Introduction | |
Operator theory in finite-dimensional vector spaces | |
Vector spaces and normed vector spaces | p. 1 |
Linear forms and the adjoint space | p. 10 |
Linear operators | p. 16 |
Analysis with operators | p. 25 |
The eigenvalue problem | p. 34 |
Operators in unitary spaces | p. 47 |
Perturbation theory in a finite-dimensional space | p. 62 |
Analytic perturbation of eigenvalues | p. 63 |
Perturbation series | p. 74 |
Convergence radii and error estimates | p. 88 |
Similarity transformations of the eigenspaces and eigenvectors | p. 98 |
Non-analytic perturbations | p. 106 |
Perturbation of symmetric operators | p. 120 |
Introduction to the theory of operators in Banach spaces | |
Banach spaces | p. 127 |
Linear operators in Banach spaces | p. 142 |
Bounded operators | p. 149 |
Compact operators | p. 157 |
Closed operators | p. 163 |
Resolvents and spectra | p. 172 |
Stability theorems | |
Stability of closedness and bounded invertibility | p. 189 |
Generalized convergence of closed operators | p. 197 |
Perturbation of the spectrum | p. 208 |
Pairs of closed linear manifolds | p. 218 |
Stability theorems for semi-Fredholm operators | p. 229 |
Degenerate perturbations | p. 244 |
Operators in Hilbert spaces | |
Hilbert space | p. 251 |
Bounded operators in Hilbert spaces | p. 256 |
Unbounded operators in Hilbert spaces | p. 267 |
Perturbation of selfadjoint operators | p. 287 |
The Schrodinger and Dirac operators | p. 297 |
Sesquilinear forms in Hilbert spaces and associated operators | |
Sesquilinear and quadratic forms | p. 308 |
The representation theorems | p. 322 |
Perturbation of sesquilinear forms and the associated operators | p. 336 |
Quadratic forms and the Schrodinger operators | p. 343 |
The spectral theorem and perturbation of spectral families | p. 353 |
Analytic perturbation theory | |
Analytic families of operators | p. 365 |
Holomorphic families of type (A) | p. 375 |
Selfadjoint holomorphic families | p. 385 |
Holomorphic families of type (B) | p. 393 |
Further problems of analytic perturbation theory | p. 413 |
Eigenvalue problems in the generalized form | p. 416 |
Asymptotic perturbation theory | |
Strong convergence in the generalized sense | p. 427 |
Asymptotic expansions | p. 441 |
Generalized strong convergence of sectorial operators | p. 453 |
Asymptotic expansions for sectorial operators | p. 463 |
Spectral concentration | p. 473 |
Perturbation theory for semigroups of operators | |
One-parameter semigroups and groups of operators | p. 479 |
Perturbation of semigroups | p. 497 |
Approximation by discrete semigroups | p. 509 |
Perturbation of continuous spectra and unitary equivalence | |
The continuous spectrum of a selfadjoint operator | p. 516 |
Perturbation of continuous spectra | p. 525 |
Wave operators and the stability of absolutely continuous spectra | p. 529 |
Existence and completeness of wave operators | p. 537 |
A stationary method | p. 553 |
Bibliography | p. 583 |
Supplementary Bibliography | p. 596 |
Notation index | p. 606 |
Author index | p. 608 |
Subject index | p. 612 |
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