Let , , be bounded linear operators from a normed space into a Banach space, with . If converges as for each element of a dense subspace , then converges for every . The limit defines a bounded linear operator with .
For , the triangle inequality gives
Approximate by and use the Cauchy criterion for a function limit on . The completeness of supplies the limit; passing to the limit preserves linearity and the bound. When every limit on is zero, the inequality shows .
Put , the common operator norm from part (b). Given , choose with . Since , the scalar limit of exists. The Cauchy criterion for a function limit gives such that
Using the triangle inequality and the uniform operator norm bound,
This is the requested estimate. The completeness of makes the scalar Cauchy criterion for a function limit sufficient, hence exists and .
For and real , the linearity of gives , which also has a limit. Thus is a linear subspace. The preceding argument shows it contains every norm convergence limit of its sequences, so the sequential criterion for closed sets in a metric space gives