Paper 4, Section II, G

Linear Analysis | Part II, 2012

Let XX be a Banach space and suppose that T:XXT: X \rightarrow X is a bounded linear operator. What is an eigenvalue of T?T ? What is the spectrum σ(T)\sigma(T) of T?T ?

Let X=C[0,1]X=C[0,1] be the space of continuous real-valued functions f:[0,1]Rf:[0,1] \rightarrow \mathbb{R} endowed with the sup norm. Define an operator T:XXT: X \rightarrow X by

Tf(x)=01G(x,y)f(y)dyT f(x)=\int_{0}^{1} G(x, y) f(y) d y

where

G(x,y)={y(x1) if yxx(y1) if xyG(x, y)= \begin{cases}y(x-1) & \text { if } y \leqslant x \\ x(y-1) & \text { if } x \leqslant y\end{cases}

Prove the following facts about TT :

(i) Tf(0)=Tf(1)=0T f(0)=T f(1)=0 and the second derivative (Tf)(x)(T f)^{\prime \prime}(x) is equal to f(x)f(x) for x(0,1)x \in(0,1);

(ii) TT is compact;

(iii) TT has infinitely many eigenvalues;

(iv) 0 is not an eigenvalue of TT;

(v) 0σ(T)0 \in \sigma(T).

[The Arzelà-Ascoli theorem may be assumed without proof.]

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