Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2024/iii/paper-358/2/d/solution

Let be coordinate projection and set
This finite matrix is computable from the matrix entries of . Compute its singular value decomposition
and define the unitary polar factor of a finite compression
This is a unitary operator on , including when is singular.
Put . Since strongly and is unitary,
The continuous functional calculus for positive matrices therefore gives
The polar identity now yields
Also strongly, and hence
In particular the weak convergence required in part (c) holds. The construction uses only a finite block of the given matrix and a finite singular value decomposition, so it is an algorithm realizing all the assumptions of part (c).

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