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Functional analysis

Functional analysis

Warm-upHuman

Which of these normed spaces are complete (Banach spaces)? Select all that apply.

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Functional analysis

Warm-upHuman

The diagonal operator TT on ℓ2\ell^2 is defined by (Tx)n=3nn+1 xn(Tx)_n = \dfrac{3n}{n+1}\, x_n for n≥1n \ge 1. Find ∥T∥\|T\|.

Functional analysis

CoreHuman

On c00c_{00} (sequences with finitely many non-zero terms) with the sup norm, let Tn(x)=nxnT_n(x) = n x_n. Each xx has sup⁡n∣Tnx∣<∞\sup_n |T_n x| < \infty, yet ∥Tn∥=n\|T_n\| = n. Why does this not contradict the uniform boundedness principle?

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Functional analysis

CoreHuman

On L2(0,1)L^2(0, 1) let ℓ(f)=∫01/2f(x) dx\ell(f) = \int_0^{1/2} f(x)\, dx. By the Riesz representation theorem ℓ(f)=⟨f,g⟩\ell(f) = \langle f, g \rangle for a unique gg. What is ∥ℓ∥\|\ell\|?

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Functional analysis

CoreHuman

Which operator on ℓ2\ell^2 is compact?

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Functional analysis

StretchHuman

In the proof that a compact self-adjoint T≠0T \ne 0 has an eigenvalue λ=±∥T∥\lambda = \pm\|T\|, we have unit vectors with ∥Txn−λxn∥→0\|Tx_n - \lambda x_n\| \to 0. Where is compactness used?

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Functional analysis

CoreFormal

Which Lean statement correctly formalises "if a real inner product space EE contains an orthonormal sequence, its closed unit ball is not compact"?

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Functional analysis

StretchComputational

Apply Gram–Schmidt to 1,x,x2,…1, x, x^2, \dots in L2(−1,1)L^2(-1, 1), keeping the polynomials monic (leading coefficient 11) instead of normalising. A polynomial is a list of Fraction coefficients, constant term first. The helper inner(p, q) computes ∫−11pq dx\int_{-1}^1 p q \, dx exactly. Write monic_orthogonal(n) returning the first n monic orthogonal polynomials (the monic Legendre polynomials).

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