A Banach space is a complete normed vector space: A vector space equipped with a norm such that every Cauchy sequence converges.

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Prove that $C^1([a,b])$ with the $C^1$- norm is a Banach Space

Consider the space of continuously differentiable functions, $$C^1([a,b]) = \{f:[a,b]\rightarrow \mathbb{R}|f,f' \text{are continuous}\}$$ with the $C^1$-norm $$||f|| = \sup_{a\leq x\leq ...
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A Banach space with multiple preduals

Is it possible to have two (separable) Banach spaces, $X$ and $Y$, that are not isometrically isomorphic, and yet their dual spaces $X^*$ and $Y^*$ are isometrically isomorphic?
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existence of a weakly cauchy sequence if the dual space is separable [on hold]

Let X be a normed space such that $X^*$ is separable. Given any sequence $(x_n)\in X$ then there exist a subsequence weakly cauchy
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Understanding the Frechet derivative

What is the relationship between the normal 'high school' concept of a derivative and a Frechet derivative? According to wikipedia the Frechet "extends the idea of the derivative from real-valued ...
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A detail in the proof of Banach-Steinhaus theorem that I don't understand

I am studying functional analysis and I have seen the Banach-Steinhaus theorem. For starters, the motivation given was the question about when $\{T_{\alpha}\}_{\alpha\in A}$ are bounded by $M$ (here ...
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Show that $(D_t t)$ is an isomorphism.

Let $B$ be a Banach space, $\epsilon > 0$, and $$C_1^0 ([-\epsilon,\epsilon],B) = \{u \in C^0([-\epsilon,\epsilon],B) : tu \in C^1([-\epsilon,\epsilon],B)\}.$$ Denote $\partial/\partial t$ by ...
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Isometry from Banach Space to a Normed linear space maps

Let $X$ be a Banach Space and $Y$ be a normed linear space. Show that if $T$ is an isometry then $T(X)$ is closed in $Y$. Let me have some idea to solve this. Thank you for your help.
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Projective limit of Banach spaces

Let $(X_s)_{s \in (0,s_1)}$ be an increasing sequence of Banach spaces with the property that if $0<s<r<s_1$, then $$ \|u\|_{X_s} \leq \|u\|_{X_r}. $$ We define $$\tilde{X}_s = ...
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Banach fixed point theorem and inverse function

Let $U$ and $V$ be the open subsets in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $x\in U$ and $f:U\rightarrow V$ is a smooth function. There is an inverse function theorem which states that if the Jacobian determinant at $x$ ...
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Topology induced bycone metric

Is cone metric define atopology as same as the topology define by ametric? I have tried to prove it by theorems that joined them
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How to show this Sobolev space is a uniformly convex space?

From the book by Kufner: How do I prove this theorem? I'd like to do it using the epsilon delta definition (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniformly_convex_space) if possible.
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Proving norm equivalence in $W^{1-1/p,p}(\Omega)$

Define for $p\in [1,\infty)$ and $\Omega=(0,1)^N\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ $$W^{1-1/p,p}(\Omega)=\left\{u\in L^p(\Omega): \ \int_\Omega\int_\Omega\frac{|u(x)-u(y)|^p}{|x-y|^{N-1+p}}dxdy<\infty\right\}$$ ...
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Representation of subspaces as complemented subspaces

Let $X$ be any separable Banach space. The Banach-Mazur theorem states (astonishingly) that $X$ is isometric to a closed subspace of $C(\Delta)$, the space of continuous functions on the cantor set ...
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Proving that $X/M$ is a banach space when $X$ is

I am trying to do an exercise in an introduction to functional analysis course: 1) Let $X$ be a normed space and $\{x_{n}\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\subseteq X$. Prove that $X$ is a banach space iff ...
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if $P\Rightarrow Q$ Then both are banach space?

$X,Y$ are norm linear space and $T_n$ be a sequence of bounded linear operators from $X\to Y$ consider the two statements below $P:\{\|T_n(x)\|\}$ is bounded for ever $n$ $Q:\{\|T_n\|\}$ is bounded ...
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Clarification about the space $C^0 ([-T,T],B)$

Let $B$ be a Banach space (in particular, $B$ is a function space equipped with the supremum norm). The space $C^0 ([-T,T],B)$ is the set of continuous functions on $[-T,T]$, valued in $B$. ...
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$B$ be an Infinite dimensional Banach Space and $T:B\to B$ be an continuos operator

Let $B$ be an Infinite dimensional Banach Space and $T:B\to B$ be an continuous operator such that $T(B)=B$ and $T(x)=0\Rightarrow x=0$ which of the following is correct? $T$ maps bounded sets into ...
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Complemented Banach spaces.

Let $X$ be Banach space and $Y$ a closed subspace of $X$. Assume that there exist a closed "subset" $Z$ of $X$ with the properties: $Z\cap Y=\{0\}$ and every $x\in X$ can be written in a unique ...
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characterization of an infinite matrix mapping and continuity

Show that an infinite matrix mapping $A=[a_{ij}]$ $:l^{\infty}\to l^{\infty}$ is continuous iff $sup_{i\in \mathbb N}$ $ \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}{|a_{ij}|}=||A||<\infty$. Give a characterization of the ...
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proving that bs is banach

Let's define $B_s$ as the of real valued sequences $(x_n)$, such that $sup_{N\in \mathbb N} |\sum_{k=0}^{N}{x_k}| $ is bounded, and make it a vector space considering the usual pointwise operations ...
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is this banach space separable?

Let consider the set $c$ of convergent sequences, and the subspace of convergent sequences to zero. They are Banach spaces over $\mathbb C, \mathbb R $ under the sup-norm (and the usual vector space ...
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Linear combinations of delta measures

Let us consider the space of Borel, regular, complex measures on the real line, endowed with the total variation norm. Inside this space, I would like to characterize the space of all the finite ...
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Exercise in Folland on extending a closed subspace of a Banach space

Folland gives the following problem on page $159$ of his book Real Analysis: Let $\mathcal X$ be a normed space. If $\mathcal M$ is a closed subspace and $x\in \mathcal X \setminus \mathcal ...
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Is space of Dirac measures Banach?

Is the space of all Dirac measures on a set $\Omega$ Banach? With the total variation norm. I don't know what convergence means in this norm.. I mean how do I even think about it.
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Is there a non-reflexive Banach space which is strictly convex?

I just come up with the fact that a space being strictly convex, does not implies it is reflexive (at least I never saw a proof of it). How can one construct a example of a non-reflexive Banach ...
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Convergence of functionals and weak convergence

I consider a Banach space $V$ with its dual $V'$. I had a sequence of functionals $\{f_k\}_{k\in \mathbb N} \subset V'$, and I wanted to show (strong or norm) convergence of $f_k \to f \in V'$. I ...
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Image of the tensor product of strict maps of Banach spaces

Let $f:A\to C$ and $g:B\to D$ be bounded linear maps of Banach spaces with closed image. Will $f\widehat{\otimes}g:A\widehat{\otimes}_\pi B\to C\widehat{\otimes}_\pi D$ also have closed image? What ...
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Equivalent conditions for weak and weak-$*$ convergence

Say $E$ is a normed space over the field $\mathbb K$ ($\mathbb R$ or $\mathbb C$) and $E^{*}$ its dual space. The notations for weak and weak - $*$ convergence are $x_{n} \xrightarrow{w} x$ and ...
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The Banach space $c_0$ is $C^{\infty}$-smooth.

In this paper, J. Eells defines this notion of $C^r$-smoothness for Banach spaces: A Banach space $E$ is $C^r$-smooth, $r \geq 0$, if there exists a nontrivial (that is, nonzero) $C^r$ function ...
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Proving the $l_p$ space is complete.

I'm trying to prove $l_p$ spaces are complete. We have an $l_p$ space $W$. Let us take a cauchy sequence. There exists $N_0\in\Bbb{N}$ such that for $m,n>N_0$, $d(x^m,x^n)<\epsilon$. This ...

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