Compact linear operators on functional spaces with two norms (Q1381222): Difference between revisions

The original version of this paper (in Ukrainian) was published in Sbirnik Praz' Instituta Matem. Akademii Nauk, Ukrainsk. SSR, No. 9, 104-129 (1947). Some statement from this paper were later rediscovered by P. D. Lax and by J. A. Dieudonne. In Section 1 some general facts of linear operator theory in a space with two norms are established. Important results, as for instance the well-known Hilbert-Schmidt theorem on expansions with respect to eigenfunctions, Mercer's theorem etc. are obtained in this general context. In Section 2, the author develops the theory of symmetrizable operators. Section 3 contains a theorem which can be used to investigate the asymptotics of eigenvalues of a compact operator, with applications to the theory of integral equations with a symmetrizable kernel. Although written more than fifty years ago, the paper has not only the value of an historical document but it remains as modern and fresh as a masterpiece can be. An excellent idea to offer this translation to a large audience.