Grothendieck trace theorem

In functional analysis, the Grothendieck trace theorem is an extension of Lidskii's theorem about the trace and the determinant of a certain class of nuclear operators on Banach spaces, the so-called 23-nuclear operators. The theorem was proven in 1955 by Alexander Grothendieck. Lidskii's theorem does not hold in general for Banach spaces.

The theorem should not be confused with the Grothendieck trace formula from algebraic geometry.

Grothendieck trace theorem

Given a Banach space (B,‖⋅‖) with the approximation property and denote its dual as B′.

2/3-nuclear operators

Let A be a nuclear operator on B, then A is a 23-nuclear operator if it has a decomposition of the form A=∑k=1∞φk⊗fk where φk∈B and fk∈B′ and ∑k=1∞‖φk‖2/3‖fk‖2/3<∞.

Grothendieck's trace theorem

Let λj(A) denote the eigenvalues of a 23-nuclear operator A counted with their algebraic multiplicities. If ∑j|λj(A)|<∞ then the following equalities hold: tr⁡A=∑j|λj(A)| and for the Fredholm determinant det⁡(I+A)=∏j(1+λj(A)).

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References

  1. ↑ Gohberg, Israel; Goldberg, Seymour; Krupnik, Nahum (1991). Traces and Determinants of Linear Operators. Operator Theory Advances and Applications. Basel: Birkhäuser. p. 102. ISBN 978-3-7643-6177-8.
  2. ↑
    • Grothendieck, Alexander (1955). Produits tensoriels topologiques et espaces nucléaires (in French). Providence: American Mathematical Society. p. 19. ISBN 0-8218-1216-5. OCLC 1315788. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)