Definition:Compact Linear Transformation/Inner Product Space/Definition 1

Definition
Let $\struct {X, \innerprod \cdot \cdot_X}$ and $\struct {Y, \innerprod \cdot \cdot_Y}$ be inner product spaces.

Let $\norm \cdot_X$ and $\norm \cdot_Y$ be the inner product norms of $\struct {X, \innerprod \cdot \cdot_X}$ and $\struct {Y, \innerprod \cdot \cdot_Y}$ respectively.

Let $\operatorname {ball} X$ be the closed unit ball in $\struct {X, \norm \cdot_X}$.

We say that $T$ is a compact linear transformation :


 * $\map \cl {\map T {\operatorname {ball} X} }$ is compact in $\struct {Y, \norm \cdot_Y}$

where $\cl$ denotes topological closure.

Also see

 * Equivalence of Definitions of Compact Linear Transformation on Inner Product Space