Suppose that (en) and (fm) are orthonormal bases of a Hilbert space H and that T∈L(H).
(a) Show that ∑n=1∞∥T(en)∥2=∑m=1∞∥T∗(fm)∥2.
(b) Show that ∑n=1∞∥T(en)∥2=∑m=1∞∥T(fm)∥2.
T∈L(H) is a Hilbert-Schmidt operator if ∑n=1∞∥T(en)∥2<∞ for some (and hence every) orthonormal basis (en).
(c) Show that the set HS of Hilbert-Schmidt operators forms a linear subspace of L(H), and that ⟨T,S⟩=∑n=1∞⟨T(en),S(en)⟩ is an inner product on HS; show that this inner product does not depend on the choice of the orthonormal basis (en).
(d) Let ∥T∥HS be the corresponding norm. Show that ∥T∥⩽∥T∥HS, and show that a Hilbert-Schmidt operator is compact.