If I define a linear operator $S:l^2\rightarrow l^2$ by $(x_1,x_2,...)\mapsto (0,x_1,x_2,...)$, then how do I compute the operator norm?
I would have done it as follows:
Remark that $||Sx||_2^2=\sum_{k=1}^\infty |Sx|^2=\sum_{k=1}^\infty |x_k|^2$ hence $||S||=||x||_2\leq 1$. But now pick $x=(1,0,...)$ then $x\in l^2$ and $||x||_2\leq 1$. In particular $||Sx||_2=1$ hence $||S||=1$.
is this correct?