Polysingular operators and the topology of invertible singular operators (Q1078468)

The homotopy groups \(\pi_ n(GS(U))\) of the space of abstract Fredholm singular integral operators generated by the isometry \(U: H\to H\) of a Hilbert space H are computed. The obtained results are applied to singular integral operators with Cauchy kernels on closed curves and are used also to derive index formulae for a bisingular integral operator on closed curves with continuous exterior coefficients. [The latter was obtained earlier by \textit{V. Pilidi} in Funct. Anal. Appl. 7(1973), 337- 338 (1974; Zbl 0295.47053)].