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ID: past-exam-of-the-functional-analysis-and-banach-and-c-algebras-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2008/a/2/b/solution
Past exam of the functional Analysis and Banach and C*-Algebras course of the University of Oxford 2008 A 2 b Solution by
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For , choose the consecutive shifts , . The average telescopes:Its absolute value is at most . Taking the limit superior and then the infimum over proves .
For the requested functional, use the allowed sublinearity of . On convergent sequences, every finite shifted average has the same limiting value, so equals the ordinary limit there. Hahn-Banach extends this limit to a linear satisfying . Apply domination to and to to obtain respectively and . HenceThis is a Banach limit; the two-sided limit bounds also show positivity, norm one, and agreement with ordinary limits.
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