Stability of \(P(S)\) under finite perturbation (Q1423746)

The paper under review concerns the stability of the set \(\mathcal{P}(S)\), defined below, under finite perturbations. It is well-known that if \(T\) is a semi-Fredholm operator on a Banach space \(X\) and \(F\) is a finite rank operator, then \(T+F\) is a semi-Fredholm operator. This paper extends this result for the class \(\mathcal{P}(S)\). If \(X\) and \(Y\) are Banach spaces and \(T\) is a bounded linear operator from \(X\) to \(Y\), write \(T\in \mathcal{P}(S)\) if \(T\) has closed range and there exists a finite-dimensional subspace \(Z\) of \(X\) such that \(\text{ker}T \subset D(T\colon S)+ Z\). The main result is as follows. Theorem. If \(T\in\mathcal{P}(S)\) and \(S\) is bounded from below, then \(T+F\in\mathcal{P}(S)\) for every finite rank operator \(F\).