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product of bounded linear operators

If I have 2 bounded linear operators $T_1,T_2$ such that $T_2:X\rightarrow Y$ and $T_1:Y\rightarrow Z$. I know that by boundedness, $||T_2(x)||\leq||T_2||\,||x||$ and using the norm of $T$ defined as ...
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What is the role of supremum in operator norm

An operator norm is defined as $\|A\|_S=\sup\{\|Av\|:v\in \Bbb R^n, \|v\|=1\}$. Where $\|\cdot\|$ is some norm on $\Bbb R^n$ and $A\in M_n(\Bbb F)$, space of square matrices of dimension $n$ over ...
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Linear functional $\mathscr{L}(E,F)$

Let $\mathscr{L}(E,F)$ denote the space of all linear functionals from $E \to F$. Let $\mathscr{C}(E,F)$ denote the space of continuous linear functionals from $E \to F$. My question: How to prove ...
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Calculating the Norm of an operator in $L^2(0,1)$

If I have the following operator for $H=L^2(0,1)$: $$Tf(s)=\int_0^1 (5s^2t^2+2)(f(t))dt$$ and I wish to calculate $||T||$, how do I go about doing this: I know that in $L^2(0,1)$ we have that ...
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finding operator norm $T_N$

How do find the operator norm of , $T_N\colon c_0\to \Bbb R$ given by $T_N(y):=\sum_{j=1}^Nx_jy_j$ ,when $N$ is a integer . TIA
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Operator norm converging to 0 for certain condition

Let $X$ be a finite-dimensional normed space and $T_n : X \to X$ a sequence of linear operators such that $\lim_nT_nx = 0$ for all $x$ in $X$. Prove that $\lim_n\|T_n\|=0$.
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The norm of an operator

Let $\rho(x)$ be a weight function in a unit sphere, such that \begin{equation} \begin{array}{l} \displaystyle 1. \rho(x)\ge 0,\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}\rho(x)=1\\ \displaystyle 2. \rho(x)\in ...
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norm equivalence

Exercise 7. of Terence Tao's blog on random matrix, specifically on eigenvalues of Hermitian matrices ...
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Operator norm and spectrum

Let $L$ be a bounded linear operator on a Hilbert space. Without assuming finite dimensions, can we express the operator norm of $L$ in terms of the spectrum of the positive operator $L^{\dagger}L$? ...
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How to find the norm of this bounded linear functional?

Let $C^\prime[a,b]$ denote the normed space of all continuously differentiable real (or complex) valued functions defined on the closed, bounded interval $[a,b]$ in $\mathbf{R}$ with the norm defined ...
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Norm of differentiation operator $Tf(t)=f^{'}$..

Consider $T:C^1[0, 1]\rightarrow C[0, 1]$ given by $Tf=f'$ where $$\|f\|_{C^1}=\|f\|_\infty+\|f'\|_\infty$$ and $\|f\|_\infty=\sup_{x\in [0, 1]}|f(x)|$. How to prove $\|T\|=1$? The inequality ...
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Norm of normal Operator A

I just found the following equality $||A||=sup_{\lambda\in\sigma(A)} |\lambda|$ My question: What exactly means $\sigma(A)$ and why this is true ? I always thouht the only way to get the ...
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The Principle of Condensation of Singularities

Let $X$, $Y$ be Banach spaces and $\{T_{jk} : j,k \in\Bbb N\}$ be bounded linear maps from $X$ to $Y$. Suppose that for each $k$ there exists $x\in X$ such that $\sup\{\lVert T_{jk} x\rVert : j ...
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Finding the norm of the operators

How do I find the norm of the following operator i.e. how to find $\lVert T_z\rVert$ and $\lVert l\rVert$? 1) Let $z\in \ell^\infty$ and $T_z\colon \ell^p\to\ell^p$ with $$(T_zx)(n)=z(n)\cdot ...
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Find the norm of an operator on $\ell_2$

Let $(x_n) \subset \ell_2$ and let operator $L:\ell_2\to \mathbb R$ be defined by: $\displaystyle L((x_n)) := \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{x_n}{\sqrt{n(n+1)}}$. Find the norm of L.
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Norm of operator $g\mapsto \int fg$

Let $T_f:(C([a,b],\mathbb C), \lVert \cdot \rVert_1) \to \mathbb C$ with $g\mapsto \int_a^b f(x)g(x) dx$ for any given $f\in C([a,b],\mathbb C)$. I have to find the norm of $T_f$. I started with: ...
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Help with an operator norm

Let $T\in \ell_\infty(\mathbb{Z,\mathbb{C}})^*$ such that: $T(1_{\ell_\infty})=1$ where $1_{\ell_\infty}$ denotes the constant function $1$; $T(u)\geq 0$ whenever $u$ is real positive. How to ...
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Norm of integral operator in $L^1$

What is the norm of the operator $$ T\colon L^1[0,1] \to L^1[0,1]: f\mapsto \left(t\mapsto \int_0^t f(s)ds\right) $$ ?
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Equivalence of Schatten and spectral norms

I'd like some help showing the equivalence of these two norms when $p = \log n$. Recall the $p$-th Schatten norm of a linear operator $A$ acting on $\mathbb{R}^{n}$. In the particular case of $p = ...
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The trace norm cannot be increased by composing with a unitary operator

$\newcommand{\tr}{\operatorname{tr}}$ I was reading a proof for the statement $|\tr(US)|\leq |\tr(S)|$, for every endomorphism $S$ on a complex vector space $H$ and every unitary operator $U$ on the ...
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A question on linear transformation

Let $T$ be a linear transformation on $\mathbb{R}^{4}$ whose standard matrix is $$\left(\begin{array}{rrrr} 1 & -1 & -1 & -1\\ 1 & 1 & 1 & -1\\ 1 & 1 & -1 & 1\\ ...