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A continuous operator <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c023/c023950/c0239501.png" />, acting from a [[Banach space|Banach space]] <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c023/c023950/c0239502.png" /> into another space <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c023/c023950/c0239503.png" />, that transforms a weakly-convergent sequence in <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c023/c023950/c0239504.png" /> to a norm-convergent sequence in <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c023/c023950/c0239505.png" />. It is assumed that the space <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c023/c023950/c0239506.png" /> is separable (for <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c023/c023950/c0239507.png" /> this is not a necessary condition; however, the image of a completely-continuous operator is always separable). In other words, an operator <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c023/c023950/c0239508.png" /> is completely-continuous if it maps an arbitrary bounded subset of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c023/c023950/c0239509.png" /> into a compact subset of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c023/c023950/c02395010.png" />. The class of completely-continuous operators is the most important class of the set of compact operators (cf. [[Compact operator|Compact operator]]), which contains, in particular, all compact additive operators.
 
  
(Linear) completely-continuous operators were defined and their simplest properties were established by D. Hilbert [[#References|[1]]] in 1904–1906 for the spaces <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c023/c023950/c02395011.png" /> and <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c023/c023950/c02395012.png" /> (cf. [[Hilbert space|Hilbert space]]), by F. Riesz [[#References|[2]]] (the definition in terms of compactness), and, for the general case, by S.S. Banach [[#References|[3]]] (the definition in terms of sequences). The term  "compact operator"  has been employed more frequently in recent times, in connection with its appearance in more general topological vector spaces instead of Banach spaces.
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A bounded linear operator $f$, acting from a [[Banach space|Banach space]] $X$ into another space $Y$, that transforms weakly-convergent sequences in $X$ to norm-convergent sequences in $Y$. Equivalently, an operator $f$ is completely-continuous if it maps every relatively weakly compact subset of $X$ into a relatively compact subset of $Y$. It is easy to see that every compact operator is completely continuous, however the converse is false.  For example, recall that the Banach space $X=l_1$ has the Schur Property, that is weak sequential and norm sequential convergence coincide. It follows that the identity operator from $X$ to $X$ is completely-continuous, but it is not compact since $X$ is infinite-dimensional. If $X$ is reflexive, then every completely-continuous operator is compact, so the two classes of operators do coincide in that caseThe term "completely-continuous operator" originally meant what we now call "compact operator", which has sometimes resulted in confusion.
<table><TR><TD valign="top">[1]</TD> <TD valign="top">  D. Hilbert,   "Grundzüge einer allgemeinen Theorie der linearen Integralgleichungen" , Chelsea, reprint  (1953)</TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top">[2]</TD> <TD valign="top"> F. Riesz,   "Sur les opérations fonctionelles linéaires" ''C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris Sér. I Math.'' , '''149''' (1909)  pp. 974–977</TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top">[3]</TD> <TD valign="top">  S.S. Banach,  "Théorie des opérations linéaires" , Hafner  (1932)</TD></TR></table>
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It can be assumed that the space $X$ is separable (for $Y$ this is not a necessary condition; however, the image of a completely-continuous operator is always separable).  
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The class of compact operators is the most important class of the set of completely-continuous operators (cf. [[Compact operator|Compact operator]]).
  
  
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valign="top">[1]</TD> <TD valign="top">  D. Hilbert,  "Grundzüge einer allgemeinen Theorie der linearen Integralgleichungen" , Chelsea, reprint  (1953)</TD></TR><TR><TD
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valign="top">[2]</TD> <TD valign="top">  F. Riesz,  "Sur les opérations fonctionelles linéaires"  ''C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris Sér. I Math.'' , '''149'''  (1909)  pp. 974–977</TD></TR><TR><TD
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valign="top">[3]</TD> <TD valign="top">  S.S. Banach,  "Théorie des opérations linéaires" , Hafner  (1932)</TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top">[4]</TD> <TD valign="top"> R. E. Megginson,  "An Introduction to Banach Space Theory" , Springer (1998)  pp. 336-339 </TD></TR><TR><TD
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valign="top">[5]</TD> <TD  valign="top"> A. Pietsch,  "History of Banach Spaces and Linear Operators" , Birkhauser (2007)  pp. 49-50  </table>
  
 
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The term  "completely-continuous operator"  is in fact not used anymore in Western literature and has been replaced by the term  "compact operator" .
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<table><TR><TD valign="top">[a1]</TD> <TD valign="top">  N. Dunford,  J.T. Schwartz,  "Linear operators. General theory" , '''1''' , Interscience  (1958)</TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top">[a2]</TD> <TD valign="top">  A.E. Taylor,  D.C. Lay,  "Introduction to functional analysis" , Wiley  (1980)</TD></TR></table>
 
<table><TR><TD valign="top">[a1]</TD> <TD valign="top">  N. Dunford,  J.T. Schwartz,  "Linear operators. General theory" , '''1''' , Interscience  (1958)</TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top">[a2]</TD> <TD valign="top">  A.E. Taylor,  D.C. Lay,  "Introduction to functional analysis" , Wiley  (1980)</TD></TR></table>

Latest revision as of 20:40, 2 April 2013


Completely-Continuous Operator

A bounded linear operator $f$, acting from a Banach space $X$ into another space $Y$, that transforms weakly-convergent sequences in $X$ to norm-convergent sequences in $Y$. Equivalently, an operator $f$ is completely-continuous if it maps every relatively weakly compact subset of $X$ into a relatively compact subset of $Y$. It is easy to see that every compact operator is completely continuous, however the converse is false. For example, recall that the Banach space $X=l_1$ has the Schur Property, that is weak sequential and norm sequential convergence coincide. It follows that the identity operator from $X$ to $X$ is completely-continuous, but it is not compact since $X$ is infinite-dimensional. If $X$ is reflexive, then every completely-continuous operator is compact, so the two classes of operators do coincide in that case. The term "completely-continuous operator" originally meant what we now call "compact operator", which has sometimes resulted in confusion.

It can be assumed that the space $X$ is separable (for $Y$ this is not a necessary condition; however, the image of a completely-continuous operator is always separable).


The class of compact operators is the most important class of the set of completely-continuous operators (cf. Compact operator).


References

[1] D. Hilbert, "Grundzüge einer allgemeinen Theorie der linearen Integralgleichungen" , Chelsea, reprint (1953)
[2] F. Riesz, "Sur les opérations fonctionelles linéaires" C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris Sér. I Math. , 149 (1909) pp. 974–977
[3] S.S. Banach, "Théorie des opérations linéaires" , Hafner (1932)
[4] R. E. Megginson, "An Introduction to Banach Space Theory" , Springer (1998) pp. 336-339
[5] A. Pietsch, "History of Banach Spaces and Linear Operators" , Birkhauser (2007) pp. 49-50

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References

[a1] N. Dunford, J.T. Schwartz, "Linear operators. General theory" , 1 , Interscience (1958)
[a2] A.E. Taylor, D.C. Lay, "Introduction to functional analysis" , Wiley (1980)
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Completely-continuous operator. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Completely-continuous_operator&oldid=16228
This article was adapted from an original article by M.I. Voitsekhovskii (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article