Spectral theory for structured perturbations of linear operators (Q1624165)

Summary: We characterize the spectrum (and its parts) of operators which can be represented as \(G=A+BC\) for a ``simpler'' operator \(A\) and a structured perturbation \(BC\). The interest in this kind of perturbations is motivated, e.g., by perturbations of the domain of an operator \(A\) but also arises in the theory of closed-loop systems in control theory. In many cases our results yield the spectral values of \(G\) as zeros of a ``\textit{characteristic equation}''.