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Resolvent is Banach-valued holomorphic

Statement

Let A be a unital complex Banach algebra and let a∈A with resolvent set ρA(a) and resolvent R(z,a)=(z1−a)−1 (Spectrum and resolvent set in a Banach algebra). Then:

  1. ρA(a) is an open subset of C, so σA(a) is closed;
  2. for every z0∈ρA(a) and every h∈C with ∣h∣ ∥R(z0,a)∥<1 the Neumann expansion R(z0+h,a)=∑n≥0(−h)nR(z0,a)n+1 converges in A and exhibits z0+h∈ρA(a);
  3. the map z↦R(z,a) is holomorphic on ρA(a) in the norm sense, with derivative R′(z,a)=−R(z,a)2(z∈ρA(a)), and in particular it is norm continuous there, with the local estimate ∥R(z0+h,a)−R(z0,a)∥≤∣h∣ ∥R(z0,a)∥2/(1−∣h∣ ∥R(z0,a)∥) for ∣h∣ ∥R(z0,a)∥<1.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A unital complex Banach algebra A, an element a∈A, a point z0∈ρA(a) with R0:=R(z0,a), and h∈C with ∣h∣ ∥R0∥<1.

[L1]

A is complete, the norm is submultiplicative with ∥1∥=1, and multiplication is associative and bilinear (Unital Banach algebra).

[L2]

R(z,a) is the unique two-sided inverse of z1−a, so (z1−a)R(z,a)=R(z,a)(z1−a)=1, and R(z0+h,a) exists exactly when (z0+h)1−a is invertible (Spectrum and resolvent set in a Banach algebra).

[L3]

If ∥y∥<1 then 1−y is invertible with (1−y)−1=∑n≥0yn and ∥(1−y)−1∥≤1/(1−∥y∥) (Neumann series).

[L4]

Inversion is continuous on the invertible group, and ρA(a) is therefore open: it is the preimage of the open set A× under the continuous map z↦z1−a (Invertible group is open and inversion is continuous).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1L1L2algebra

Put x:=−hR0, so that ∥x∥≤∣h∣ ∥R0∥<1 by [L1], and (z0+h)1−a=(z0−a)(1−x): indeed (z0−a)(1+hR0)=(z0−a)+h(z0−a)R0=(z0−a)+h, using (z0−a)R0=1 from [L2].

2.1step 1.1L3

By [L3] applied to x, the element 1−x is invertible with (1−x)−1=∑n≥0(−h)nR0n and ∥(1−x)−1∥≤1/(1−∣h∣ ∥R0∥).

3.1step 1.1step 2.1L2L4

By [step 1.1] and [step 2.1], (z0+h)1−a is a product of two invertible elements, hence invertible, with R(z0+h,a)=(1−x)−1R0=∑n≥0(−h)nR0n+1; combined with [L4] this shows that ρA(a) is open, which is claim 1.

4.1step 3.1L4L1

The map z↦R(z,a) is norm continuous at z0: from [step 3.1], R(z0+h,a)−R0=∑n≥1(−h)nR0n+1, whose norm is at most ∑n≥1∣h∣n∥R0∥n+1=∣h∣∥R0∥2/(1−∣h∣∥R0∥), and this tends to 0 with h; independently, continuity of inversion [L4] applied to the continuous map z↦z1−a gives the same conclusion.

4.2step 3.1L1algebra

For nonzero h with ∣h∣ ∥R0∥<1, divide the expansion of [step 3.1] by h after subtracting R0: R(z0+h,a)−R0h+R02=∑n≥2(−1)nhn−1R0n+1. The right-hand side converges in A and has norm at most ∑n≥2∣h∣n−1∥R0∥n+1=∣h∣ ∥R0∥31−∣h∣ ∥R0∥, which tends to 0 as h→0.

5.1step 4.2L4

Thus the norm difference quotient of h↦R(z0+h,a) at 0 converges to −R02. Since z0 was arbitrary in the open set ρA(a), the resolvent is Banach-valued holomorphic there and R′(z0,a)=−R(z0,a)2.

6.1step 3.1step 4.1step 5.1∎

The three claims are established: claim 1 by [step 3.1], claim 3 together with its continuity and estimate by [step 4.1] and [step 5.1], and claim 2 is exactly the expansion of [step 3.1].

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