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Past exam of the functional analysis I course of the University of Oxford 2023 3 b i Solution by
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For a continuous function on , the L-infinity norm of its restriction to equals its supremum norm on . Indeed, values arbitrarily close to a maximum occur on an interval of positive Lebesgue measure, even if the maximum lies at an endpoint. Also, continuous functions equal almost everywhere on are equal everywhere on . Thus restriction embeds isometrically as a linear subspace of .
The point evaluation functional is complex-linear and satisfies . The constant function one attains equality, so . The complex Hahn-Banach theorem extends this bounded linear functional from that linear subspace to , preserving its operator norm. Therefore
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