Weyl theorem for compact self-adjoint perturbations

ID: weyl-theorem-for-compact-self-adjoint-perturbations

If is bounded and self-adjoint on a complex Hilbert space and is compact and self-adjoint, then
A singular Weyl sequence for stays singular for , because compact operators send weak convergence to norm convergence and therefore . Applying the same argument with proves the reverse inclusion. Finite-multiplicity isolated eigenvalues can move under such perturbations; the essential spectrum of a bounded self-adjoint operator is unchanged.

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