
Remark 2.
In the finite dimensional case if exists it must be bounded, since all finitedimensional linear mappings are bounded. This existence also implies that the range of must be the whole X. So, in the finite dimensional case the only spectral values wecan encounter are point spectrum values (eigenvalues).