3.II.21G

Linear Analysis | Part II, 2006

Let XX be a complex Banach space. We say a sequence xi∈Xx^{i} \in X converges to x∈Xx \in X weakly if ϕ(xi)→ϕ(x)\phi\left(x^{i}\right) \rightarrow \phi(x) for all ϕ∈X∗\phi \in X^{*}. Let T:X→YT: X \rightarrow Y be bounded and linear. Show that if xix^{i} converges to xx weakly, then TxiT x^{i} converges to TxT x weakly.

Now let X=ℓ2X=\ell_{2}. Show that for a sequence xi∈X,i=1,2,…x^{i} \in X, i=1,2, \ldots, with ∥xi∥⩽1\left\|x^{i}\right\| \leqslant 1, there exists a subsequence xikx^{i_{k}} such that xikx^{i_{k}} converges weakly to some x∈Xx \in X with ∥x∥⩽1\|x\| \leqslant 1.

Now let Y=ℓ1Y=\ell_{1}, and show that yi∈Yy^{i} \in Y converges to y∈Yy \in Y weakly if and only if yi→yy^{i} \rightarrow y in the usual sense.

Define what it means for a linear operator T:X→YT: X \rightarrow Y to be compact, and deduce from the above that any bounded linear T:ℓ2→ℓ1T: \ell_{2} \rightarrow \ell_{1} is compact.

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