Fredholm operators and Riesz theory for polynomially compact operators (Q2498383)

The paper under review concerns the spectral theory for polynomially compact operators. Let \(A\) be a closed, densely defined linear operator on a Banach space \(X\). The authors of this paper show that if \(A\) is a polynomially compact operator on \(X\), i.e., there exists a nonzero complex polynomial \(p\) for which \(p(A)\) is a compact operator on \(X\), then for each \(\lambda\in \mathbb{C}\) with \(p(\lambda)\neq 0\), \(\lambda I-A\) is a Fredholm operator on \(X\) with finite ascent and descent. The authors also discuss the spectra of polynomially compact operators on a Banach space and give some results on multiplicities and localization of eigenvalues of polynomially compact operators.