No label defined (Q5699246)

In this paper, the author studies the essential spectrum of a closed densely linear operator on a Banach space \(X\) defined as follows: (i) If \(X\) has the Dunford-Pettis property, then for closed densely linear operators \(A\) and \(B\) on \(X\), \[ \displaystyle \sigma_{ess}(A)=\bigcap_{C\in G_{A}^{F}(X)}\sigma(A+C), \] where \(G_{A}^{F}(X)=\{K\in L(X)\mid (\lambda-A)^{-1}K\) is weakly compact for some \( \lambda\in\rho(A)\}. \) Moreover, if \((\lambda-A)^{-1}-(\lambda-B)^{-1}\) is weakly compact for some \(\lambda\in\rho(A)\cap\rho(B)\), then \[ \displaystyle \bigcap_{C\in G_{A}^{F}(X)}\sigma(A+C)= \bigcap_{C\in G_{B}^{F}(X)}\sigma(B+C). \] (ii) If \(X\) is isomorphic to one of the spaces \(L_{p}(\Omega)\), \(p>1\), then for closed densely linear operators \(A\) and \(B\) on \(X\), \[ \displaystyle \sigma_{ess}(A)=\bigcap_{C\in G_{A}^{S}(X)}\sigma(A+C), \] where \(G_{A}^{S}(X)=\{K\in L(X) \mid (\lambda-A)^{-1}K\) is strictly singular for some \( \lambda\in\rho(A)\}. \) Moreover, if \((\lambda-A)^{-1}-(\lambda-B)^{-1}\) is strictly singular for some \(\lambda\in\rho(A)\cap\rho(B)\), then \[ \bigcap_{C\in G_{A}^{S}(X)}\sigma(A+C)= \bigcap_{C\in G_{B}^{S}(X)}\sigma(B+C). \] As applications of the results, the author studies the essential spectra of the one-dimensional transport equation under general boundary conditions.