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But the cannonical injection to not be an isomorphism?
DeadWolfe said:But the cannonical injection to not be an isomorphism?
A Banach Space is a vector space equipped with a norm, which is a mathematical concept that measures the length of a vector. Banach Spaces are commonly used in functional analysis and are named after the Polish mathematician Stefan Banach.
The double dual of a Banach Space is the space of all continuous linear functionals on the dual space of the original Banach Space. In other words, it is the space of all linear functionals that map the original Banach Space to the field of scalars (usually the real or complex numbers).
The isomorphism of a Banach Space to its double dual is important because it helps us understand the structure of the Banach Space and its dual. It also has important applications in functional analysis, particularly in the study of bounded operators on Banach Spaces.
No, it is not always possible for a Banach Space to be isomorphic to its double dual. In order for this to be true, the Banach Space must satisfy certain conditions, such as being reflexive and separable.
There are a few ways to determine if a Banach Space is isomorphic to its double dual. One way is to check if the Banach Space is reflexive and separable. Another way is to use the Banach-Alaoglu theorem, which states that a Banach Space is isomorphic to its double dual if and only if it is separable and its unit ball is compact in the weak* topology.