Integral linear operator

An integral bilinear form is a bilinear functional that belongs to the continuous dual space of ${\displaystyle X{\widehat {\otimes }}_{\epsilon }Y}$, the injective tensor product of the locally convex topological vector spaces (TVSs) X and Y. An integral linear operator is a continuous linear operator that arises in a canonical way from an integral bilinear form.

These maps play an important role in the theory of nuclear spaces and nuclear maps.