Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2017/ii/paper-3/19f/iv/solution

For , , giving an upper bound for the operator norm. By Urysohn lemma, there is with . Then has uniform norm and . Thus every distinct pair has operator norm , and
The stated hypotheses also permit a singleton . Then there are no distinct pairs, so the infimum is under the extended-real convention, or undefined as a real number. This edge case cannot be assigned the value .

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