Lecture 26

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2024-11-01

Readings

5. Chapter 5

Recall the definition of continuity for linear functions and that linear functions with finite dimensional domain are continuous.

Note

This means we can think of matrices both as

  • vectors in matrix-vector space
  • as analytic objects (as functions)
Notation

Let AMm,n. We can view "A":Cn,||||pCm,||||q. Then the operator norm

||A||p,q=maxxCn0=||Ax||q||x||p=maxzCn,||z||p=1||Ax||q
  • since the unit sphere is compact (closed and bounded is equivalent for vector spaces) and A is continuous (and the norm is also continuous), the function will obtain its maximum.
Example

Let AMm,n. Then the ||A||2,2 is the greatest singular vlaue of A.

To see this, consider A=UΣV. Then since U,V are unitary we have that

||Ax||2,2=maxx0||Ax||22||x||2=maxx0xAAxxx=λmax(AA)

And λmax(AA)=λmax(ΣΣ)=σmax2

(see)

Proposition

Let AMm,n. Then

||A||1,1=maxji=1m|aij|$$(ie,themaximumcolumnsum)and$$||A||,=maxij=1n|aij|$$(iethemaximumrowsum)>[!proof]>Let$x0Cn$.Consider$||Ax||1$(the"Manhattannorm"becausewe"walkalongtheblocks").Wehave$$>||Ax||1=i=1m|j=1naijxj|>i=1mj=1n|aij||xj|>=j=1n|xj|i=1m|aij|>||x||1[maxji=1m(|aij|)]>

Let j^ be the index for the maximum column sum. Then ||ej^||1=1 and ||Aej^||1=maxji=1m|aij|.

Thus maxxCn0||Ax||1||x||1=maxji=1m|aij|

(see matrix 1 norm is max column sum)

Proposition

Let V,|||| be a finite dimensional NLS with basis B. Now, consider V,V as vector spaces. (recall the dual space of a vector space).

Dual Norm

Let |||| be a norm on Kn. The dual norm ||||D on Kn is defined as : for all yKn,

\lvert \lvert y \rvert \rvert { #D} = \max_{x \in K^n, \lvert \lvert x \rvert \rvert =1} \lvert y^*x \rvert = \max_{x \in K^n \neq 0} \frac{\lvert y^*x \rvert}{\lvert \lvert x \rvert \rvert }
Note

It is called the dual norm, because it is the norm on the dual space!

(see dual norm)

Note

Let |||| be a norm on Kn. Then for all x,yKn we have

\lvert y^*x \rvert \leq \lvert \lvert x \rvert \rvert \cdot \lvert \lvert y \rvert \rvert { #D}

And for all x,yK, we have

|yx|||x||1||y||

ie the dual of the 1 norm is the infinity norm

Theorem

The 1 norm is the dual norm of the infinity norm (and vice versa):

Proof

|yx|=|i=1nyixi|i=1n|yi||xi|i=1n||y|||xi|=||x||1||y||

(see the dual of the 1 norm is the infinity norm)

Proposition

On Kn, we have ||||1D=|||| and ||||22=||||22

Proof

By definition, the dual norm is maxxKn,||x||=1|yx|.

Given yKnm if we restrict to x:||x||1=1, then by definition of the dual, we have |yx|max||x||1=1|yx|=||y||. Equality holds exactly when x is all zeros, except for a 1 in the position corresponding to argmaxiyi.

Given an xKn. If we restrict to the y:||y||=1, then |yx|||x||1 . Equality holds exactly when we choose an y such that each entry is some unit eiθ so that all components of yx are real.

Given yKn. If we restrict to x:||x||2=1, then |yx|||y||2. Equality holds for (unit length 2) when x=1||y||2y, and an exactly analogous argument occurs for the reverse.