Continuity of Fredholm series in operator norm #
A norm-convergent family of operators on C₀(I, R) whose entries share a null row majorant
has determinants converging in every positive-radius Gauss norm; in particular so does a
norm-convergent sequence of row-compact operators. This continuity permits finite determinant
identities to pass to limits of row-compact operators. The finite identities apply to output
truncations π_S ∘ u to a finite set S of coordinates, whose determinant is the polynomial
determinant of the finite block of u on S
(ContinuousLinearMap.charPowerSeries_matrixCoeff_indicatorCLM_comp). For a polynomial B with
B(0) = 0, the determinant of B(π_S ∘ u) is likewise the polynomial det (1 - X B(A))
(ContinuousLinearMap.charPowerSeries_matrixCoeff_aeval_indicatorCLM_comp).
The determinant is u.matrixCoeff.charPowerSeries.
Scalars may be complete ultrametric norm-one Tate rings, not just fields.
References #
- J.-P. Serre, Endomorphismes complètement continus des espaces de Banach p-adiques, Publ. Math. IHÉS 12 (1962), 69–85, §§4–5.
The determinant of the output truncation π_S ∘ u to a finite set S is the polynomial
det (1 - X A) for the finite block A of the matrix of u on S, since the rows of
π_S ∘ u outside S vanish.
Spectral mapping for an output truncation. If B(0) = 0, the Fredholm determinant of
B(π_S ∘ u) is the polynomial det (1 - T B(A)) for the block A of u on S, since the rows
of B(π_S ∘ u) outside S vanish.
If operators w a on C₀(I, R) converge in operator norm to w₀, and all their entries
are bounded by a common null row majorant r, then their Fredholm series converge in Gauss norm
at every positive radius.
The Fredholm series of a norm-convergent sequence of row-compact operators converge in Gauss norm at every positive radius. Unlike coefficientwise convergence of arbitrary entire series, operator-norm convergence supplies uniform control of the determinant tails.