For a closed linear operator and z in its resolvent, the displayed identity follows by factoring (A−z)−1−wI for w=0. Its inverse exists exactly when A−(z+1/w)Ihas a bounded inverse. Products involving A are bounded after composing with a resolvent, since A(A−λ)−1=I+λ(A−λ)−1. Zero may be in the bounded resolvent's spectrum when A is unbounded.