Range-kernel complementation

Abstract

If a Banach-space operator has a complemented range, then its normed-space adjoint has a complemented kernel and the converse holds on a re exive Banach space. It is also shown when complemented kernel for an operator is equivalent to complemented range for its normed-space adjoint. This is applied to compact operators and to compact perturbations. In particular, compact perturbations of semi-Fredholm operators have complemented range and kernel for both the perturbed operator and its normed-space adjoint.