In functional analysis, the open mapping theorem, also known as the Banach–Schauder theorem or the Banach theorem (named after Stefan Banach and Juliusz Schauder), is a fundamental result that states that if a bounded or continuous linear operator between Banach spaces is surjective then it is an open map.
A special case is also called the bounded inverse theorem (also called inverse mapping theorem or Banach isomorphism theorem), which states that a bijective bounded linear operator T {\displaystyle T} from one Banach space to another has bounded inverse T − 1 {\displaystyle T^{-1}} .