The stability radius of Fredholm linear pencils (Q5944914)

Let \(T\) and \(S\) be two bounded linear operators from Banach spaces \(X\) into \(Y\), and suppose that \(T\) is Fredholm and \(\dim N(T-\lambda S)\) is constant in a neighborhood of \(\lambda=0\). Let \(d(T;S)\) be the supremum of all \(r>0\) such that \(\dim N(T-\lambda S)\) and \(codim R(T-\lambda S)\) are constant for all \(\lambda\) with \(|\lambda|<r\). It is a consequence of more general results due to \textit{H. Bart} and \textit{D.C. Lay} [Stud. Math. 66, 307-320 (1980; Zbl 0435.47022)] that \(d(T;S)=\lim_{n\to\infty}\gamma_n(T;S)^{{1\over n}}\), where \(\gamma_n(T;S)\) are some non-negative (extended) real numbers. For \(X=Y\) and \(S=I\), the identity operator, we have \(\gamma_n(T;S)=\gamma(T^n)\), where \(\gamma\) is reduced minimum modulus. A different representation of the stability radius \(d(T;S)\) is obtained here in terms of of the spectral radii of generalized inverses of \(T\). The existence of generalized resolvents for Fredholm linear pencils is also considered.