Limit spectrum of discretely converging operators (Q4354834)

We show that, under some essential conditions, the spectrum of a linear bounded operator can be obtained using information about the behavior of the norms of the resolvents of the approximating operators. The paper is closely related to [first author, Numer. Funct. Anal. Optimization 16, No. 3-4, 443-473 (1995; Zbl 0837.65056)] but here the discussion is in the framework of discrete convergence [second author, ``Funktionalanalysis der Diskretisierungsmethoden'' (1976; Zbl 0343.65023) and Math. Nachr. 78, 165-183 (1977; Zbl 0369.65016)] underlining the role of the stable convergence of operators. The main results are presented in Section 5. For comparison, we reproduce in Section 4 some results concerning the approximation of \(\sigma(T)\) directly from \(\sigma(T_n)\). These results are similar to those in [second author, ``Compact Approximation of operators and approximate solutions of equations'' (in Russian), Tartu] where other discretization schemes and other convergence concepts but similar arguments were used. In Section 7 we apply the results to the Arnoldi scheme in Hilbert spaces.