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Past exam of the functional Analysis and Banach and C*-Algebras course of the University of Oxford 2009 A 3 i Solution by
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The Baire category theorem says that a nonempty complete metric space is not a countable union of closed sets with empty interior; equivalently, every countable intersection of open dense sets is dense. To prove the latter, start with any nonempty open set and open dense sets . Choose closed balls of positive radii withEach choice is possible by density and openness. Their centers form a Cauchy sequence; its limit exists by completeness and belongs to every closed ball, hence to . This proves density and the theorem.
The Uniform boundedness principle says that a pointwise bounded family of bounded linear maps from a Banach space to a normed space has uniformly bounded operator norms. Put . These sets are closed and cover . Baire gives an open ball . For , the triangle inequality applied to gives . Taking for unit proves .
For the particular expansion, uniqueness makes all coefficient maps and partial-sum maps linear. Since , the norms form a bounded sequence with limit . Also, with ,This proves both preliminary bounds. The supremum therefore defines a finite norm , with .
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