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Suppose I am interested in operators $T:Xto Y$, with $X$ and $Y$ both separable Hilbert spaces. The operator norm of such $T$ can then be taken as
$$
|T| = sup_{|x|_Xleq 1}|Tx|_Y.
$$

Since the spaces are separable, there exists a sequence ${x_n}$ and ${y_m}$ dense in the unit balls of $X$ and $Y$. It would appear then, that we can write
$$
|T|=sup_{n}sup_m |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y| = sup_{m}sup_n |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y|.
$$

In the above, I am representing the $Y$ norm as
$$
|y|_Y = sup_{|tilde y|leq 1}|(y,tilde y)_Y|
$$



Is there anything wrong with this intuition?










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    Suppose I am interested in operators $T:Xto Y$, with $X$ and $Y$ both separable Hilbert spaces. The operator norm of such $T$ can then be taken as
    $$
    |T| = sup_{|x|_Xleq 1}|Tx|_Y.
    $$

    Since the spaces are separable, there exists a sequence ${x_n}$ and ${y_m}$ dense in the unit balls of $X$ and $Y$. It would appear then, that we can write
    $$
    |T|=sup_{n}sup_m |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y| = sup_{m}sup_n |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y|.
    $$

    In the above, I am representing the $Y$ norm as
    $$
    |y|_Y = sup_{|tilde y|leq 1}|(y,tilde y)_Y|
    $$



    Is there anything wrong with this intuition?










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      Suppose I am interested in operators $T:Xto Y$, with $X$ and $Y$ both separable Hilbert spaces. The operator norm of such $T$ can then be taken as
      $$
      |T| = sup_{|x|_Xleq 1}|Tx|_Y.
      $$

      Since the spaces are separable, there exists a sequence ${x_n}$ and ${y_m}$ dense in the unit balls of $X$ and $Y$. It would appear then, that we can write
      $$
      |T|=sup_{n}sup_m |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y| = sup_{m}sup_n |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y|.
      $$

      In the above, I am representing the $Y$ norm as
      $$
      |y|_Y = sup_{|tilde y|leq 1}|(y,tilde y)_Y|
      $$



      Is there anything wrong with this intuition?










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      Suppose I am interested in operators $T:Xto Y$, with $X$ and $Y$ both separable Hilbert spaces. The operator norm of such $T$ can then be taken as
      $$
      |T| = sup_{|x|_Xleq 1}|Tx|_Y.
      $$

      Since the spaces are separable, there exists a sequence ${x_n}$ and ${y_m}$ dense in the unit balls of $X$ and $Y$. It would appear then, that we can write
      $$
      |T|=sup_{n}sup_m |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y| = sup_{m}sup_n |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y|.
      $$

      In the above, I am representing the $Y$ norm as
      $$
      |y|_Y = sup_{|tilde y|leq 1}|(y,tilde y)_Y|
      $$



      Is there anything wrong with this intuition?







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          Your equation
          $$
          |T|=sup_{n}sup_m |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y| = sup_{m}sup_n |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y|.
          $$

          is indeed correct.
          It works because the relevant norms are continuous and because of the density of the sequences in the unit balls.






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            Your equation
            $$
            |T|=sup_{n}sup_m |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y| = sup_{m}sup_n |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y|.
            $$

            is indeed correct.
            It works because the relevant norms are continuous and because of the density of the sequences in the unit balls.






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              Your equation
              $$
              |T|=sup_{n}sup_m |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y| = sup_{m}sup_n |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y|.
              $$

              is indeed correct.
              It works because the relevant norms are continuous and because of the density of the sequences in the unit balls.






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                Your equation
                $$
                |T|=sup_{n}sup_m |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y| = sup_{m}sup_n |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y|.
                $$

                is indeed correct.
                It works because the relevant norms are continuous and because of the density of the sequences in the unit balls.






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                Your equation
                $$
                |T|=sup_{n}sup_m |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y| = sup_{m}sup_n |(Tx_n,y_m)_Y|.
                $$

                is indeed correct.
                It works because the relevant norms are continuous and because of the density of the sequences in the unit balls.







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