no. 2
Approximation by Fredholm operators in the metric space of closed operators
Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico della Università di Padova, Tome 36 (1966) no. 2, pp. 217-222. 
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Coburn, L. A.; Lebow, A. Approximation by Fredholm operators in the metric space of closed operators. Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico della Università di Padova, Tome 36 (1966) no. 2, pp. 217-222. http://archive.numdam.org/item/RSMUP_1966__36_2_217_0/

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