Let V be a vector space, B be a {==1||Banach space==}, and {Tn} a sequence in B(B,V). Then if for all b∈B we have
{==2||supn∣∣Tnb∣∣<∞}
(ie the sequence is {2||pointwise bounded}) then we have
{3||supn∣∣Tn∣∣<∞}
(ie the {3||operator norms are bounded==})
Proof
For all k∈N, define
Ck={b∈B:∣∣b∣∣≤1,supn∣∣Tnb∣∣≤k}
Then each set is closed because if {bn}⊂Ck and bn→b then we have ∣∣b∣∣=limn→∞∣∣bn∣∣=1. And for all m∈N we have
∣∣Tmb∣∣=limn→∞∣∣Tmbn∣∣
since each of the operators Tm are continuous. And ∣∣Tmbn∣∣≤k because bn∈Ck, so Ck must be closed.
Now, we also have
{b∈B:∣∣b∣∣≤1}=⋃k≤nCk
because for any b∈B, there is no k such that supm∣∣Tmb∣∣≤k.
So LHS is complete because it is a closed subset of M, and so by Baire’s Theorem, one of the Ck must contain an open ball B(b0,δ0).
Thus for any b∈B(0,δ0), we have that b0+b∈B(b0,δ0)⊂Ck so
supn∣∣Tn(b0+b)∣∣≤k
Then since both b0,b0+b∈B(b0,δ0), we have
\sup_{n} \lvert \lvert T_{n}b \rvert \rvert &= \sup_{n} \lvert \lvert -T_{n}b_{0} + T_{n}(b_{0}+b)\rvert \rvert \\
&\leq \sup_{n} \lvert \lvert T_{n}b_{0} \rvert \rvert + \sup_{n} \lvert \lvert T_{n}(b_{0}+b) \rvert \rvert \\
&\leq k +k
\end{align}$$
Thus, rescaling, we have for any $n \in \mathbb{N}$ and all $b \in B$ with $\lvert \lvert b \rvert \rvert = 1$, we have
$$\left\lvert \left\lvert T_{n}\left( \frac{\delta_{0}}{2}b \right) \right\rvert \right\rvert \leq 2k \implies \lvert \lvert T_{n}b \rvert \rvert \leq 4k$$
ie the [[Concept Wiki/operator norm]] of $T_{n}$ is bounded for all $n$, and therefore its $\sup$ is bounded as well.
$$\tag*{$\blacksquare$}$$