Question about Morse index

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in general the Morse index of a critical point $p$ is the suprimum of the dimensions of sub spaces where $f''(p)$ is negative definite

but whene $f''(p)=I-T$ ($f''(p)$ is a compact perturbation of the identity) On An INFINITE Dimensional Hilbert space

The Morse index of $p$ is the dimension of the sub space of the negative eigenvectors of $f''(p)$

And my question is how the prove that the definitions are equivalent ?

Thank you