Gerald Wanjala

Stability Theory for Nullity and Deficiency of Linear Relations

Let $\mathcal A$ and $\mathcal B$ be two closed linear relation acting between two Banach spaces $X$ and $Y$ and let $λ$ be a complex number. We study the stability of the nullity and deficiency of $\mathcal A$ when it is perturbed by $λ\mathcal B$. In particular, we show the existence of a constant $ρ>0$ for which both the nullity and deficiency of $\mathcal A$ remain stable under perturbation by $λ\mathcal B$ for all $λ$ inside the disk $\vert λ\vert <ρ$.