Section 9.1

Banach's Theorem on the Inverse Operator. Examples

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Problem 9.1

Let XX and YY be normed spaces, A∈B(X,Y)A \in \mathcal{B}(X, Y), and let for some sequence {xn}1∞\left\{ x_{n}\right\}_{1}^{\infty } of vectors with ∥xn∥=1\left\| x_{n}\right\| = 1 the sequence AxnA x_{n} tend to zero. Prove that AA is not invertible.

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Problem 9.2

Let XX and YY be normed spaces, A∈B(X,Y)A \in \mathcal{B}(X, Y). Prove that if the inverse operator A−1∈B(Y,X)A^{-1} \in \mathcal{B}(Y, X) exists, then it is unique.

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Problem 9.3

Consider in the space XX the operators Trx=(0,x1,x2,…,xn,…)T_{r} x = \left(0, x_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots , x_{n}, \ldots \right) and Tlx=(x2,x3,…,xn,…)T_{l} x = \left(x_{2}, x_{3}, \ldots , x_{n}, \ldots \right) of shift right and left, respectively. Prove that these operators are not invertible, but the right shift operator has a left inverse, and the left shift operator has a right inverse operator. Find them.

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X=lp,p∈[1,∞]X = l_{p}, p \in [1, \infty ];

(b)

X=c0X = c_{0};

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X=cX = c

Problem 9.4

Give an example of an operator for which a left inverse exists, but is not unique. Give an example of an operator for which a right inverse exists, but is not unique.

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Problem 9.5

Let XX and YY be Banach spaces, an operator A∈B(X,Y)A \in \mathcal{B}(X, Y). Prove that the uniqueness of

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the right inverse;

(b)

the left inverse operator is equivalent to the invertibility of the operator AA.

Problem 9.6

Let XX and YY be normed spaces, an operator A∈B(X,Y)A \in \mathcal{B}(X, Y) have a right inverse Ar−1∈B(Y,X)A_{r}^{-1} \in \mathcal{B}(Y, X) and a left inverse Al−1∈B(Y,X)A_{l}^{-1} \in \mathcal{B}(Y, X). Prove that then Ar−1=Al−1=A−1A_{r}^{-1} = A_{l}^{-1} = A^{-1}.

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Problem 9.7

Let XX and YY be normed spaces, A∈B(X,Y)A \in \mathcal{B}(X, Y). Prove that if AA is invertible, then it is bijective; if a right inverse Ar−1∈B(Y,X)A_{r}^{-1} \in \mathcal{B}(Y, X) exists, then AA is surjective; and if a left inverse Al−1∈B(Y,X)A_{l}^{-1} \in \mathcal{B}(Y, X) exists, then AA is injective.

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Problem 9.8

Give an example of a bounded injective operator in Banach spaces for which there is no bounded left inverse operator, but there is a right inverse.

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Problem 9.9

Give an example of a bounded surjective operator in Banach spaces for which there is no bounded right inverse operator, but there is a left inverse.

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Problem 9.10

Let XX and YY be Banach spaces, an operator A∈B(X,Y)A \in \mathcal{B}(X, Y). Prove that AA has a left inverse if and only if two conditions hold:

  1. AA is injective;

  2. Im⁡A\operatorname {Im} A is a closed complemented subspace in YY.

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Problem 9.11

Let XX and YY be Banach spaces, an operator A∈B(X,Y)A \in \mathcal{B}(X, Y). Prove that AA has a right inverse if and only if two conditions hold:

  1. AA is surjective;

  2. Ker⁡A\operatorname {Ker} A is a complemented subspace in XX.

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Problem 9.12

Give an example showing that in the Banach inverse operator theorem the completeness condition of the space YY is essential.

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Problem 9.13

Show that in the Banach inverse operator theorem the completeness condition of the space XX is essential.

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Problem 9.14

Assuming Theorem 9.1 to be true, prove Theorem 9.2, and conversely.

Theorem 9.1 (the Banach inverse operator theorem): let XX and YY be Banach spaces and A∈B(X,Y)A \in \mathcal{B}(X, Y) a bijective operator. Then A−1∈B(Y,X)A^{-1} \in \mathcal{B}(Y, X).

Theorem 9.2 (closed graph theorem): let XX and YY be Banach spaces. An operator A∈L(X,Y)A \in \mathcal{L}(X, Y) is bounded if and only if its graph is closed.

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Problem 9.15

Let XX be a Banach space, a linear subspace Y⊂XY \subset X have finite codimension, and Y=Im⁡AY = \operatorname {Im} A, where A:Z→XA: Z \rightarrow X is a bounded operator, ZZ a Banach space. Prove that YY is closed (compare with Theorem 11.3).

Theorem 11.3: If XX and YY are Banach spaces and A∈B(X,Y)A \in \mathcal{B}(X, Y) is a Fredholm operator, that is, dim⁡Ker⁡A<∞\dim \operatorname {Ker} A < \infty and codim⁡Im⁡A<∞\operatorname {codim} \operatorname {Im} A < \infty, then Im⁡A\operatorname {Im} A is closed.

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Problem 9.16

Let X,YX, Y and ZZ be Banach spaces and J:Y→ZJ: Y \rightarrow Z an injective continuous linear operator. Let A∈L(X,Y)A \in \mathcal{L}(X, Y), with the composition JA∈B(X,Z)J A \in \mathcal{B}(X, Z). Prove that A∈B(X,Y)A \in \mathcal{B}(X, Y).

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Problem 9.17

Does there exist an invertible operator A∈B(c,c0)A \in \mathcal{B}\left(c, c_{0}\right)?

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Problem 9.18

Let A∈B(L2[0,1])A \in \mathcal{B}\left(L_{2}[0,1]\right), with Im⁡A⊂C[0,1]\operatorname {Im} A \subset C[0,1]. Prove that A∈B(L2[0,1],C[0,1])A \in \mathcal{B}\left(L_{2}[0,1], C[0,1]\right). Prove that, in general, if X,Y,ZX, Y, Z are Banach spaces, YY is continuously embedded in ZZ, and some operator AA acts boundedly from XX to ZZ and has the property Im⁡A⊂Y\operatorname {Im} A \subset Y, then A∈B(X,Y)A \in \mathcal{B}(X, Y).

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Problem 9.19

Prove that the differentiation operator A:W21[0,1]→L2[0,1],(Ax)(t)=x′(t)A: W_{2}^{1}[0,1] \rightarrow L_{2}[0,1],(A x)(t) = x^{\prime }(t) has a closed graph.

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Problem 9.20

Prove that the functional f:x↦x(0)f: x \mapsto x(0), acting in L2[0,1]L_{2}[0,1] with D(f)=C[0,1]\mathcal{D}(f) = C[0,1], has a non-closed graph.

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Problem 9.21

Give an example of Banach spaces XX and YY and an operator A∈L(X,Y)A \in \mathcal{L}(X, Y) with a non-closed graph.

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Problem 9.22

Let XX be a linear space, ∥⋅∥1\left\| \cdot \right\|_{1} and ∥⋅∥2\left\| \cdot \right\|_{2} two norms, and let Xi:=(X,∥⋅∥i)X_{i}: = \left(X,\left\| \cdot \right\|_{i}\right) be Banach spaces, with ∥⋅∥1≺∥⋅∥2\left\| \cdot \right\|_{1} \prec \left\| \cdot \right\|_{2}. Prove that the norms ∥⋅∥1\left\| \cdot \right\|_{1} and ∥⋅∥2\left\| \cdot \right\|_{2} are equivalent.

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Problem 9.23

Let XX be a Banach space, X0X_{0} a closed subspace and X1X_{1} its linear complement. Prove that the projector onto the subspace X0X_{0} along the subspace X1X_{1} is bounded if and only if X1X_{1} is also closed.

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Problem 9.24

Prove that similar operators are invertible or non-invertible simultaneously. Prove that the norms of unitarily equivalent operators coincide. Give an example of similar operators with different norms.

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Problem 9.25

Let Ax=(λ1x1,λ2x2,…)A x = \left(\lambda_{1} x_{1}, \lambda_{2} x_{2}, \ldots \right) be the operator of multiplication by the sequence {λn}1∞∈l∞\left\{ \lambda_{n}\right\}_{1}^{\infty } \in l_{\infty }, acting in the space XX. Prove that A−1A^{-1} exists if and only if inf⁡{∣λn∣:n∈N}>0\inf \left\{ \left|\lambda_{n}\right|: n \in \mathbb {N}\right\} > 0. Find A−1A^{-1} and its norm.

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X=lp,p∈[1,∞]X = l_{p}, p \in [1, \infty ];

(b)

X=c0X = c_{0}.

Problem 9.26

Prove that the operator Ax=(0,x1,0,x2,0,x3,…)A x = \left(0, x_{1}, 0, x_{2}, 0, x_{3}, \ldots \right) in the space l2l_{2} has no right inverse. Find Al−1A_{l}^{-1}. Prove that the operator Bx=(x1,x2,x4,x8,…)B x = \left(x_{1}, x_{2}, x_{4}, x_{8}, \ldots \right) in the space l2l_{2} has no left inverse. Find Br−1B_{r}^{-1}.

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Problem 9.27

Let X=C[0,1],(Ax)(t)=a(t)x(t)X = C[0,1],(A x)(t) = a(t) x(t) be the operator of multiplication by a continuous function. Prove that this operator is invertible if and only if the function aa does not vanish on the segment [0,1][0,1]. Find the inverse operator.

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Problem 9.28

Let X=Lp[0,1],p∈[1,∞],(Ax)(t)=a(t)x(t)X = L_{p}[0,1], p \in [1, \infty ],(A x)(t) = a(t) x(t) be the operator of multiplication by a function a∈L∞[0,1]a \in L_{\infty }[0,1]. Prove that this operator is invertible if and only if ess⁡inf⁡t∈[0,1]∣a(t)∣>0\underset {t \in [0,1]}{\operatorname {ess} \inf }\left|a(t)\right| > 0 (for the definition of ess inf see problem 6.27). Find the inverse operator.

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Problem 9.29

Consider in the space

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X=C[0,1]X = C[0,1];

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X=Lp[0,1],p∈[1,∞]X = L_{p}[0,1], p \in [1, \infty ], the antiderivative operator (Ax)(t)=∫0tx(s)ds(A x)(t) = \int_{0}^{t} x(s) d s. Prove that this operator has neither a left nor a right inverse operator.

Problem 9.30

Let A:C1[0,1]→C[0,1],(Ax)(t)=x′(t)A: C^{1}[0,1] \rightarrow C[0,1],(A x)(t) = x^{\prime }(t). Prove that it is not invertible. Find a right inverse operator.

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Problem 9.31

Prove that the Hardy operator (Ax)(t)=1t∫0tx(s)ds(A x)(t) = \frac{1}{t} \int_{0}^{t} x(s) d s in the space Lp[0,1],p∈(1,∞)L_{p}[0,1], p \in (1, \infty ), has neither a left nor a right inverse operator.

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Problem 9.32

Find the inverse operator for the operator AA in the space Lp[0,1],p∈[1,∞]:L_{p}[0,1], p \in [1, \infty ]:

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(Ax)(t)=x(t)+∫0tx(s)ds(A x)(t) = x(t)+\int_{0}^{t} x(s) d s;

(b)
(Ax)(t)={x(t+a), if t+a⩽1,x(t+a−1), if t+a>1. (A x)(t) = \begin{cases} x(t+a), & \text{ if } t+a \leqslant 1, \\ x(t+a-1), & \text{ if } t+a > 1. \end{cases}
Problem 9.33

Find the inverse operator for the operator AA in the space C[0,1]:(Ax)(t)=x(t)+∫01et+sx(s)dsC[0,1]:(A x)(t) = x(t)+\int_{0}^{1} e^{t+s} x(s) d s.

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Problem 9.34

Let X⊂YX \subset Y be Banach spaces and ∥⋅∥Y≺∥⋅∥X\left\| \cdot \right\|_{Y} \prec \left\| \cdot \right\|_{X} on XX (then the operator J:X→Y,Jx=xJ: X \rightarrow Y, J x = x, is continuous, i.e., the space XX is embedded in YY, see Definition 2.2). Under what conditions on the spaces XX and YY does the operator JJ have

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a right inverse;

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a left inverse?

Definition 2.2, the relevant part: a linear mapping JJ of a normed space XX into a normed space YY is called an embedding if JJ is continuous and injective.

Problem 9.35

Let φ(t)\varphi (t) be a function continuous on [0,1][0,1] mapping the segment [0,1][0,1] into itself. Under what conditions on the function φ\varphi does the change-of-variable operator (Ax)(t)=x(φ(t))(A x)(t) = x(\varphi (t)) in the space C[0,1]C[0,1] have

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a right inverse;

(b)

a left inverse?