If B1,B2 are Banach spaces and T:B1→B2 is a linear operator, then
T∈B(B1,B2)⟺Γ(T):={(u,Tu):u∈B1}⊂B1×B2 is closed
NOTE
this may be easier to prove than proving something is a bounded linear operator. Normally, we need to show that sequences un→u have Tun→Tu
Proof
Proof (⟹)
Suppose T∈B(B1,B2). Let {(un,Tun)}n be a sequence in Γ(T) such that un→u and Tun→v. Then
v=limn→∞Tun=T(limu→∞un)=Tu
since T is continuous. Thus
(u,v)=(u,Tu)∈Γ(T) ie Γ(T) is closed.
Further, we have π1∈B(Γ(T),B1) and π2∈B(Γ(T),B2)∣∣π2(u,v)∣∣=∣∣v∣∣≤∣∣u∣∣+∣∣v∣∣=∣∣(u,v)∣∣
(we can see it is bounded by the norm of B1×B2 as we defined above, which must also be bounded)
π1:Γ(T)→B1 is one-to-one and onto (bijective). Thus S:=π1−1:B1→Γ(T) is also a bounded linear operator