B-Fredholm theory in Banach algebras

The aim of this paper is to develop a systematic B-Fredholm theory in semiprime Banach algebras. We first generalize Smyth's important punctured neighbourhood theorem to B-Fredholm elements. Then using this result, we investigate the local spectral theory of B-Fredholm elements, including the localized left (resp. right) SVEP and a classification of components of B-Fredholm resolvent set. Finally, in semisimple Banach algebra context, we characterize element $f$ such that $f^{n}$ belongs to the socle for some $n \in \mathbb{N}$ from two different perspectives: one is the invariance of the B-Fredholm spectrum under commuting perturbation $f$, the other is the Rieszness and the B-Fredholmness of $f$.