Lemma 1.3.1 ([Lemma 8.2.2, Str24]).label Let $E$ be a separable Banach space over $\real$ and $H$ be a Hilbert space over $\real$ that is continuously embedded into $E$, then
- (1)
The adjoint of the inclusion $\iota^{*}: E^{*} \to H$ is injective and continuous with respect to the weak* topology on $E$ and the weak topology on $H$. In addition, if $L \subset E^{*}$ is weak*-dense, then $\iota^{*}(L)$ is dense in $H$.
- (2)
For each $x \in E$, $x \in H$ if and only if $\sup_{x^* \in E^*, \norm{\iota^*x^*}_H = 1}\angles{x, x^*}_{E} < \infty$. In which case, $\norm{x}_{H} = \sup_{x^* \in E^*, \norm{\iota^*x^*}_H = 1}\angles{x, x^*}_{E}$.
- (3)
For each weak*-dense subspace $L \subset E^{*}$, there exists $\bracs{x^*_n}_{1}^{\infty} \subset L$ such that $\bracsn{\iota^*x^*_n}_{1}^{\infty} \subset H$ is an orthonormal basis.
Proof. $(1)$: Since $\iota: H \to E$ is continuous, $\iota^{*}: E^{*} \to H$ is continuous with respect to the strong and weak* topologies. As $H \subset E$ is dense, $\iota^{*}: E^{*} \to H^{*}$ is injective.
Let $h \in H$ such that $h \perp \iota^{*}(L)$, then by the weak*-density of $L \subset E^{*}$, $\angles{h, x^*}_{E} = 0$ for all $x^{*} \in E$. Therefore $h = 0$, and $\iota^{*}(L)$ is dense in $H$.
$(2)$: By $(1)$, the image $\iota^{*}(E^{*}) \subset H$ is dense. Hence if $x \in H$, then
On the other hand, if $\sup_{x^* \in E^*, \norm{\iota^*x^*}_H = 1}\angles{x, x^*}_{E} < \infty$ then the map $\iota^{*}(E^{*}) \to \real$ with $\iota^{*}x^{*} \mapsto \angles{x, x^*}_{E}$ is well-defined as $\iota^{*}$ is injective, and continuous by assumption. By density of $\iota^{*}(E^{*}) \subset H$, there exists $h \in H$ such that $\anglesn{h, \iota^*x^*}_{H} = \angles{h, x^*}_{E}= \angles{x, x^*}_{E}$ for all $x \in E^{*}$. In which case, $x = h \in H$.
$(3)$: Since $E^{*}$ is separable with respect to the weak* topology, there exists a linearly independent set $\seq{x_n^*}\subset L$ whose span is dense in $E$. By $(1)$, $\seq{\iota^*x_n^*}\subset H$ has dense span in $H$. Using the Gram-Schmidt process, there exists an orthonormal basis $\seq{h_n}\subset \text{span}\bracs{\iota^*x_n^*: n \in \nat}$ for $H$. Since $\iota^{*}$ is injective and $L$ is a subspace, $\bracsn{(\iota^*)^{-1}(h_n)}_{1}^{\infty} \subset L$ is the desired sequence.$\square$