A2.3 B2.2
(i) Prove Riesz's Lemma, that if is a normed space and is a vector subspace of such that for some we have for all with , then is dense in . [Here denotes the distance from to .]
Deduce that any normed space whose unit ball is compact is finite-dimensional. [You may assume that every finite-dimensional normed space is complete.]
Give an example of a sequence in an infinite-dimensional normed space such that for all , but has no convergent subsequence.
(ii) Let be a vector space, and let and be two norms on . What does it mean to say that and are equivalent?
Show that on a finite-dimensional vector space all norms are equivalent. Deduce that every finite-dimensional normed space is complete.
Exhibit two norms on the vector space that are not equivalent.
In addition, exhibit two norms on the vector space that are not equivalent.