Let $\parallel ·\parallel$ be a norm on the algebra ${ℳ}_n$ of all $n\times n$ matrices over $ℂ$. An interesting problem in matrix theory is that “Are there two norms ${\parallel ·\parallel }_1$ and ${\parallel ·\parallel }_2$ on ${ℂ}^n$ such that $\parallel A\parallel =max\{\parallel Ax{\parallel }_2\parallel x{\parallel }_1=1\}$ for all $A\in {ℳ}_n$?” We will investigate this problem and its various aspects and will discuss some conditions under which ${\parallel ·\parallel }_1={\parallel ·\parallel }_2$.