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Title of object: equivalence of conditions (2) and (3)
Canonical Name: EquivalenceOfConditions2And3
Type: Definition

Created on: 2003-07-10 04:14:00
Modified on: 2003-07-10 04:14:00

Creator: matte
Modifier: matte
Author: matte

Classification: msc:46F05, msc:46-00

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(The below proof follows \cite{hormander}, pp. 35.)
The proof that (3) implies (2) is a direct calculation.
Next, let us show that (2) implies (3):
Suppose $Tu_i \to 0$ in $\sC$,
if $K$ is a compact set in $U$, and
$\{u_i\}_{i=1}^\infty$ is a sequence in $\cD_K$ such that
for any multi-index $\alpha$, we have
$$ D^\alpha u_i \to 0$$
in the supremum norm $||\cdot||_\infty$ as $i\to \infty$.
For a contradiction, suppose there is a compact set $K$ in $U$
such that for all constants $C>0$ and $k\in\{0, 1,2,\ldots\}$ there exists
a function $u\in \cD_K$ such that
$$|T(u)|> C\sum_{|\alpha|\le k} ||D^\alpha u||_\infty.$$
Then, for $C=k=1,2,\ldots$ we obtain functions $u_1,u_2,\ldots$ in $\cD(K)$
such that
$ |T(u_i)| > i\sum_{|\alpha|\le i} ||D^\alpha u_i||_\infty.$
Thus $|T(u_i)|>0$ for all $i$, so for $v_i=u_i/|T(u_i)|$, we have
$$ 1> i\sum_{|\alpha|\le i} ||D^\alpha v_i||_\infty.$$
It follows that $||D^\alpha u_i||_\infty< 1/i$
for any multi-index $\alpha$ with $|\alpha|\le i$.
Thus $\{v_i\}_{i=1}^\infty$ satisfies our assumption, whence $T(v_i)$ should tend to $0$.
However, for all $i$, we have $T(v_i)= 1$. This contradiction
completes the proof. $\Box$
\begin{thebibliography}{9}
\bibitem{hormander}
L. H\"ormander, \emph{The Analysis of Linear Partial Differential Operators I,
(Distribution theory and Fourier Analysis)}, 2nd ed, Springer-Verlag, 1990.
\end{thebibliography}