Proof of Closed Convex Subsets of the Lebesgue Space of Square-Integrable Vector-Valued Functions are Weakly Sequentially Closed
lemmalem:l2-mazur-weak-closed-2026aThe set is nonempty, since . By claim 1 of Nearest-Point Projection onto a Nonempty Closed Convex Subset of the Lebesgue Space of Square-Integrable Vector-Valued Functions the nearest-point projection of onto exists, and by claim 2 of that theorem
Taking and expanding by linearity of the pairing in the second argument (claim 4 of The Lebesgue Space of Square-Integrable Vector-Valued Functions is a Real Inner Product Space) gives
By symmetry of the pairing (claim 4 of that lemma), , and weak convergence of to , applied to the test element , says that the real sequence has limit .
The constant sequence with value has that value as its limit, and weak inequalities between convergent sequences are preserved in the limit by claim 1 (comparison) of Order Properties of Limits of Real Sequences. Hence
that is, again by linearity in the second argument, . By claim 4 of the inner-product lemma the left-hand side equals , which is nonnegative; therefore , so and by claim 4 of that lemma. Since , this gives .
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