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A New Proof of the Weyl-von Neumann-Berg Theorem

Functional Analysis 2025-03-26 v3 Complex Variables Operator Algebras

Abstract

We give a new proof of the Weyl-von Neumann-Berg theorem. Our proof improves Halmos' proof in 1972 by observing the fact that every compact set in the complex plane is the continuous image of a compact set in the real line.

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@article{arxiv.2502.19028,
  title  = {A New Proof of the Weyl-von Neumann-Berg Theorem},
  author = {Longxiang Fan and Shichang Song},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.19028},
  year   = {2025}
}