We study the perturbation of the generalized Drazin inverse for the elements of Banach algebras and bounded linear operators on Banach space. This work, among other things, extends the results obtained by the second author and Guorong Wang on the Drazin inverse for matrices.

We present a survey of the theory of measures of noncompactness and discuss some fixed point theorems of Darbo’s type. We apply the technique of measures of noncompactness to the characterization of classes of compact operators between certain sequence spaces, in solving infinite systems of integral equations in some sequence spaces. We also present some recent results related to the existence of best proximity points (pairs) for some classes of cyclic and noncyclic condensing operators in Banach spaces equipped with a suitable measure of noncompactness. Finally, we discuss the existence of an optimal solution for systems of integro–differentials.