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e12514
Oct25-08, 05:57 PM
For 1 < p < oo it is true that:
If we have a sequence ( x_n )_(n >= 1) in l^p that converges weakly to zero then that implies the x_n are uniformly bounded and that ((x^{m})_n) -> 0 in C (as n -> oo) for each fixed m.
(where l^p is the space of p-summable sequences of complex numbers, and I wrote x_n = ((x^{m})_n )_(m >= 1) , couldn't think of a better notation...)

Is the converse true? Why would that be? It doesn't look too obvious... at least not for me.

morphism
Oct25-08, 10:35 PM
Provided I've read your post correctly, then yes, the converse is true.

So basically you want to show that |f(x_n) - f(0)| \to 0 for all f \in (\ell^p)^\ast = \ell^q given pointwise convergence and uniform boundedness. First consider the space \ell of finite sequences. For every f \in \ell^\ast, we have that \lim_n f(x_n) = 0 (why?). Now use the fact that \ell is dense in all the \ell^p spaces.