Boundary Of Spectrum Contained In Approximate Point Spectrum

 
$Οƒ_{ap}(T) βŠ‡ βˆ‚Οƒ(T)$, where $βˆ‚Οƒ(T)$ is the boundary of $Οƒ(T)$ in the topology of β„‚. part II linear analysis, page 67 theorem 2.2 Proof. Let $Ξ» ∈ βˆ‚ Οƒ(T)$. Then there is a sequence $Ξ»_n βˆ‰ Οƒ(T)$ converging to $Ξ»$. It follows from Corollary 5.2(iii) of the course that \[ \left\|\left(Ξ»_n I-T\right)^{-1}\right\| β†’ ∞   \text { as }   n β†’ ∞ . \] Thus, there is a sequence $\left(x_n\right)$ of unit vectors such that \[ \left\|\left(Ξ»_n I-T\right)^{-1} x_n\right\| β†’ ∞   \text { as }   n β†’ ∞ . \] Set \[ y_n=\frac{\left(Ξ»_n I-T\right)^{-1} x_n}{\left\|\left(Ξ»_n I-T\right)^{-1} x_n\right\|} . \] It is easy to check that $\left(y_n\right)$ is an approximate eigenvector for $Ξ»$.