3.II.21G

Linear Analysis
Part II, 2006

Let XX be a complex Banach space. We say a sequence xiXx^{i} \in X converges to xXx \in X weakly if ϕ(xi)ϕ(x)\phi\left(x^{i}\right) \rightarrow \phi(x) for all ϕX\phi \in X^{*}. Let T:XYT: X \rightarrow Y be bounded and linear. Show that if xix^{i} converges to xx weakly, then TxiT x^{i} converges to TxT x weakly.

Now let X=2X=\ell_{2}. Show that for a sequence xiX,i=1,2,x^{i} \in X, i=1,2, \ldots, with xi1\left\|x^{i}\right\| \leqslant 1, there exists a subsequence xikx^{i_{k}} such that xikx^{i_{k}} converges weakly to some xXx \in X with x1\|x\| \leqslant 1.

Now let Y=1Y=\ell_{1}, and show that yiYy^{i} \in Y converges to yYy \in Y weakly if and only if yiyy^{i} \rightarrow y in the usual sense.

Define what it means for a linear operator T:XYT: X \rightarrow Y to be compact, and deduce from the above that any bounded linear T:21T: \ell_{2} \rightarrow \ell_{1} is compact.