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--- a/pages/functional-analysis-basics/the-fundamental-four/uniform-boundedness-theorem.md
+++ b/pages/functional-analysis-basics/the-fundamental-four/uniform-boundedness-theorem.md
@@ -3,27 +3,35 @@ title: Uniform Boundedness Theorem
parent: The Fundamental Four
grand_parent: Functional Analysis Basics
nav_order: 2
-description: >
- The
-# spellchecker:words preimages pointwise
---
# {{ page.title }}
Also known as *Uniform Boundedness Principle* and *Banach–Steinhaus Theorem*.
-{: .theorem-title }
-> {{ page.title }}
-> {: #{{ page.title | slugify }} }
->
-> If $\mathcal{T}$ is a set of bounded linear operators
-> from a Banach space $X$ into a normed space $Y$ such that
-> $\braces{\norm{Tx} : T \in \mathcal{T}}$
-> is a bounded set for every $x \in X$, then
-> $\braces{\norm{T} : T \in \mathcal{T}}$
-> is a bounded set.
+{% definition Pointwise and Uniform Boundedness %}
+Let $X$, $Y$ be normed spaces.
+We say that a collection $\mathcal{T}$ of bounded linear operators
+from $X$ to $Y$ is
+{: .mb-0 }
+- *pointwise bounded* if the set $\braces{\norm{Tx} : T \in \mathcal{T}}$ is bounded for every $x \in X$,
+- *uniformly bounded* if the set $\braces{\norm{T} : T \in \mathcal{T}}$ is bounded.
+{% enddefinition %}
+
+Clearly, every uniformly bounded collection of operators is pointwise bounded since $\norm{Tx} \le \norm{T} \norm{x}$.
+The converse is true, if $X$ is complete:
+
+{% theorem * Uniform Boundedness Theorem %}
+If a collection of bounded linear operators
+from a Banach space into a normed space
+is pointwise bounded,
+then it is uniformly bounded.
+{% endtheorem %}
{% proof %}
+Suppose $X$ is a Banach space, $Y$ is a normed space
+and $\mathcal{T}$ is a pointwise bounded collection
+of bounded linear operators from $X$ to $Y$.
For each $n \in \NN$ the set
$$
@@ -38,9 +46,8 @@ the set $\braces{\norm{Tx} : T \in \mathcal{T}}$ is bounded by assumption.
This means that there exists a $n \in \NN$
such that $\norm{Tx} \le n$ for all $T \in \mathcal{T}$.
In other words, $x \in A_n$.
-Thus we have show that $\bigcup A_n = X$.
-XXX Apart from the trivial case $X = \emptyset$,
-the union $\bigcup A_n$ has nonempty interior.
+Thus, we have shown that $\bigcup A_n = X$.
+In particular, $\bigcup A_n$ has nonempty interior.
Now, utilizing the completeness of $X$, the
[Baire Category Theorem]({% link pages/general-topology/baire-spaces.md %})
implies that there exists a $m \in \NN$ such that $A_m$ has nonempty interior.
@@ -74,3 +81,8 @@ $$
$$
If $X$ is not complete, this may be false.
+
+TODO:
+- strong operator convergence
+- Kreyszig 4.9-5
+- Haase 15.6