Injective seminorm on the tensor of a finite family of normed spaces. #

Let 𝕜 be a nontrivially normed field and E be a family of normed 𝕜-vector spaces Eᵢ, indexed by a finite type ι. We define a seminorm on ⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ, which we call the "injective seminorm". It is chosen to satisfy the following property: for every normed 𝕜-vector space F, the linear equivalence MultilinearMap 𝕜 E F ≃ₗ[𝕜] (⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ) →ₗ[𝕜] F expressing the universal property of the tensor product induces an isometric linear equivalence ContinuousMultilinearMap 𝕜 E F ≃ₗᵢ[𝕜] (⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ) →L[𝕜] F.

The idea is the following: Every normed 𝕜-vector space F defines a linear map from ⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ to ContinuousMultilinearMap 𝕜 E F →ₗ[𝕜] F, which sends x to the map f ↦ f.lift x. Thanks to PiTensorProduct.norm_eval_le_projectiveSeminorm, this map lands in ContinuousMultilinearMap 𝕜 E F →L[𝕜] F. As this last space has a natural operator (semi)norm, we get an induced seminorm on ⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ, which, by PiTensorProduct.norm_eval_le_projectiveSeminorm, is bounded above by the projective seminorm PiTensorProduct.projectiveSeminorm. We then take the sup of these seminorms as F varies; as this family of seminorms is bounded, its sup has good properties.

In fact, we cannot take the sup over all normed spaces F because of set-theoretical issues, so we only take spaces F in the same universe as ⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ. We prove in norm_eval_le_injectiveSeminorm that this gives the same result, because every multilinear map from E = Πᵢ Eᵢ to F factors though a normed vector space in the same universe as ⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ.

We then prove the universal property and the functoriality of ⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ as a normed vector space.

Main definitions #

PiTensorProduct.toDualContinuousMultilinearMap: The 𝕜-linear map from ⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ to ContinuousMultilinearMap 𝕜 E F →L[𝕜] F sending x to the map f ↦ f x.
PiTensorProduct.injectiveSeminorm: The injective seminorm on ⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ.
PiTensorProduct.liftEquiv: The bijection between ContinuousMultilinearMap 𝕜 E F and (⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ) →L[𝕜] F, as a continuous linear equivalence.
PiTensorProduct.liftIsometry: The bijection between ContinuousMultilinearMap 𝕜 E F and (⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ) →L[𝕜] F, as an isometric linear equivalence.
PiTensorProduct.tprodL: The canonical continuous multilinear map from E = Πᵢ Eᵢ to ⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ.
PiTensorProduct.mapL: The continuous linear map from ⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ to ⨂[𝕜] i, E'ᵢ induced by a family of continuous linear maps Eᵢ →L[𝕜] E'ᵢ.
PiTensorProduct.mapLMultilinear: The continuous multilinear map from Πᵢ (Eᵢ →L[𝕜] E'ᵢ) to (⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ) →L[𝕜] (⨂[𝕜] i, E'ᵢ) sending a family f to PiTensorProduct.mapL f.

Main results #

PiTensorProduct.norm_eval_le_injectiveSeminorm: The main property of the injective seminorm on ⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ: for every x in ⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ and every continuous multilinear map f from E = Πᵢ Eᵢ to a normed space F, we have ‖f.lift x‖ ≤ ‖f‖ * injectiveSeminorm x .
PiTensorProduct.mapL_opNorm: If f is a family of continuous linear maps fᵢ : Eᵢ →L[𝕜] Fᵢ, then ‖PiTensorProduct.mapL f‖ ≤ ∏ i, ‖fᵢ‖.
PiTensorProduct.mapLMultilinear_opNorm : If F is a normed vecteor space, then ‖mapLMultilinear 𝕜 E F‖ ≤ 1.

TODO #

If all Eᵢ are separated and satisfy SeparatingDual, then the seminorm on ⨂[𝕜] i, Eᵢ is a norm. This uses the construction of a basis of the PiTensorProduct, hence depends on PR #11156. It should probably go in a separate file.
Adapt the remaining functoriality constructions/properties from PiTensorProduct.