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Smith's lemma

For a matricially normed space $ X$ and a linear operator $ \Phi:X\to M_n$, we have $ \Vert\Phi\Vert _{\mathrm{cb}} = \Vert\Phi^{(n)}\Vert$. In particular, $ \Phi$ is completely bounded if and only if $ \Phi^{(n)}$ is bounded [Smi83, Thm. 2.10].



Prof. Gerd Wittstock 2001-01-07