Relative boundedness and compactness theory for second-order differential operators.
A linear operator T: D(T) ⊂ X → Y, when X and Y are normed spaces, is called ubiquitously open (UO) if every infinite dimensional subspace M of D(T) contains another such subspace N for which T|N is open (in the relative sense). The following properties are shown to be equivalent: (i) T is UO, (ii) T is ubiquitously almost open, (iii) no infinite dimensional restriction of T is injective and precompact, (iv) either T is upper semi-Fredholm or T has finite dimensional range, (v) for each infinite...