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A coercive form operator is bounded below
Statement
Assume Countable Choice, used through A bounded form is represented by a unique bounded operator. Let be a bounded coercive sesquilinear form on a real or complex Hilbert space with constants (Bounded, coercive and symmetric sesquilinear forms) and let be its operator, . Then so is injective and bounded below with constant in the sense of A bounded operator that is bounded below.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: Countable Choice; a real or complex Hilbert space ; a bounded coercive sesquilinear form on with bound and coercivity constant ; and its operator , .
exists, is linear and bounded with for all and ; is linear in the first argument and conjugate-linear in the second, and (Bounded, coercive and symmetric sesquilinear forms, A bounded form is represented by a unique bounded operator).
Cauchy--Schwarz: ; and for a complex number one has (Cauchy–Schwarz: , with equality exactly for dependent pairs, Real and imaginary parts, complex conjugation, and modulus).
is bounded below when for all and some ; is a bound for (A bounded operator that is bounded below, The operator norm as the least bound and as the unit-sphere or unit-ball supremum).
Proof
Lower bound: for every the coercivity of and the identity give If divide by ; if both sides vanish. Hence for every .
Upper bound: for every , since .
Consequences: by step 1.1, forces , hence and , so is injective; together with step 1.1 this says exactly that is bounded below with constant , while step 1.2 supplies the upper bound, so for every .
Depends on
A bounded operator that is bounded below
Bounded, coercive and symmetric sesquilinear forms
Real and imaginary parts, complex conjugation, and modulus
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
The operator norm as the least bound and as the unit-sphere or unit-ball supremum
A bounded form is represented by a unique bounded operator
Cauchy–Schwarz: , with equality exactly for dependent pairs
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Sources
- John K. Hunter, Notes on Partial Differential Equations (UC Davis, revised 18 June 2014, complete 242-page two-quarter notes)
- Leon Simon, Lectures on Partial Differential Equations (Stanford, complete 223-page author scan)
- Richard S. Laugesen, Linear Analysis and Partial Differential Equations (University of Illinois, 2020, complete 158-page graduate notes)