If T is an operator (bounded
endormorphism) on the complex Hilbert space H, then T ∈ℛ if and only if
∥(T − zI)−1∥ = 1∕d(z,W(T)) for all z∉ Cl W(T), where Cl W(T) is the closure of
the numerical range of T and d(z,W(T)) =inf{|z −u| : u ∈ W(T)}. The main results
of this paper are: (1) T ∈ℛ if and only if the boundary of the numerical range of T
is a subset of σ(T), the spectrum of T; and (2) ℛ is an arc-wise connected, closed
nowhere dense subset of the set of all operators on H (norm topology) when
dimH ≧ 2.