Theorem: If is a finite-dimensional vector space over
, then any two norms on
are equivalent.
Proof: Let be any basis for
. Then, for any element of
, e.g.,
, we have
with
. Let
, and introduce
Assume be some norm on
, then we just need to illustrate the equivalence of
and
. Obviously, we have the following estimate
For the reversed inequality, we decompose the proof into three steps.
Step 1: Prove is compact with respect to the norm
.
Let be a sequence in
, then we have
. That is to say, for each
, there must be some
such that
. Considering the index
can only take finitely many values, there must be infinitely many
such that
for some fixed index
. Since
are contained in
(closed set), we can select a converged subsequence. For the sequence selected just before, we can further select a converged subsequence when
. Iteratively, we finally find a converged sequence. Because
, the subsequences are always contained in
, which illustrates the compactness of
.
Step 2: Prove is compact with respect to the norm
.
Let be a sequence in
, then, according to Step 1, we can find a subsequence
and
in
such that
. Hence, we have
It means that is a subsequence converges to
with respect to
, which shows the compactness of
.
Step 3: The norm is a continuous real valued function and
is compact with respect to
. A real valued continuous function on a compact set must achieve a maximum and minimum on that set. Hence, there must exist two constants
and
such that
for all
. Since
if and only if
, this implies that
Step 4: Show . If we had
, then this would imply that there is an
such that
. So
, and
, which contradicting the fact that
. Hence, we have
.
Combining the statements from Step 1 to 4, we finally conclude the proof.
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