bounded operator
Definition [1]
- 1.
Suppose and are normed vector spaces
with norms and . Further, suppose is a linear map. If there is a such that for all we have
then is a bounded operator
.
- 2.
Let and be as above, and let be a boundedoperator. Then the norm of is defined as the real number
Thus the operator norm is the smallest constant such that
Now for any , if we let , then linearity implies that
and thus it easily follows that
In the special case when is the zero vector space, any linearmap is the zero map since . In thiscase, we define .
- 3.
To avoid cumbersome notational stuff usually one can simplify the symbolslike and by writing only , since there is a little danger in confusing which is space about calculating norms.
0.0.1 TO DO:
- 1.
The defined norm for mappings is a norm
- 2.
Examples: identity operator, zero operator: see [1].
- 3.
Give alternative expressions for norm of .
- 4.
Discuss boundedness and continuity
Theorem [1, 2] Suppose is alinear map between normed vector spaces and . If is finite-dimensional, then is bounded
.
Theorem Suppose is alinear map between normed vector spaces and . The following are equivalent:
- 1.
is continuous
in some point
- 2.
is uniformly continuous
in
- 3.
is bounded
Lemma Any bounded operator with a finite dimensional kernel and cokernel has a closed image.
Proof By Banach’s isomorphism theorem.
References
- 1 E. Kreyszig,Introductory Functional Analysis
With Applications,John Wiley & Sons, 1978.
- 2 G. Bachman, L. Narici, Functional analysis, Academic Press, 1966.