Power decay below spectral radius one #
In a complex Banach algebra, the powers of an element whose spectral radius is
strictly below one converge to zero. This follows from Gelfand's formula
spectrum.pow_nnnorm_pow_one_div_tendsto_nhds_spectralRadius: eventually
‖a ^ n‖ ≤ r ^ n for any r strictly between the spectral radius and one.
Main results #
Powers tend to zero when spectral radius < 1.
Gelfand's formula: if spectralRadius(T) < 1, then ‖T ^ n‖ ≤ C · r ^ n
for some C > 0 and 0 < r < 1, uniformly in n.
If spectralRadius(T) < 1, then the powers of T satisfy the pointwise bound
‖T ^ n x‖ ≤ C · r ^ n · ‖x‖ for some C > 0 and 0 < r < 1.
Uniform eigenvalue gaps #
Uniform eigenvalue gap from finitely many eigenvalues with modulus below one.
If an endomorphism has finitely many eigenvalues, and every eigenvalue μ ≠ 1 satisfies
‖μ‖ < 1, then there is a uniform δ > 0 such that ‖μ‖ ≤ 1 - δ for every
non-unit eigenvalue.
A finite-dimensional endomorphism whose non-unit eigenvalues have modulus below one has a uniform eigenvalue gap.