Compact integral operator

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I have this exercise and I don't know how to solve the last question.

In the following $a,b$ are two real numbers such that $a<b$ ,$E=C([a,b],\mathbb{R})$ with the norm $||.||_0$ given by $||.||_0= \sup \lbrace |u(x)|,x\in [a,b] \rbrace)$ and

$E^1=C^1([a,b],\mathbb{R})$ with the norm $||.||_1$ ($||u||_1=||u||_0+||u'||_0$ for $u\in E^1$).

1- Calculate the Green function associated to the problem $-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}$ and the Dirichlet boundary conditions
$u(a)=u(b)=0$ (ok!)

2-Determinate eigenvalues ​​and eigenfunctions associated to the problem : $-u''(x)=\lambda u(x) , u(a)=u(b)=0 , x\in (a,b)$ (ok!).

3- Let $L\colon E\rightarrow E^1$ be the operator defined by :

$$Lu(x)=\int_a^b G(x,t) u(t)dt.$$

Prove that $L$ is compact . $L$ is continuous from $E$ to $C^2\cap H^1_0$.

Can someone help me to solve the question 3 ?

Please help me

thank you .