THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA

SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS
MAT 4300– Functional Analysis
Tutorial Sheet.

October, 2018

1. Show that hx, yi = x1 y 1 + x2 y 2 · · · + xn y n is an inner product on the unitary space Cn .

Z b
2. Show that hx, yi = x(t)y(t)dt is an inner product on L2 [a, b]. What norm can we
a
obtain from this inner product?

3.

4. Show that the norm ||x|| = max |x(t)| cannot be obtained from an inner product on
t∈[a,b]
C[a, b].

5. Verify by direct calculation that for any elements in an inner product space
1 1
||z − x||2 + ||z − y||2 = ||x − y||2 + 2||z − (x + y)||2 .
2 2

6. If an inner product space X is real, show that the condition ||x|| = ||y|| implies

hx + y, x − yi = 0.

7. If x⊥y in an inner product space X, show that

||x + y||2 = ||x||2 + ||y||2 .

8. Show that y⊥xn and xn −→ x together imply x⊥y.