The theory of Hahn-meromorphic functions, a holomorphic Fredholm theorem, and its applications (Q2509694)

The algebraic theory of generalized power series is well developed and can be found in the literature under the name Hahn series or Malcev-Neumann series. In this paper the authors are concerned with the analytic theory of such generalized power series. A ring of functions (a division ring), the Hahn holomorphic functions, that have convergent expansions into generalized power series is defined. The quotient field, the field of Hahn-meromorphic functions, has a nice description in terms of Hahn series. The notions of Hahn-holomorphic and Hahn-meromorphic functions are generalized to the operator valued case. The theory turns out to be very close to the case of analytic function theory. In particular, an analog of the analytic Fredholm theorem holds in the class of Hahn holomorphic functions. Several applications are given. In particular, convergent expansions of the resolvent for Bessel-type operators and Laplace-Beltrami operators for manifolds that are Euclidean at infinity are obtained.