# Linear operators on closed sets

In Brezis' Functional Analysis, exercise 6.2, item 1 is the following

Let $E$ and $F$ two Banach spaces, and $T: E \rightarrow F$ a continuous linear operator.

Assume $E$ is reflexive. Prove that $T(B_E)$ is closed (strongly).

suppose that T is continuous from $E$ weak into $F$ weak. Then $G(T)$ is closed in $E \times F$ equipped with the product topology $\sigma(E, E^*) \times \sigma(F, F^*)$ (...). It fallows that $G(T)$ is strongly closed.

Theorem 3.10 gives the above continuity for $T$ in weak topology and with Kakutani's Theorem ensures that $B_E$ is compact in the weak topology. The above comment is enough to finish the proof for the question?

What you've stated definitely helps. As you've noted, $T$ is weak-to-weak continuous, and since $E$ is reflexive, $B_E$ is weakly compact. Thus $T(B_E)$ is weakly compact, hence weakly closed, and therefore norm closed.
• @gdlm In general the assertion made in your comment is not true; $T$ need not map closed sets to closed sets, regardless of the topologies used. – Aweygan Jun 20 '17 at 22:04