2.II.11F

Topics in Analysis | Part II, 2008

Let L:C([0,1])→C([0,1])L: C([0,1]) \rightarrow C([0,1]) be an operator satisfying the conditions

(i) Lf⩾0L f \geqslant 0 for any f∈C([0,1])f \in C([0,1]) with f⩾0f \geqslant 0,

(ii) L(af+bg)=aLf+bLgL(a f+b g)=a L f+b L g for any f,g∈C([0,1])f, g \in C([0,1]) and a,b∈Ra, b \in \mathbf{R} and

(iii) Zf⊆ZLfZ_{f} \subseteq Z_{L f} for any f∈C([0,1])f \in C([0,1]), where ZfZ_{f} denotes the set of zeros of ff.

Prove that there exists a function h∈C([0,1])h \in C([0,1]) with h⩾0h \geqslant 0 such that Lf=hfL f=h f for every f∈C([0,1])f \in C([0,1]).

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