LetX,Y,Zbe three normed spaces overK. The canonical mapping of the normed spaceL(X,Y;Z)into the space of linear mappings ofXintoL(Y;Z)which sends eachu∈L(X,Y;Z)to the mappingx→u(x,.)is an isometry ofL(X;Y;Z)ontoL(X;L(Y;Z)).
This follows immediately from the definitions and the relation