The Fredholm alternative for compact perturbations of coercive forms #
Let B be a bounded coercive bilinear form on a real Hilbert space V, and let
J : V → H be a continuous linear map to another real Hilbert space. Lax--Milgram turns the
quadratic form
(u, v) ↦ ⟪J u, J v⟫
into an operator K : V → V, characterized by B (K u) v = ⟪J u, J v⟫. When J is compact,
so is K. Mathlib's Fredholm alternative for compact operators can therefore be applied to
1 - κK: either the homogeneous compactly perturbed variational problem has a nonzero solution,
or every represented forcing has a unique solution. Its kernel is finite dimensional in either
case.
This is the abstract functional-analytic assembly used by Lane D.18 of the PDE roadmap. In that
application V = H¹₀(Ω), H = L²(Ω), and J is the compact Rellich inclusion.
Main declarations #
IsCoercive.formPerturbationOperator: the Lax--Milgram operator representing(u, v) ↦ ⟪J u, J v⟫.IsCoercive.isCompactOperator_formPerturbationOperator: compactness whenJis compact.IsCoercive.finiteDimensional_ker_one_sub_smul_formPerturbationOperator: finite dimensionality of the homogeneous solution space.IsCoercive.fredholmAlternative_formPerturbation: the variational Fredholm alternative.
The construction consumes Mathlib's IsCompactOperator.hasEigenvalue_or_mem_resolventSet and
the Riesz--Schauder kernel theorem
IsCompactOperator.finiteDimensional_ker_one_sub.
References #
L. C. Evans, Partial Differential Equations, Section 6.2.3; J. B. Conway, A Course in Functional Analysis, Chapter VI, Section 5.
The operator representing the form (u, v) ↦ ⟪J u, J v⟫ relative to a coercive form B.
It is characterized by IsCoercive.apply_formPerturbationOperator without unfolding.
Equations
Instances For
The form perturbation operator is the inverse Lax--Milgram operator applied to J†J.
Characterization of the form perturbation operator by its variational equation.
If the continuous linear map J is compact, so is the operator representing its
inner-product form.
The compactly perturbed operator equation is equivalent to its variational formulation.
The compactly perturbed operator equation with an arbitrary continuous functional is equivalent to its variational formulation.
The homogeneous solution space of a compactly perturbed coercive variational problem is finite dimensional.
The variational Fredholm alternative. For a compact continuous linear map J, either the
homogeneous perturbation of B by κ ⟪J ·, J ·⟫ has a nonzero solution, or every represented
forcing has a unique solution.