Paper 4, Section II, H

Linear Analysis | Part II, 2021

(a) Let (H1,⟨⋅,⋅⟩1),(H2,⟨⋅,⋅⟩2)\left(H_{1},\langle\cdot, \cdot\rangle_{1}\right),\left(H_{2},\langle\cdot, \cdot\rangle_{2}\right) be two Hilbert spaces, and T:H1→H2T: H_{1} \rightarrow H_{2} be a bounded linear operator. Show that there exists a unique bounded linear operator T∗:H2→H1T^{*}: H_{2} \rightarrow H_{1} such that

⟨Tx1,x2⟩2=⟨x1,T∗x2⟩1,∀x1∈H1,x2∈H2\left\langle T x_{1}, x_{2}\right\rangle_{2}=\left\langle x_{1}, T^{*} x_{2}\right\rangle_{1}, \quad \forall x_{1} \in H_{1}, x_{2} \in H_{2}

(b) Let HH be a separable Hilbert space. We say that a sequence (ei)\left(e_{i}\right) is a frame of HH if there exists A,B>0A, B>0 such that

∀x∈H,A∥x∥2⩽∑i⩾1∣⟨x,ei⟩∣2⩽B∥x∥2\forall x \in H, \quad A\|x\|^{2} \leqslant \sum_{i \geqslant 1}\left|\left\langle x, e_{i}\right\rangle\right|^{2} \leqslant B\|x\|^{2}

State briefly why such a frame exists. From now on, let (ei)\left(e_{i}\right) be a frame of HH. Show that Span⁡{ei}\operatorname{Span}\left\{e_{i}\right\} is dense in HH.

(c) Show that the linear map U:H→ℓ2U: H \rightarrow \ell^{2} given by U(x)=(⟨x,ei⟩)i⩾1U(x)=\left(\left\langle x, e_{i}\right\rangle\right)_{i \geqslant 1} is bounded and compute its adjoint U∗U^{*}.

(d) Assume now that (ei)\left(e_{i}\right) is a Hilbertian (orthonormal) basis of HH and let a∈Ha \in H. Show that the Hilbert cube Ca={x∈H\mathcal{C}_{a}=\left\{x \in H\right. such that ∀i⩾1,∣⟨x,ei⟩∣⩽∣⟨a,ei⟩∣}\left.\forall i \geqslant 1,\left|\left\langle x, e_{i}\right\rangle\right| \leqslant\left|\left\langle a, e_{i}\right\rangle\right|\right\} is a compact subset of HH.

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