# Is Frobenius norm induced by 2 vector norms?

Let in the space $V$ defined norm $||\cdot||_V$ and in the space $W$ defined norm $||\cdot||_W$

Then consider operator norm induced by 2 vector norms $||\cdot||_V$ and $||\cdot||_W$

$||A|| = \sup{\frac{||Ax||_W}{||x||_V}}$

Is there exists such vector norms $||\cdot||_V$ and $||\cdot||_W$ that Frobenius norm induced by this norms?

It is well known that for any matrix norm induced by $||\cdot||$, $||I|| = 1$. But it is not truth for 2 different norms in $V$ and $W$. Can anybody help?

Since the argument on the norm of the identity does not work here, let's try the unitary invariance. The Frobenius norm is unitarily invariant ($\|A\|_F=\|PAQ^*\|_F$ for any unitary $P$ and $Q$ of suitable dimensions), so if there were such vector norms inducing the Frobenius norm, they would need to be unitarily invariant as well. The only unitarily invariant vector norm is the Euclidean norm (or its positive multiple), which induces the spectral norm.
• Could you explain, how from matrix unitary invariant norm we can get that vector norm is unitary invariant too? If $||A||_F = ||UAV||_F$ for any $A$ and unitary $U$, $V$. Hence $\sup \frac{||Ax||_W}{||x||_V} =\sup \frac{||UAVx||_W}{||x||_V}$ for any unitary $V$ and $W$. How we can get from that $||Ux||_V = ||x||_V$ and $||Ux||_W = ||x||_W$ for any $x$ and unitary $U$? – Stanislav Morozov Apr 22 '15 at 13:43
• @StanislavMorozov One would need $\|A\|_F=\|PAQ^*\|_F=\sup\frac{\|Ax\|_W}{\|x\|_V}=\sup\frac{\|PAx\|_W}{\|Qx\|_V}$. I don't say that this is very precise but could give an idea (I've changed the notation for unitary matrices to do not confuse with the norms). – Algebraic Pavel Apr 22 '15 at 15:04
• And that is not true that only unitarily invariant norm - this is the Euclidean norm or its positive multiple. Any norm generated by a scalar product is unitarily invariant. $||Ux|| = \sqrt{(Ux, Ux)} = \sqrt{(x, U^*Ux)} = \sqrt{(x,x)} = ||x||$ – Stanislav Morozov Apr 27 '15 at 22:04