Write and . Both lie in the Hilbert space , and the integral operator factors as the rank-one operator
The Cauchy-Schwarz inequality gives , and equality is attained at . Hence the operator norm is . Direct integration gives
For any Hilbertian basis , the Parseval identity for a Hilbertian basis gives
This is the general formula for the norms of a rank-one operator. In particular is a Hilbert-Schmidt operator, and
This computation needs no explicit Fourier basis. The printed optional basis formula omits the variable : the intended Hilbertian basis is , . Taken literally, the printed expressions are constant functions and cannot form an orthonormal basis of .