Complemented subspace

In the branch of mathematics called functional analysis, when a topological vector space (TVS; e.g., a normed space or a Banach space) $X$ admits a direct sum decomposition $X\approx$ $Y \oplus Z$ (in the category of TVSs), the spaces $Y$ and $Z$ are called complements of each other.

The concept of a complemented subspace in functional analysis should never be confused with that of a set complement in set theory, which is completely different.

Definition

Algebraic direct sum

If $X$ is a vector space and $M$ and $N$ are vector subspaces of $X$ then $X$ is the algebraic direct sum of $M$ and $N$ or the direct sum of $M$ and $N$ in the category of vector spaces if any of the following equivalent conditions is satisfied:

the canonical map $M \times N \to X$ defined by $(m, n) \mapsto m + n$ is a vector space isomorphism;[1]
the canonical map $M \times N \to X$ is bijective;
$M \cap N = { 0$ } and $M + N = X$ ;

in this case $N$ is called an algebraic complementary or algebraic supplementary to $M$ in $X$ .

If $X$ is the algebraic direct sum of $M$ and $N$ and if $S : M \times N \to X$ is the canonical map defined by $(m, n) \mapsto m + n$ , then the inverse of the canonical map S can be written as $S -1 := (P M, P N) : X \to M \times N$ where $P M : X \to M$ and $P N : X \to N$ are called the canonical projections of $X$ onto $M$ and $N$ , respectively.[1] Note that $ker P M = N$ , $ker P N = M$ , and $x = P M (x) + P N (x)$ for all $x \in X$ .

Topological direct sum

If $X$ is the algebraic direct sum of $M$ and $N$ and if $X$ is also a topological vector space (TVS) then the canonical map $S : M \times N \to X$ defined by $(m, n) \mapsto m + n$ is necessarily continuous (since addition is continuous) but its inverse $S -1 : X \to M \times N$ may fail to be continuous; when it is continuous then $X$ is the direct sum of $M$ and $N$ in the category of TVSs. If $f$ is a discontinuous linear functional on a locally convex Hausdorff TVS $X$ , n is any element of $X$ such that $f (n) \neq 0$ , $N := span {n$ }, and $M := ker f$ , then $X$ is the algebraic direct sum of $M$ and $N$ but not the topological direct sum of $M$ and $N$ .

If $X$ is a topological vector space (TVS) and if $M$ and $N$ are vector subspaces of $X$ , then $X$ is the topological direct sum of $M$ and $N$ or the direct sum of $M$ and $N$ in the category of TVSs if any of the following equivalent conditions is satisfied:

the canonical map $S : M \times N \to X$ defined by $(m, n) \mapsto m + n$ is a TVS-isomorphism;
the canonical map $S : M \times N \to X$ is a bijective open map;
X is the algebraic direct sum of $M$ and $N$ (i.e. the canonical map $S : M \times N \to X$ is bijective) and the inverse of the canonical map, $S -1 : X \to M \times N$ , is continuous;
X is the algebraic direct sum of $M$ and $N$ and the canonical projections $P M : X \to M$ and $P N : X \to N$ are continuous (where $S -1 := (P M, P N$ );
X is the algebraic direct sum of $M$ and $N$ and at least one of the two canonical projections $P M : X \to M$ and $P N : X \to N$ is continuous;
X is the algebraic direct sum of $M$ and $N$ and the restriction to $N$ of the canonical quotient map $Q : X \to X / M$ (defined by $Q (x) := x + M$ ) is a TVS-isomorphism of $N$ onto $X / M$ ;[2]
The canonical vector space isomorphism p : N → X/M is bicontinuous (meaning p and its inverse are continuous);
- Note that this implies that any topological complement of $M$ in $X$ is TVS-isomorphic to $X / M$ .

in this case $N$ is called a (topological) complement, (topological) complementary, or (topological) supplementary to $M$ in $X$ and we say that $M$ (as well as $N$ ) is a (topologically) complemented subspace of $X$ .

Complemented subspaces

Let $X$ be a topological vector space and let $M$ be a vector subspace of $X$ . We say that $M$ is a complemented subspace of $X$ if any of the following equivalent conditions hold:

there exists a vector subspace $N$ of $X$ such that $X$ is the direct sum of $M$ and $N$ in the category of TVSs (or said differently, $M$ is topologically complemented in $X$ );
there exists a continuous linear map P : X → X with range M such that P ∘ P = P;
- Such a map is called a continuous linear projection onto $M$ .
there exists a continuous linear projection $P : X \to X$ with range $M$ such that $X$ is the algebraic sum of $M$ and the null space of P.
for every TVS $Y$ , the restriction map $R : L(X; Y) \to L(M; Y)$ is surjective, where $R$ is defined by sending a continuous linear operator $u : X \to Y$ to the restriction $R(u):=u{\big \vert }_{M}:M\to Y$ .[2]

It can be shown that if $f : X \to Y$ is a continuous linear bijection between two TVSs, then the following conditions are equivalent:

the kernel of $f$ has a topological complement;
there exists a continuous linear map $g : Y \to X$ such that $f \circ g = Id Y$ , where $Id Y : Y \to Y$ is the identity map.[2]

For Banach spaces

For the special case of a Banach space, the following definition is equivalent to the one given above for TVSs.

Let $X$ be a Banach space and $Y$ a closed subspace of $X$ . Then $Y$ is called a complemented subspace of $X$ whenever there exists another closed subspace $Z$ of $X$ such that $X$ is isomorphic to the direct sum $Y \oplus Z$ ; in this case $Z$ is also a complemented subspace, and $Y$ and $Z$ are called complements of each other (in $X$ ).

Examples and sufficient conditions

If X is a TVS then every vector subspace of X that is an algebraic complement of cl { 0 } is a topological complement of cl { 0 } (this is because cl { 0 } has the indiscrete topology).[3]
- Thus every TVS is the product of a Hausdorff TVS and a TVS with the indiscrete topology.[3]
Suppose $X$ is a Hausdorff locally convex TVS over the field $𝕂$ and $Y$ is a vector subspace of $X$ that is TVS-isomorphic to $𝕂 I$ for some set $I$ . Then $Y$ is a closed and complemented vector subspace of $X$ (see footnote for proof).[4]
Every finite-dimensional or finite-codimensional subspace of a Banach space (or TVS) is complemented.
If M is a proper maximal closed vector subspace of a TVS X and if N is any algebraic complement of M in X, then N is a topological complement of M in X.[5]
- In particular, if $L$ is a non-trivial continuous linear functional on $X$ , then the kernel of $L$ is topologically complemented in $X$ .

Properties

Every closed subspace of a Banach space (or TVS) $X$ is complemented if and only if $X$ is isomorphic to a Hilbert space.
Every topologically complemented vector subspace of a Hausdorff TVS is necessarily closed. [5]

The decomposition method

Theorem:[6] Let

X

and

Y

be TVSs such that

X = X \oplus X

and

Y = Y \oplus Y

. Suppose that

Y

contains a complemented copy of

X

and

X

contains a complemented copy

Y

. Then

X

is TVS-isomorphic to

Y

.

This led to the Schroeder-Bernstein problem: If $X$ and $Y$ are Banach spaces and each is TVS-isomorphic to a complemented subspace of the other, then is $X$ TVS-isomorphic to $Y$ ? In 1996, Gowers provided a negative answer to this question.[6]

Classifying complemented subspaces of a Banach space

Consider a Banach space $X$ . What are the complemented subspaces of $X$ , up to isomorphism? Answering this question is one of the complemented subspace problems that remains open for a variety of important Banach spaces, most notably the space $L_{1}[0,1]$ (see below).

For some Banach spaces the question is closed. Most famously, if $1 \leq p \leq \infty$ then the only complemented subspaces of $\ell _{p}$ are isomorphic to $\ell _{p}$ , and the same goes for $c_{0}$ . Such spaces are called prime (when their only complemented subspaces are isomorphic to themselves). These aren't the only prime spaces, however, as we see in the next section.

The spaces $L_{p}[0,1]$ are not prime whenever $p\in (1,2)\cup (2,\infty )$ ; in fact, they admit uncountably many non-isomorphic complemented subspaces. The spaces $L_{2}[0,1]$ and $L_{\infty }[0,1]$ are isomorphic to $\ell _{2}$ and $\ell _{\infty }$ , respectively, so they are indeed prime.

The space $L_{1}[0,1]$ isn't prime due to the fact that it contains a complemented copy of $\ell _{1}$ , however no other complemented subspaces of $L_{1}[0,1]$ are currently known. It's undoubtedly one of the most interesting open problems in functional analysis whether $L_{1}[0,1]$ admits other complemented subspaces.

Indecomposable Banach spaces

An infinite-dimensional Banach space is called indecomposable whenever its only complemented subspaces are either finite-dimensional or finite-codimensional. Due to the fact that a finite-codimensional subspace of a Banach space $X$ is always isomorphic to $X$ , that makes indecomposable Banach spaces prime.

The most well-known example of indecomposable spaces are in fact hereditarily indecomposable, which means every infinite-dimensional subspace is also indecomposable. Such spaces are fairly nasty, and have been constructed specifically to defy the sort of behavior we typically desire in a Banach space.

References

Schaefer 1999, pp. 19-24.
Treves 2006, p. 36.
Wilansky 2013, p. 63.
Since $𝕂 I$ is a complete TVS, so is Y and since any complete subset of a Hausdorff TVS is closed, Y is a closed subset of $X$ . Let $f = (f i) i \in I : Y \to 𝕂 I$ be a TVS isomorphism, where each $f i : Y \to 𝕂$ is a continuous linear functional. By the Hahn–Banach theorem, we may extend each $f i$ to a continuous linear functional $F i : X \to 𝕂$ on $X$ . Let $F := (F i) i \in I : X \to 𝕂 I$ so $F$ is a continuous linear surjection such that its restriction to $Y$ is $F | Y = (F i | Y) i \in I = (f i) i \in I = f$ . It follows that if we define $P := f -1 \circ F : X \to Y$ then the restriction of this continuous linear map $P | Y : Y \to Y$ is the identity map on $Y$ so that $P$ is a continuous projection onto $Y$ (i.e. $P \circ P = P$ ). Thus $Y$ is complemented in $X$ and $X = Y \oplus ker P$ in the category of TVSs. ∎
Narici 2011, p. 97.
Narici 2011, pp. 100-101.

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[FOOTNOTESchaefer199919-24-1] Schaefer 1999, pp. 19-24.

[FOOTNOTETreves200636-2] Treves 2006, p. 36.

[FOOTNOTEWilansky201363-3] Wilansky 2013, p. 63.

[4] Since $𝕂 I$ is a complete TVS, so is Y and since any complete subset of a Hausdorff TVS is closed, Y is a closed subset of $X$ . Let $f = (f i) i \in I : Y \to 𝕂 I$ be a TVS isomorphism, where each $f i : Y \to 𝕂$ is a continuous linear functional. By the Hahn–Banach theorem, we may extend each $f i$ to a continuous linear functional $F i : X \to 𝕂$ on $X$ . Let $F := (F i) i \in I : X \to 𝕂 I$ so $F$ is a continuous linear surjection such that its restriction to $Y$ is $F | Y = (F i | Y) i \in I = (f i) i \in I = f$ . It follows that if we define $P := f -1 \circ F : X \to Y$ then the restriction of this continuous linear map $P | Y : Y \to Y$ is the identity map on $Y$ so that $P$ is a continuous projection onto $Y$ (i.e. $P \circ P = P$ ). Thus $Y$ is complemented in $X$ and $X = Y \oplus ker P$ in the category of TVSs. ∎

[FOOTNOTENarici201197-5] Narici 2011, p. 97.

[FOOTNOTENarici2011100-101-6] Narici 2011, pp. 100-101.

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