Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-analysis-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2011/3/a/ii/solution

The bounded operators on a Banach space form a Banach algebra in the operator norm. If , the Neumann series converges absolutely in that norm. Its partial sums satisfy
Taking limits proves .
If , factor and apply the same argument. Thus such are in the resolvent set and

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