Solution

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Let
and define the functional principal component scores
Use empirical centered scores from the sample covariance eigenfunctions and form
The finite-dimensional statistic is
Under , is independent of . The population cross-covariances vanish, and
The multivariate central limit theorem, consistency of the empirical eigenpairs, and Slutsky theorem therefore give
Rejecting above the quantile gives an asymptotic level- test.
Under a fixed alternative, is the coordinate of the cross-covariance operator , where is the Hilbert-Schmidt operator with kernel . Thus
The test is consistent whenever this retained block contains a nonzero cross-covariance; fixed truncation can miss alternatives outside the selected principal-component subspaces.

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