On some geometric conditions of Fredholmity of one-dimensional singular integral operators (Q1341054)

The author considers the singular integral operator \(aP + Q\) on \(L_ p (\Gamma)\) where \(\Gamma\) is the unit circle, \(1 < p < \infty\), \(a \in L_ \infty (\Gamma)\), \(P = {1 \over 2} (I+S)\), \(Q = {1 \over 2} (I-S)\), \(Sf(t) = {1 \over \pi i} \int_ \Gamma {f(\tau) \over \tau - t} d \tau\), \(t \in \Gamma\). He describes geometrically the coefficient \(a\) using the notion of its cluster values and obtains the necessary conditions for the operator \(aP+Q\) to be Fredholm in terms of this description. The problem of an improvability of the above mentioned conditions is also investigated. In some sense these results generalize those obtained by I. B. Simonenko and I. Tz. Gohberg.