##  [Fredholm Operator](/fredholm-operator) 

  ##  [Fredholm Operator](https://natural.quantumdictionary.io/fredholm-operator-0) 

  

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Definition

A bounded linear map between Banach spaces whose kernel and cokernel are finite-dimensional and whose range is closed; its index is dim(kernel) minus dim(cokernel).