Axiomatization of the degree of Fitzpatrick, Pejsachowicz and Rabier

In this paper, we prove an analogue of the uniqueness theorems of Führer [15] and Amann and Weiss [1] to cover the degree of Fredholm operators of index zero constructed by Fitzpatrick, Pejsachowicz and Rabier [13], whose range of applicability is substantially wider than for the most classical degrees of Brouwer [5] and Leray–Schauder [22]. A crucial step towards the axiomatization of this degree is provided by the generalized algebraic multiplicity of Esquinas and López-Gómez [8, 9, 25], $$\chi $$ χ , and the axiomatization theorem of Mora-Corral [28, 32]. The latest result facilitates the axiomatization of the parity of Fitzpatrick and Pejsachowicz [12], $$\sigma (\cdot ,[a,b])$$ σ ( · , [ a , b ] ) , which provides the key step for establishing the uniqueness of the degree for Fredholm maps.

Global Persistence of the Unit Eigenvectors of Perturbed Eigenvalue Problems in Hilbert Spaces: The Odd Multiplicity Case

We study the persistence of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of perturbed eigenvalue problems in Hilbert spaces. We assume that the unperturbed problem has a nontrivial kernel of odd dimension and we prove a Rabinowitz-type global continuation result. The approach is topological, based on a notion of degree for oriented Fredholm maps of index zero between real differentiable Banach manifolds.

On the homotopy classification of proper Fredholm maps into a Hilbert space

We classify the homotopy classes of proper Fredholm maps from an infinite-dimensional Hilbert manifold into its model space in terms of a suitable version of framed cobordism. Our construction is an alternative approach to the classification introduced by Elworthy and Tromba in 1970 and does not make use of further structures on the ambient manifold, such as Fredholm structures. In the special case of index zero, we obtain a complete classification involving the Caccioppoli–Smale mod 2 degree and the absolute value of the oriented degree.

Linear Operators in Banach Spaces

Three main themes run through this chapter: compact linear operators, measures of non-compactness, and Fredholm and semi-Fredholm maps. Connections are established between these themes so as to derive important results later in the book.

A remark on bifurcation of Fredholm maps

We modify an argument for multiparameter bifurcation of Fredholm maps by Fitzpatrick and Pejsachowicz to strengthen results on the topology of the bifurcation set. Furthermore, we discuss an application to families of differential equations parametrised by Grassmannians.

HILBERT STRATIFOLDS AND A QUILLEN TYPE GEOMETRIC DESCRIPTION OF COHOMOLOGY FOR HILBERT MANIFOLDS

In this paper we use tools from differential topology to give a geometric description of cohomology for Hilbert manifolds. Our model is Quillen’s geometric description of cobordism groups for finite-dimensional smooth manifolds [Quillen, ‘Elementary proofs of some results of cobordism theory using steenrod operations’, Adv. Math., 7 (1971)]. Quillen stresses the fact that this construction allows the definition of Gysin maps for ‘oriented’ proper maps. For finite-dimensional manifolds one has a Gysin map in singular cohomology which is based on Poincaré duality, hence it is not clear how to extend it to infinite-dimensional manifolds. But perhaps one can overcome this difficulty by giving a Quillen type description of singular cohomology for Hilbert manifolds. This is what we do in this paper. Besides constructing a general Gysin map, one of our motivations was a geometric construction of equivariant cohomology, which even for a point is the cohomology of the infinite-dimensional space $BG$, which has a Hilbert manifold model. Besides that, we demonstrate the use of such a geometric description of cohomology by several other applications. We give a quick description of characteristic classes of a finite-dimensional vector bundle and apply it to a generalized Steenrod representation problem for Hilbert manifolds and define a notion of a degree of proper oriented Fredholm maps of index $0$.