A4.3

Functional Analysis
Part II, 2001

Write an account of the classical sequence spaces: p(1p)\ell_{p}(1 \leqslant p \leqslant \infty) and c0c_{0}. You should define them, prove that they are Banach spaces, and discuss their properties, including their dual spaces. Show that \ell_{\infty} is inseparable but that c0c_{0} and p\ell_{p} for 1p<1 \leqslant p<\infty are separable.

Prove that, if T:XYT: X \rightarrow Y is an isomorphism between two Banach spaces, then

T:YX;ffTT^{*}: Y^{*} \rightarrow X^{*} ; \quad f \mapsto f \circ T

is an isomorphism between their duals.

Hence, or otherwise, show that no two of the spaces c0,1,2,c_{0}, \ell_{1}, \ell_{2}, \ell_{\infty} are isomorphic.