Innner product for which derivative operator is bounded

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Is the derivative operator d/dx bounded with respect to the norm <f,g> defined by

integral from 0 to 1 of f g* +f'g*'

where * denotes conjugation. Thank you. (Not homework)
 
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Note that [tex]\frac{d}{dx} : C^1([0,1]) \rightarrow C^0([0,1])[/tex] you defined the inner product (not the norm) on [tex]C^1[/tex], but what is that of [tex]C^0[/tex]? I'm going to assume you give it the inner product: [tex]<f,g> = \int_{0} ^{1} f\overline{g}[/tex]. Then the norms induced by these are [tex]\Vert f \Vert _{C^1} = \left( \int_{0}^{1} \vert f \vert ^2 + \int_{0}^{1} \vert f' \vert ^2 \right) ^{1/2}[/tex] and [tex]\Vert g \Vert _{C^0} = \left( \int_{0}^{1} \vert g \vert ^2 \right) ^{1/2}[/tex]

Then [tex]\Vert f' \Vert _{C^0} ^2 = \int_{0}^{1} \vert f' \vert ^2 \leq \int_{0}^{1} \vert f \vert ^2 + \int_{0}^{1} \vert f' \vert ^2 = \Vert f \Vert _{C^1} ^2[/tex] so it's bounded with respect to those norms.
 
Jose,
Thank you very much.
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