Currently I'm self studying functional analysis, namely compact operators. In the text, the author gives the following example:
Example 1: Let $C_1$ and $C_2$ be positive constants and let $$ M:=\left\{x(t)\in C[a,b]:|x(t)|<C_1\text{ and }|x'(t)|<C_2\right\}.\tag{1} $$ Then $M$ is relatively compact.
I completely understand Example 1, it makes use of Arzela's theorem. Then the author gives the following example:
Example 2: The operator $$ Ax:=\int_0^tx(\tau)d\tau.\tag{2} $$ on $C[0,1]$ is a compact operator (use the previous example).
My question is fairly straightforward: using Example 1, how is this operator compact on $C[0,1]$?
As of now I have the following two definitions of compact operators:
Definition 1: A linear operator $A\colon X\to Y$ is called a compact operator if and only if for every bounded sequence $x_n\in X$ the sequence $Ax_n$ has a Cauchy subsequence.
Definition 2: An linear operator $A\colon X\to Y$ is compact if and only if the image of the unit ball of $X$ is a relatively compact set in $Y$.
Just going off terminology, I would guess that Definition 2 should be used to solve Exercise 2, but I'm not seeing it through all the way. Any help is appreciated!
If so, then you will have shown that the image of the unit ball in $C[0,1]$ is contained in the set $M$.
– Alex Ortiz Jun 22 '21 at 20:19