Solution

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For every bounded sequence , and . Linearity gives , as required. Thus the same satisfies all three conditions and is a Banach limit.
The usual positivity condition for a Banach limit follows automatically here. If and , then . Since , we have , whence . The case is immediate. This explains why the constructed bounded linear functional is also a positive linear functional extending the ordinary limit while remaining invariant under the left shift on bounded sequences.

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