@hardmath i said it because you wrote $||T(x,y)|| < sqrt(0.5)x \ ^ 2 $ , i think $T(x,y) = sqrt(x \ ^ 2) $ , in your current def. am i missing something?
@Liad: Keep in mind that $T(x,y)' = (0,x)'$, so that $||T(x,y)||_1 = ||(0,x)||_1 = \sqrt{x^2/2} = \sqrt{2} \cdot |x|$. This is less than $0.8 \cdot ||(x,y)||_1$.