2.II.22F

Linear Analysis
Part II, 2008

State and prove the principle of uniform boundedness.

[You may assume the Baire category theorem.]

Suppose that X,YX, Y and ZZ are Banach spaces. Suppose that

F:X×YZF: X \times Y \rightarrow Z

is linear and continuous in each variable separately, that is to say that, if yy is fixed,

F(,y):XZF(\cdot, y): X \rightarrow Z

is a continuous linear map and, if xx is fixed,

F(x,):YZF(x, \cdot): Y \rightarrow Z

is a continuous linear map. Show that there exists an MM such that

F(x,y)ZMxXyY\|F(x, y)\|_{Z} \leqslant M\|x\|_{X}\|y\|_{Y}

for all xX,yYx \in X, y \in Y. Deduce that FF is continuous.

Suppose X,Y,ZX, Y, Z and WW are Banach spaces. Suppose that

G:X×Y×WZG: X \times Y \times W \rightarrow Z

is linear and continuous in each variable separately. Does it follow that GG is continuous? Give reasons.

Suppose that X,YX, Y and ZZ are Banach spaces. Suppose that

H:X×YZH: X \times Y \rightarrow Z

is continuous in each variable separately. Does it follow that HH is continuous? Give reasons.