Global Perturbation of Nonlinear Eigenvalues

Abstract

Abstract This paper generalizes the classical theory of perturbation of eigenvalues up to cover the most general setting where the operator surface 𝔏 : [ a , b ] × [ c , d ] → Φ 0 ⁢ ( U , V ) {\mathfrak{L}:[a,b]\times[c,d]\to\Phi_{0}(U,V)} , ( λ , μ ) ↦ 𝔏 ⁢ ( λ , μ ) {(\lambda,\mu)\mapsto\mathfrak{L}(\lambda,\mu)} , depends continuously on the perturbation parameter, μ, and holomorphically, as well as nonlinearly, on the spectral parameter, λ, where Φ 0 ⁢ ( U , V ) {\Phi_{0}(U,V)} stands for the set of Fredholm operators of index zero between U and V. The main result is a substantial extension of a classical finite-dimensional theorem of T. Kato (see [T. Kato, Perturbation Theory for Linear Operators, 2nd ed., Class. Math., Springer, Berlin, 1995, Chapter 2, Section 5]).