Perturbation of invariant subspaces (Q5902981)

We investigate by how much the invariant subspaces of a bounded linear operator on a Banach space change when the operator is slightly perturbed. If E and F are the spectral projector frames associated with A and \(A+H\) respectively, we answer the natural question about how far the two frames are in terms of the perturbation H and the separation of parts of the spectrum of the operator A. These results depend on how to measure the difference between the two frames and how to measure the separation between parts of the spectrum. These two measures are introduced and analysed.