Perturbation theory for the approximation of stability spectra by QR methods for sequences of linear operators on a Hilbert space (Q417558)

The authors develop a quantitative perturbation theory for the approximation of stability spectra of sequences of infinite dimensional operators based on an infinite dimensional \(QR\) technique for determining Lyapunov exponents and Sacker-Sell spectrum. The results apply also in the case of stable but not necessarily distinct Lyapunov exponents. The perturbation bounds are obtained by posing an appropriate zero finding problem and applying the Newton-Kantorovich theorem. As an illustration, the results are applied to a one-dimensional parabolic initial-boundary problem. The results are rather technical.