Lp space explained

In mathematics, the spaces are function spaces defined using a natural generalization of the -norm for finite-dimensional vector spaces. They are sometimes called Lebesgue spaces, named after Henri Lebesgue, although according to the Bourbaki group they were first introduced by Frigyes Riesz .

spaces form an important class of Banach spaces in functional analysis, and of topological vector spaces. Because of their key role in the mathematical analysis of measure and probability spaces, Lebesgue spaces are used also in the theoretical discussion of problems in physics, statistics, economics, finance, engineering, and other disciplines.

Applications

Statistics

In statistics, measures of central tendency and statistical dispersion, such as the mean, median, and standard deviation, can be defined in terms of

L ^{p} metrics, and measures of central tendency can be characterized as solutions to variational problems.

In penalized regression, "L1 penalty" and "L2 penalty" refer to penalizing either the

L ^{1} norm of a solution's vector of parameter values (i.e. the sum of its absolute values), or its squared

L ^{2} norm (its Euclidean length). Techniques which use an L1 penalty, like LASSO, encourage sparse solutions (where the many parameters are zero).^[1] Elastic net regularization uses a penalty term that is a combination of the L ^{1} norm and the squared L ^{2} norm of the parameter vector.

Hausdorff–Young inequality

The Fourier transform for the real line (or, for periodic functions, see Fourier series), maps

L ^{p(\Reals)} to L ^{q(\Reals)} (or L ^{p(T)} to \ell ^{q} ) respectively, where 1 \leq p \leq 2 and \tfrac{ 1 }{p} + \tfrac{ 1 }{q} = 1 . This is a consequence of the Riesz–Thorin interpolation theorem, and is made precise with the Hausdorff–Young inequality.

By contrast, if

p > 2 , the Fourier transform does not map into L ^{q.}

Hilbert spaces

See also: Square-integrable function.

Hilbert spaces are central to many applications, from quantum mechanics to stochastic calculus. The spaces

L ^{2} and \ell ^{2} are both Hilbert spaces. In fact, by choosing a Hilbert basis E, i.e., a maximal orthonormal subset of L ^{2} or any Hilbert space, one sees that every Hilbert space is isometrically isomorphic to \ell ^{2(E)} (same E as above), i.e., a Hilbert space of type \ell ^{2.}

The -norm in finite dimensions

The Euclidean length of a vector

x = (x _{1,} x _{2,} ... , x _{n)} in the n -dimensional real vector space \Reals ^{n} is given by the Euclidean norm:$$\backslash |x\backslash |\_2\; =\; \backslash left(^2\; +\; ^2\; +\; \backslash dotsb\; +\; ^2\backslash right)^.$$

The Euclidean distance between two points

x and y is the length \|x - y\| _{2} of the straight line between the two points. In many situations, the Euclidean distance is appropriate for capturing the actual distances in a given space. In contrast, consider taxi drivers in a grid street plan who should measure distance not in terms of the length of the straight line to their destination, but in terms of the rectilinear distance, which takes into account that streets are either orthogonal or parallel to each other. The class of p -norms generalizes these two examples and has an abundance of applications in many parts of mathematics, physics, and computer science.

Definition

p \geq 1 , the p -norm or L ^{p} -norm of x is defined by$$\backslash |x\backslash |\_p\; =\; \backslash left(|x\_1|^p\; +\; |x\_2|^p\; +\; \backslash dotsb\; +\; |x\_n|^p\backslash right)^.$$The absolute value bars can be dropped when p is a rational number with an even numerator in its reduced form, and x is drawn from the set of real numbers, or one of its subsets.

The Euclidean norm from above falls into this class and is the

2 -norm, and the 1 -norm is the norm that corresponds to the rectilinear distance.

The

L ^{infty} -norm or maximum norm (or uniform norm) is the limit of the L ^{p} -norms for p \to inf ty. It turns out that this limit is equivalent to the following definition:$$\backslash |x\backslash |\_\backslash infty\; =\; \backslash max\; \backslash left\backslash$$

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x_2

, \dotsc,

x_n

\right\

See -infinity.

For all

p \geq 1 , the p -norms and maximum norm as defined above indeed satisfy the properties of a "length function" (or norm), which are that:

• only the zero vector has zero length,
• the length of the vector is positive homogeneous with respect to multiplication by a scalar (positive homogeneity), and
• the length of the sum of two vectors is no larger than the sum of lengths of the vectors (triangle inequality).

Abstractly speaking, this means that

\Reals ^{n} together with the p -norm is a normed vector space. Moreover, it turns out that this space is complete, thus making it a Banach space. This Banach space is the L ^{p} -space over \{ 1 , 2 , \ldots, n\}.

Relations between -norms

The grid distance or rectilinear distance (sometimes called the "Manhattan distance") between two points is never shorter than the length of the line segment between them (the Euclidean or "as the crow flies" distance). Formally, this means that the Euclidean norm of any vector is bounded by its 1-norm:$$\backslash |x\backslash |\_2\; \backslash leq\; \backslash |x\backslash |\_1\; .$$

This fact generalizes to

p -norms in that the p -norm \|x\| _{p} of any given vector x does not grow with p :

For the opposite direction, the following relation between the

1 -norm and the 2 -norm is known:$$\backslash |x\backslash |\_1\; \backslash leq\; \backslash sqrt\; \backslash |x\backslash |\_2\; ~.$$

This inequality depends on the dimension

n of the underlying vector space and follows directly from the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality.

In general, for vectors in

\Complex ^{n} where 0 < r < p: $$\backslash |x\backslash |\_p\; \backslash leq\; \backslash |x\backslash |\_r\; \backslash leq\; n^\; \backslash |x\backslash |\_p\; ~.$$

This is a consequence of Hölder's inequality.

When

In

\Reals ^{n} for n > 1 , the formula$$\backslash |x\backslash |\_p\; =\; \backslash left(|x\_1|^p\; +\; |x\_2|\; ^p\; +\; \backslash cdots\; +\; |x\_n|^p\backslash right)^$$defines an absolutely homogeneous function for 0 < p < 1 ; however, the resulting function does not define a norm, because it is not subadditive. On the other hand, the formula$$|x\_1|^p\; +\; |x\_2|^p\; +\; \backslash dotsb\; +\; |x\_n|^p$$defines a subadditive function at the cost of losing absolute homogeneity. It does define an F-norm, though, which is homogeneous of degree p. (\Reals ^{n,} d _{p)} is denoted by \ell ^{p.} _{n}

Although the

p -unit ball B ^{p} _{n} around the origin in this metric is "concave", the topology defined on \Reals ^{n} by the metric B _{p} is the usual vector space topology of \Reals ^{n,} hence \ell ^{p} _{n} is a locally convex topological vector space. Beyond this qualitative statement, a quantitative way to measure the lack of convexity of \ell ^{p} _{n} is to denote by C _{p(n)} the smallest constant C such that the scalar multiple C B ^{p} _{n} of the p -unit ball contains the convex hull of B ^{p,} _{n} which is equal to B ^{1 .} _{n} The fact that for fixed p < 1 we have$$C\_p(n)\; =\; n^\; \backslash to\; \backslash infty,\; \backslash quad\; \backslash text\; n\; \backslash to\; \backslash infty$$shows that the infinite-dimensional sequence space \ell ^{p} defined below, is no longer locally convex.

When

There is one

\ell _{0} norm and another function called the \ell _{0} "norm" (with quotation marks).

The mathematical definition of the

\ell _{0} norm was established by Banach's Theory of Linear Operations. The space of sequences has a complete metric topology provided by the F-norm$$(x\_n)\; \backslash mapsto\; \backslash sum\_n\; 2^\; \backslash frac$$,which is discussed by Stefan Rolewicz in Metric Linear Spaces. The \ell _{0} -normed space is studied in functional analysis, probability theory, and harmonic analysis.

Another function was called the

\ell _{0} "norm" by David Donoho—whose quotation marks warn that this function is not a proper norm—is the number of non-zero entries of the vector x. Many authors abuse terminology by omitting the quotation marks. Defining 0 ^{0} = 0 , the zero "norm" of x is equal to$$|x\_1|^0\; +\; |x\_2|^0\; +\; \backslash cdots\; +\; |x\_n|^0\; .$$

This is not a norm because it is not homogeneous. For example, scaling the vector

x by a positive constant does not change the "norm". Despite these defects as a mathematical norm, the non-zero counting "norm" has uses in scientific computing, information theory, and statistics–notably in compressed sensing in signal processing and computational harmonic analysis. Despite not being a norm, the associated metric, known as Hamming distance, is a valid distance, since homogeneity is not required for distances.

The -norm in infinite dimensions and spaces

The sequence space

The

p -norm can be extended to vectors that have an infinite number of components (sequences), which yields the space \ell ^{p.} This contains as special cases:\ell ^{1,} the space of sequences whose series are absolutely convergent,\ell ^{2,} the space of square-summable sequences, which is a Hilbert space, and\ell ^{infty,} the space of bounded sequences.

The space of sequences has a natural vector space structure by applying addition and scalar multiplication coordinate by coordinate. Explicitly, the vector sum and the scalar action for infinite sequences of real (or complex) numbers are given by:

Define the

p -norm:$$\backslash |x\backslash |\_p\; =\; \backslash left(|x\_1|^p\; +\; |x\_2|^p\; +\; \backslash cdots\; +|x\_n|^p\; +\; |x\_|^p\; +\; \backslash cdots\backslash right)^$$

Here, a complication arises, namely that the series on the right is not always convergent, so for example, the sequence made up of only ones,

( 1 , 1 , 1 , \ldots), will have an infinite p -norm for 1 \leq p < inf ty. The space \ell ^{p} is then defined as the set of all infinite sequences of real (or complex) numbers such that the p -norm is finite.

One can check that as

p increases, the set \ell ^{p} grows larger. For example, the sequence$$\backslash left(1,\; \backslash frac,\; \backslash ldots,\; \backslash frac,\; \backslash frac,\; \backslash ldots\backslash right)$$is not in \ell ^{1,} but it is in \ell ^{p} for p > 1 , as the series$$1^p\; +\; \backslash frac\; +\; \backslash cdots\; +\; \backslash frac\; +\; \backslash frac\; +\; \backslash cdots,$$diverges for p = 1 (the harmonic series), but is convergent for p > 1 .

One also defines the

inf ty -norm using the supremum:$$\backslash |x\backslash |\_\backslash infty\; =\; \backslash sup(|x\_1|,\; |x\_2|,\; \backslash dotsc,\; |x\_n|,|x\_|,\; \backslash ldots)$$and the corresponding space \ell ^{infty} of all bounded sequences. It turns out that^[2] $$\backslash |x\backslash |\_\backslash infty\; =\; \backslash lim\_\; \backslash |x\backslash |\_p$$if the right-hand side is finite, or the left-hand side is infinite. Thus, we will consider \ell ^{p} spaces for 1 \leq p \leq inf ty.

The

p -norm thus defined on \ell ^{p} is indeed a norm, and \ell ^{p} together with this norm is a Banach space. The fully general L ^{p} space is obtained—as seen below—by considering vectors, not only with finitely or countably-infinitely many components, but with "arbitrarily many components"; in other words, functions. An integral instead of a sum is used to define the p -norm.

General ℓ^p-space

In complete analogy to the preceding definition one can define the space

\ell ^{p(I)} over a general index set I (and 1 \leq p < inf ty ) as$$\backslash ell^p(I)\; =\; \backslash left\backslash ,$$where convergence on the right means that only countably many summands are nonzero (see also Unconditional convergence).With the norm$$\backslash |x\backslash |\_p\; =\; \backslash left(\backslash sum\_\; |x\_i|^p\backslash right)^$$the space \ell ^{p(I)} becomes a Banach space.In the case where I is finite with n elements, this construction yields \Reals ^{n} with the p -norm defined above.If I is countably infinite, this is exactly the sequence space \ell ^{p} defined above.For uncountable sets I this is a non-separable Banach space which can be seen as the locally convex direct limit of \ell ^{p} -sequence spaces.^[3]

For

p = 2 , the \| ⋅ \| _{2} -norm is even induced by a canonical inner product \langle ⋅ , ⋅ \rangle, called the , which means that \| x \| _{2} = \sqrt{\langle x , x \rangle} holds for all vectors x . This inner product can expressed in terms of the norm by using the polarization identity. On \ell ^{2,} it can be defined by$$\backslash langle\; \backslash left(x\_i\backslash right)\_,\; \backslash left(y\_n\backslash right)\_\; \backslash rangle\_\; ~=~\; \backslash sum\_i\; x\_i\; \backslash overline$$while for the space L ^{2(X,} \mu) associated with a measure space (X, \Sigma, \mu), which consists of all square-integrable functions, it is $$\backslash langle\; f,\; g\; \backslash rangle\_\; =\; \backslash int\_X\; f(x)\; \backslash overline\backslash ,\; \backslash mathrm\; dx.$$

Now consider the case

p = inf ty. Define$$\backslash ell^\backslash infty(I)=\backslash ,$$where for all x ^[4]

The index set

I can be turned into a measure space by giving it the discrete σ-algebra and the counting measure. Then the space \ell ^{p(I)} is just a special case of the more general L ^{p} -space (defined below).

L^p spaces and Lebesgue integrals

An

L ^{p} space may be defined as a space of measurable functions for which the p -th power of the absolute value is Lebesgue integrable, where functions which agree almost everywhere are identified. More generally, let (S, \Sigma, \mu) be a measure space and 1 \leq p \leq inf ty. ^[5] When p ≠ inf ty , consider the set l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu) of all measurable functions f from S to \Complex or \Reals whose absolute value raised to the p -th power has a finite integral, or in symbols:

To define the set for

p = inf ty, recall that two functions f and g defined on S are said to be, written, if the set \{s \in S : f(s) ≠ g(s)\} is measurable and has measure zero. Similarly, a measurable function f (and its absolute value) is (or) by a real number C, written, if the (necessarily) measurable set \{s \in S : |f(s)| > C\} has measure zero. The space l{L} ^{infty(S,\mu)} is the set of all measurable functions f that are bounded almost everywhere (by some real C ) and \|f\| _{infty} is defined as the infimum of these bounds:$$\backslash |f\backslash |\_\backslash infty\; ~\backslash stackrel~\; \backslash inf\; \backslash .$$ When \mu(S) ≠ 0 then this is the same as the essential supremum of the absolute value of f :

For example, if

f is a measurable function that is equal to 0 almost everywhere^[6] then \|f\| _{p} = 0 for every p and thus f \in l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu) for all p.

For every positive

p, the value under \| ⋅ \| _{p} of a measurable function f and its absolute value |f| : S \to [ 0 , inf ty] are always the same (that is, \|f\| _{p} = \||f|\| _{p} for all p ) and so a measurable function belongs to l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu) if and only if its absolute value does. Because of this, many formulas involving p -norms are stated only for non-negative real-valued functions. Consider for example the identity \|f\| ^{r} _{p} = \|f ^{r\|} _{p/r} , which holds whenever f \geq 0 is measurable, r > 0 is real, and 0 < p \leq inf ty (here inf ty / r \stackrel{\scriptscriptstyle def }\; \infty when p = inf ty ). The non-negativity requirement f \geq 0 can be removed by substituting |f| in for f, which gives \||f|\| ^{r} _{p} = \||f| ^{r\|} _{p/r} . Note in particular that when p = r is finite then the formula \|f\| ^{p} _{p} = \||f| ^{p\|} _{1} relates the p -norm to the 1 -norm.

Seminormed space of

p -th power integrable functions

Each set of functions

l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu) forms a vector space when addition and scalar multiplication are defined pointwise.^[7] That the sum of two p -th power integrable functions f and g is again p -th power integrable follows from $\backslash |f\; +\; g\backslash |\_p^p\; \backslash leq\; 2^\; \backslash left(\backslash |f\backslash |\_p^p\; +\; \backslash |g\backslash |\_p^p\backslash right),$^[8]

Notes and References

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3. Rafael Dahmen, Gábor Lukács: Long colimits of topological groups I: Continuous maps and homeomorphisms. in: Topology and its Applications Nr. 270, 2020. Example 2.14
4. Book: Garling. D. J. H.. Inequalities: A Journey into Linear Analysis. 2007. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-87624-7. 54.
5. The definitions of \| ⋅ \| _{p,} l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu), and L ^{p(S,} \mu) can be extended to all 0 < p \leq inf ty (rather than just 1 \leq p \leq inf ty ), but it is only when 1 \leq p \leq inf ty that \| ⋅ \| _{p} is guaranteed to be a norm (although \| ⋅ \| _{p} is a quasi-seminorm for all 0 < p \leq inf ty, ).
6. For example, if a non-empty measurable set N ≠ \varnothing of measure \mu(N) = 0 exists then its indicator function 1 _{N} satisfies \| 1 _{N\|} _{p} = 0 although 1 _{N} ≠ 0 .
7. Explicitly, the vector space operations are defined by:for all f, g \in l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu) and all scalars s. These operations make l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu) into a vector space because if s is any scalar and f, g \in l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu) then both s f and f + g also belong to l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu).
8. , Theorem 6.16
9. See Sections 14.77 and 27.44–47
10. When 1 \leq p < inf ty, the inequality \|f + g\| ^{p} _{p} \leq 2 ^{p-1} \left(\|f\| ^{p} _{p} + \|g\| ^{p\right)} _{p} can be deduced from the fact that the function F : [ 0 , inf ty) \to \Reals defined by F(t) = t ^{p} is convex, which by definition means that F(t x + ( 1 - t) y) \leq t F(x) + ( 1 - t) F(y) for all 0 \leq t \leq 1 and all x, y in the domain of F. Substituting |f|, |g|, and \tfrac{ 1 }{ 2 } in for x, y, and t gives \left(\tfrac{ 1 }{ 2 }|f| + \tfrac{ 1 }{ 2 }|g|\right) ^{p} \leq \tfrac{ 1 }{ 2 } |f| ^{p} + \tfrac{ 1 }{ 2 } |g| ^{p,} which proves that (|f| + |g|) ^{p} \leq 2 ^{p-1} (|f| ^{p} + |g| ^{p).} The triangle inequality |f + g| \leq |f| + |g| now implies |f + g| ^{p} \leq 2 ^{p-1} (|f| ^{p} + |g| ^{p).} The desired inequality follows by integrating both sides. \blacksquare although it is also a consequence of Minkowski's inequality $$\backslash |f\; +\; g\backslash |\_p\; \backslash leq\; \backslash |f\backslash |\_p\; +\; \backslash |g\backslash |\_p$$ which establishes that \| ⋅ \| _{p} satisfies the triangle inequality for 1 \leq p \leq inf ty (the triangle inequality does not hold for 0 < p < 1 ). That l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu) is closed under scalar multiplication is due to \| ⋅ \| _{p} being absolutely homogeneous, which means that \|s f\| _{p} = |s| \|f\| _{p} for every scalar s and every function f.

    Absolute homogeneity, the triangle inequality, and non-negativity are the defining properties of a seminorm. Thus

    \| ⋅ \| _{p} is a seminorm and the set l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu) of p -th power integrable functions together with the function \| ⋅ \| _{p} defines a seminormed vector space. In general, the seminorm \| ⋅ \| _{p} is not a norm because there might exist measurable functions f that satisfy \|f\| _{p} = 0 but are not equal to 0 (\| ⋅ \| _{p} is a norm if and only if no such f exists).

    Zero sets of

    p -seminorms

    If

    f is measurable and equals 0 a.e. then \|f\| _{p} = 0 for all positive p \leq inf ty. On the other hand, if f is a measurable function for which there exists some 0 < p \leq inf ty such that \|f\| _{p} = 0 then f = 0 almost everywhere. When p is finite then this follows from the p = 1 case and the formula \|f\| ^{p} _{p} = \||f| ^{p\|} _{1} mentioned above.

    Thus if

    p \leq inf ty is positive and f is any measurable function, then \|f\| _{p} = 0 if and only if f = 0 almost everywhere. Since the right hand side (f = 0 a.e.) does not mention p, it follows that all \| ⋅ \| _{p} have the same zero set (it does not depend on p ). So denote this common set by$$\backslash mathcal\; \backslash ;\backslash stackrel\backslash ;\; \backslash \; =\; \backslash \; \backslash qquad\; \backslash forall\; \backslash \; p.$$This set is a vector subspace of l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu) for every positive p \leq inf ty.

    Quotient vector space

    Like every seminorm, the seminorm

    \| ⋅ \| _{p} induces a norm (defined shortly) on the canonical quotient vector space of l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu) by its vector subspace $\backslash mathcal\; =\; \backslash .$This normed quotient space is called and it is the subject of this article. We begin by defining the quotient vector space.

    Given any

    f \in l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu), the coset f + l{N} \stackrel{\scriptscriptstyle def }\; \ consists of all measurable functions g that are equal to f almost everywhere. The set of all cosets, typically denoted by $$\backslash mathcal^p(S,\; \backslash mu)\; /\; \backslash mathcal\; ~~\backslash stackrel~~\; \backslash ,$$forms a vector space with origin 0 + l{N} = l{N} when vector addition and scalar multiplication are defined by (f + l{N}) + (g + l{N}) \stackrel{\scriptscriptstyle def }\; (f + g) + \mathcal and s (f + l{N}) \stackrel{\scriptscriptstyle def }\; (s f) + \mathcal. This particular quotient vector space will be denoted by L ^{p(S,} \mu) ~\stackrel{\scriptscriptstyle def }~ \mathcal^p(S, \mu) / \mathcal.

    Two cosets are equal

    f + l{N} = g + l{N} if and only if g \in f + l{N} (or equivalently, f - g \in l{N} ), which happens if and only if f = g almost everywhere; if this is the case then f and g are identified in the quotient space.

    The

    p -norm on the quotient vector space

    Given any

    f \in l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu), the value of the seminorm \| ⋅ \| _{p} on the coset f + l{N} = \{f + h : h \in l{N}\} is constant and equal to \|f\| _{p;} denote this unique value by \|f + l{N}\| _{p,} so that:$$\backslash |f\; +\; \backslash mathcal\backslash |\_p\; \backslash ;\backslash stackrel\backslash ;\; \backslash |f\backslash |\_p.$$ This assignment f + l{N} \mapsto \|f + l{N}\| _{p} defines a map, which will also be denoted by \| ⋅ \| _{p,} on the quotient vector space $$L^p(S,\; \backslash mu)\; ~~\backslash stackrel~~\; \backslash mathcal^p(S,\; \backslash mu)\; /\; \backslash mathcal\; ~=~\; \backslash .$$This map is a norm on L ^{p(S,} \mu) called the . The value \|f + l{N}\| _{p} of a coset f + l{N} is independent of the particular function f that was chosen to represent the coset, meaning that if l{C} \in L ^{p(S,} \mu) is any coset then \| l{C}\| _{p} = \|f\| _{p} for every f \in l{C} (since l{C} = f + l{N} for every f \in l{C} ).

    The Lebesgue

    L ^{p} space\left(L ^{p(S,} \mu), \| ⋅ \| _{p\right)} is called or the of p -th power integrable functions and it is a Banach space for every 1 \leq p \leq inf ty (meaning that it is a complete metric space, a result that is sometimes called the Riesz–Fischer theorem). When the underlying measure space S is understood then L ^{p(S,} \mu) is often abbreviated L ^{p(\mu),} or even just L ^{p.} Depending on the author, the subscript notation L _{p} might denote either L ^{p(S,} \mu) or L ^{1/p} (S, \mu).

    If the seminorm

    \| ⋅ \| _{p} on l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu) happens to be a norm (which happens if and only if l{N} = \{ 0 \} ) then the normed space \left( l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu), \| ⋅ \| _{p\right)} will be linearly isometrically isomorphic to the normed quotient space \left(L ^{p(S,} \mu), \| ⋅ \| _{p\right)} via the canonical map g \in l{L} ^{p(S,} \mu) \mapsto \{g\} (since g + l{N} = \{g\} ); in other words, they will be, up to a linear isometry, the same normed space and so they may both be called "L ^{p} space".

    The above definitions generalize to Bochner spaces.

    In general, this process cannot be reversed: there is no consistent way to define a "canonical" representative of each coset of

    l{N} in L ^{p.} For L ^{infty,} however, there is a theory of lifts enabling such recovery.

    Special cases

    Similar to the

    \ell ^{p} spaces, L ^{2} is the only Hilbert space among L ^{p} spaces. In the complex case, the inner product on L ^{2} is defined by$$\backslash langle\; f,\; g\; \backslash rangle\; =\; \backslash int\_S\; f(x)\; \backslash overline\; \backslash ,\; \backslash mathrm\backslash mu(x)$$

    The additional inner product structure allows for a richer theory, with applications to, for instance, Fourier series and quantum mechanics. Functions in

    L ^{2} are sometimes called square-integrable functions, quadratically integrable functions or square-summable functions, but sometimes these terms are reserved for functions that are square-integrable in some other sense, such as in the sense of a Riemann integral .

    If we use complex-valued functions, the space

    L ^{infty} is a commutative C*-algebra with pointwise multiplication and conjugation. For many measure spaces, including all sigma-finite ones, it is in fact a commutative von Neumann algebra. An element of L ^{infty} defines a bounded operator on any L ^{p} space by multiplication.

    For

    1 \leq p \leq inf ty the \ell ^{p} spaces are a special case of L ^{p} spaces, when S = N ) consists of the natural numbers and \mu is the counting measure on N . More generally, if one considers any set S with the counting measure, the resulting L ^{p} space is denoted \ell ^{p(S).} For example, the space \ell ^{p(Z)} is the space of all sequences indexed by the integers, and when defining the p -norm on such a space, one sums over all the integers. The space \ell ^{p(n),} where n is the set with n elements, is \Reals ^{n} with its p -norm as defined above. As any Hilbert space, every space L ^{2} is linearly isometric to a suitable \ell ^{2(I),} where the cardinality of the set I is the cardinality of an arbitrary Hilbertian basis for this particular L ^{2.}

    Properties of L^p spaces

    As in the discrete case, if there exists

    q < inf ty such that f \in L ^{infty(S,} \mu) \cap L ^{q(S,} \mu), then$$\backslash |f\backslash |\_\backslash infty\; =\; \backslash lim\_\backslash |f\backslash |\_p.$$

    Hölder's inequality

    Suppose

    p, q, r \in [ 1 , inf ty] satisfy \tfrac{ 1 }{p} + \tfrac{ 1 }{q} = \tfrac{ 1 }{r} (where \tfrac{ 1 }{ inf ty} ~\stackrel{\scriptscriptstyle def }~ 0). If f \in L ^{p(S,} \mu) and g \in L ^{q(S,} \mu) then f g \in L ^{r(S,} \mu) and $$\backslash |f\; g\backslash |\_r\; ~\backslash leq~\; \backslash |f\backslash |\_p\; \backslash ,\; \backslash |g\backslash |\_q.$$

    This inequality, called Hölder's inequality, is in some sense optimal since if

    r = 1 (so \tfrac{ 1 }{p} + \tfrac{ 1 }{q} = 1 ) and f is a measurable function such that where the supremum is taken over the closed unit ball of L ^{q(S,} \mu), then f \in L ^{p(S,} \mu) and$$\backslash |f\backslash |\_p\; ~=~\; \backslash sup\_\; \backslash ,\; \backslash int\_S\; f\; g\; \backslash ,\; \backslash mathrm\; \backslash mu.$$

    Minkowski inequality

    Minkowski inequality, which states that

    \| ⋅ \| _{p} satisfies the triangle inequality, can be generalized: If the measurable function F : M x N \to \Reals is non-negative (where (M, \mu) and (N, \nu) are measure spaces) then for all 1 \leq p \leq q \leq inf ty, $$\backslash left\backslash |\backslash left\backslash |F(\backslash ,\backslash cdot,\; n)\backslash right\backslash |\_\backslash right\backslash |\_~\backslash leq~\; \backslash left\backslash |\backslash left\backslash |F(m,\; \backslash cdot)\backslash right\backslash |\_\backslash right\backslash |\_\; \backslash \; .$$

    Atomic decomposition

    If

    1 \leq p < inf ty then every non-negative f \in L ^{p(\mu)} has an, meaning that there exist a sequence (r _{n)} _{n} of non-negative real numbers and a sequence of non-negative functions (f _{n)} _{n} , called, whose supports \left(\operatorname{supp} f _{n\right)} _{n} are pairwise disjoint sets of measure \mu\left(\operatorname{supp} f _{n\right)} \leq 2 ^{n+1} , such that$$f\; ~=~\; \backslash sum\_\; r\_n\; \backslash ,\; f\_n\; \backslash ,,$$and for every integer n \in \Z, $$\backslash |f\_n\backslash |\_\backslash infty\; ~\backslash leq~\; 2^\; \backslash ,,$$ and$$\backslash tfrac\; \backslash |f\backslash |\_p^p\; ~\backslash leq~\; \backslash sum\_\; r\_n^p\; ~\backslash leq~\; 2\; \backslash |f\backslash |^p\_p\; \backslash ,,$$and where moreover, the sequence of functions (r _{n} f _{n)} _{n} depends only on f (it is independent of p ). These inequalities guarantee that \|f _{n\|} ^{p} ^{p} \leq 2 for all integers n while the supports of (f _{n)} _{n} being pairwise disjoint implies $$\backslash |f\backslash |\_p^p\; ~=~\; \backslash sum\_\; r\_n^p\; \backslash ,\; \backslash |f\_n\backslash |^p\_p\; \backslash ,\; .$$

    An atomic decomposition can be explicitly given by first defining for every integer

    n \in \Z, $$t\_n\; =\; \backslash inf\; \backslash$$(this infimum is attained by t _{n;} that is, \mu(f > t _{n)} < 2 ^{n} holds) and then letting$$r\_n\; ~=~\; 2^\; \backslash ,\; t\_n\; ~\; \backslash text\; \backslash quad\; f\_n\; ~=~\; \backslash frac\; \backslash ,\; \backslash mathbf\_$$where \mu(f > t) = \mu(\{s : f(s) > t\}) denotes the measure of the set (f > t) : = \{s \in S : f(s) > t\} and 1 _{(t _{n+1} < f \leq t _{n)}} denotes the indicator function of the set (t _{n+1} < f \leq t _{n)} : = \{s \in S : t _{n+1} < f(s) \leq t _{n\}.} The sequence (t _{n)} _{n} is decreasing and converges to 0 as n \to inf ty. Consequently, if t _{n} = 0 then t _{n+1} = 0 and (t _{n+1} < f \leq t _{n)} = \varnothing so that f _{n} = (1)/(r _{n}) f 1 _{(t _{n+1} < f \leq t _{n)}} is identically equal to 0 (in particular, the division \tfrac{ 1 }{r _{n}} by r _{n} = 0 causes no issues). t \in \Reals \mapsto \mu(|f| > t) of |f| = f that was used to define the t _{n} also appears in the definition of the weak L ^{p} -norm (given below) and can be used to express the p -norm \| ⋅ \| _{p} (for 1 \leq p < inf ty ) of f \in L ^{p(S,} \mu) as the integral$$\backslash |f\backslash |\_p^p\; ~=~\; p\; \backslash ,\; \backslash int\_0^\backslash infty\; t^\; \backslash mu(|f|\; >\; t)\; \backslash ,\; \backslash mathrm\; t\; \backslash ,,$$where the integration is with respect to the usual Lebesgue measure on ( 0 , inf ty).

    Dual spaces

    The dual space (the Banach space of all continuous linear functionals) of

    L ^{p(\mu)} for 1 < p < inf ty has a natural isomorphism with L ^{q(\mu),} where q is such that \tfrac{ 1 }{p} + \tfrac{ 1 }{q} = 1 (i.e. q = \tfrac{p}{p -1 } ). This isomorphism associates g \in L ^{q(\mu)} with the functional \kappa _{p(g)} \in L ^{p(\mu)} ^{*} defined by$$f\; \backslash mapsto\; \backslash kappa\_p(g)(f)\; =\; \backslash int\; f\; g\; \backslash ,\; \backslash mathrm\backslash mu$$ for every f \in L ^{p(\mu).}

    The fact that

    \kappa _{p(g)} is well defined and continuous follows from Hölder's inequality. \kappa _{p} : L ^{q(\mu)} \to L ^{p(\mu)} ^{*} is a linear mapping which is an isometry by the extremal case of Hölder's inequality. It is also possible to show (for example with the Radon–Nikodym theorem, see^[8]) that any G \in L ^{p(\mu)} ^{*} can be expressed this way: i.e., that \kappa _{p} is onto. Since \kappa _{p} is onto and isometric, it is an isomorphism of Banach spaces. With this (isometric) isomorphism in mind, it is usual to say simply that L ^{q(\mu)} is the continuous dual space of L ^{p(\mu).}

    For

    1 < p < inf ty, the space L ^{p(\mu)} is reflexive. Let \kappa _{p} be as above and let \kappa _{q} : L ^{p(\mu)} \to L ^{q(\mu)} ^{*} be the corresponding linear isometry. Consider the map from L ^{p(\mu)} to L ^{p(\mu)} ^{**} , obtained by composing \kappa _{q} with the transpose (or adjoint) of the inverse of \kappa _{p:}

    $$j\_p\; :\; L^p(\backslash mu)\; \backslash mathrel\; L^q(\backslash mu)^*\; \backslash mathrel\; L^p(\backslash mu)^$$

    J of L ^{p(\mu)} into its bidual. Moreover, the map j _{p} is onto, as composition of two onto isometries, and this proves reflexivity.

    If the measure

    \mu on S is sigma-finite, then the dual of L ^{1(\mu)} is isometrically isomorphic to L ^{infty(\mu)} (more precisely, the map \kappa _{1} corresponding to p = 1 is an isometry from L ^{infty(\mu)} onto L ^{1(\mu)} ^{*.}

    The dual of

    L ^{infty(\mu)} is subtler. Elements of L ^{infty(\mu)} ^{*} can be identified with bounded signed finitely additive measures on S that are absolutely continuous with respect to \mu. See ba space for more details. If we assume the axiom of choice, this space is much bigger than L ^{1(\mu)} except in some trivial cases. However, Saharon Shelah proved that there are relatively consistent extensions of Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory (ZF + DC + "Every subset of the real numbers has the Baire property") in which the dual of \ell ^{infty} is \ell ^{1.} ^[9]

    Embeddings

    Colloquially, if

    1 \leq p < q \leq inf ty, then L ^{p(S,} \mu) contains functions that are more locally singular, while elements of L ^{q(S,} \mu) can be more spread out. Consider the Lebesgue measure on the half line ( 0 , inf ty). A continuous function in L ^{1} might blow up near 0 but must decay sufficiently fast toward infinity. On the other hand, continuous functions in L ^{infty} need not decay at all but no blow-up is allowed. The precise technical result is the following. Suppose that 0 < p < q \leq inf ty. Then:L ^{q(S,} \mu) \subseteq L ^{p(S,} \mu) if and only if S does not contain sets of finite but arbitrarily large measure (any finite measure, for example). L ^{p(S,} \mu) \subseteq L ^{q(S,} \mu) if and only if S does not contain sets of non-zero but arbitrarily small measure (the counting measure, for example).

    Neither condition holds for the real line with the Lebesgue measure while both conditions holds for the counting measure on any finite set. In both cases the embedding is continuous, in that the identity operator is a bounded linear map from

    L ^{q} to L ^{p} in the first case, and L ^{p} to L ^{q} in the second.(This is a consequence of the closed graph theorem and properties of L ^{p} spaces.) Indeed, if the domain S has finite measure, one can make the following explicit calculation using Hölder's inequality$$\backslash \; \backslash |\backslash mathbff^p\backslash |\_1\; \backslash leq\; \backslash |\backslash mathbf\backslash |\_\; \backslash |f^p\backslash |\_$$leading to$$\backslash \; \backslash |f\backslash |\_p\; \backslash leq\; \backslash mu(S)^\; \backslash |f\backslash |\_q\; .$$

    The constant appearing in the above inequality is optimal, in the sense that the operator norm of the identity

    I : L ^{q(S,} \mu) \to L ^{p(S,} \mu) is precisely$$\backslash |I\backslash |\_\; =\; \backslash mu(S)^$$the case of equality being achieved exactly when f = 1 \mu -almost-everywhere.

    Dense subspaces

    Throughout this section we assume that

    1 \leq p < inf ty.

    Let

    (S, \Sigma, \mu) be a measure space. An integrable simple function f on S is one of the form$$f\; =\; \backslash sum\_^n\; a\_j\; \backslash mathbf\_$$where a _{j} are scalars, A _{j} \in \Sigma has finite measure and { 1} _{A _{j}} is the indicator function of the set A _{j,} for j = 1 , ... , n. By construction of the integral, the vector space of integrable simple functions is dense in L ^{p(S,} \Sigma, \mu).

    More can be said when

    S is a normal topological space and \Sigma its Borel  - algebra, i.e., the smallest  - algebra of subsets of S containing the open sets.

    Suppose

    V \subseteq S is an open set with \mu(V) < inf ty. It can be proved that for every Borel set A \in \Sigma contained in V, and for every \varepsilon > 0 , there exist a closed set F and an open set U such that0 \leq \varphi \leq 1 on S that is 1 on F and 0 on S \setminus U, with

    If

    S can be covered by an increasing sequence (V _{n)} of open sets that have finite measure, then the space of p  - integrable continuous functions is dense in L ^{p(S,} \Sigma, \mu). More precisely, one can use bounded continuous functions that vanish outside one of the open sets V _{n.}

    This applies in particular when

    S = \Reals ^{d} and when \mu is the Lebesgue measure. The space of continuous and compactly supported functions is dense in L ^{p(\Reals} ^{d).} Similarly, the space of integrable step functions is dense in L ^{p(\Reals} ^{d);} this space is the linear span of indicator functions of bounded intervals when d = 1 , of bounded rectangles when d = 2 and more generally of products of bounded intervals.

    Several properties of general functions in

    L ^{p(\Reals} ^{d)} are first proved for continuous and compactly supported functions (sometimes for step functions), then extended by density to all functions. For example, it is proved this way that translations are continuous on L ^{p(\Reals} ^{d),} in the following sense:$$\backslash forall\; f\; \backslash in\; L^p\; \backslash left(\backslash Reals^d\backslash right)\; :\; \backslash quad\; \backslash left\backslash |\backslash tau\_t\; f\; -\; f\; \backslash right\backslash |\_p\; \backslash to\; 0,\backslash quad\; \backslash text\; \backslash Reals^d\; \backslash ni\; t\; \backslash to\; 0,$$where$$(\backslash tau\_t\; f)(x)\; =\; f(x\; -\; t).$$

    Closed subspaces

    If

    0 < p < inf ty is any positive real number, \mu is a probability measure on a measurable space (S, \Sigma) (so that L ^{infty(\mu)} \subseteq L ^{p(\mu)} ), and V \subseteq L ^{infty(\mu)} is a vector subspace, then V is a closed subspace of L ^{p(\mu)} if and only if V is finite-dimensional (V was chosen independent of p ). In this theorem, which is due to Alexander Grothendieck, it is crucial that the vector space V be a subset of L ^{infty} since it is possible to construct an infinite-dimensional closed vector subspace of L ^{1\left(S} ^{1,} \tfrac{ 1 }{ 2 \pi} λ \right) (that is even a subset of L ^{4} ), where λ is Lebesgue measure on the unit circle S ^{1} and \tfrac{ 1 }{ 2 \pi} λ is the probability measure that results from dividing it by its mass λ (S ^{1)} = 2 \pi.

    Let

    (S, \Sigma, \mu) be a measure space. If 0 < p < 1 , then L ^{p(\mu)} can be defined as above: it is the quotient vector space of those measurable functions f such that

    As before, we may introduce the

    p -norm \|f\| _{p} = N ^{1 /p} _{p(f)} , but \| ⋅ \| _{p} does not satisfy the triangle inequality in this case, and defines only a quasi-norm. The inequality (a + b) ^{p} \leq a ^{p} + b ^{p,} valid for a, b \geq 0 , implies that $$N\_p(f\; +\; g)\; \backslash leq\; N\_p(f)\; +\; N\_p(g)$$and so the function$$d\_p(f,g)\; =\; N\_p(f\; -\; g)\; =\; \backslash |f\; -\; g\backslash |\_p^p$$is a metric on L ^{p(\mu).} The resulting metric space is complete; the verification is similar to the familiar case when p \geq 1 . The balls $$B\_r\; =\; \backslash$$form a local base at the origin for this topology, as r > 0 ranges over the positive reals. These balls satisfy B _{r} = r ^{1/p} B _{1} for all real r > 0 , which in particular shows that B _{1} is a bounded neighborhood of the origin; in other words, this space is locally bounded, just like every normed space, despite \| ⋅ \| _{p} not being a norm.

    In this setting

    L ^{p} satisfies a reverse Minkowski inequality, that is for u, v \in L ^{p} $$\backslash Big\backslash ||u|\; +\; |v|\backslash Big\backslash |\_p\; \backslash geq\; \backslash |u\backslash |\_p\; +\; \backslash |v\backslash |\_p$$

    This result may be used to prove Clarkson's inequalities, which are in turn used to establish the uniform convexity of the spaces

    L ^{p} for 1 < p < inf ty .

    The space

    L ^{p} for 0 < p < 1 is an F-space: it admits a complete translation-invariant metric with respect to which the vector space operations are continuous. It is the prototypical example of an F-space that, for most reasonable measure spaces, is not locally convex: in \ell ^{p} or L ^{p([0,} 1 ]), every open convex set containing the 0 function is unbounded for the p -quasi-norm; therefore, the 0 vector does not possess a fundamental system of convex neighborhoods. Specifically, this is true if the measure space S contains an infinite family of disjoint measurable sets of finite positive measure.

    The only nonempty convex open set in

    L ^{p([0,} 1 ]) is the entire space . As a particular consequence, there are no nonzero continuous linear functionals on L ^{p([0,} 1 ]); the continuous dual space is the zero space. In the case of the counting measure on the natural numbers (producing the sequence space L ^{p(\mu)} = \ell ^{p} ), the bounded linear functionals on \ell ^{p} are exactly those that are bounded on \ell ^{1,} namely those given by sequences in \ell ^{infty.} Although \ell ^{p} does contain non-trivial convex open sets, it fails to have enough of them to give a base for the topology.

    The situation of having no linear functionals is highly undesirable for the purposes of doing analysis. In the case of the Lebesgue measure on

    \Reals ^{n,} rather than work with L ^{p} for 0 < p < 1 , it is common to work with the Hardy space whenever possible, as this has quite a few linear functionals: enough to distinguish points from one another. However, the Hahn–Banach theorem still fails in for p < 1 .

    , the space of measurable functions

    The vector space of (equivalence classes of) measurable functions on

    (S, \Sigma, \mu) is denoted L ^{0(S,} \Sigma, \mu) . By definition, it contains all the L ^{p,} and is equipped with the topology of convergence in measure. When \mu is a probability measure (i.e., \mu(S) = 1 ), this mode of convergence is named convergence in probability. The space L ^{0} is always a topological abelian group but is only a topological vector space if \mu(S)< inf ty. This is because scalar multiplication is continuous if and only if \mu(S)< inf ty. If (S,\Sigma,\mu) is \sigma -finite then the weaker topology of local convergence in measure is an F-space, i.e. a completely metrizable topological vector space. Moreover, this topology is isometric to global convergence in measure (S,\Sigma,\nu) for a suitable choice of probability measure \nu.

    The description is easier when

    \mu is finite. If \mu is a finite measure on (S, \Sigma), the 0 function admits for the convergence in measure the following fundamental system of neighborhoods$$V\_\backslash varepsilon\; =\; \backslash Bigl\backslash ,\; \backslash qquad\; \backslash varepsilon\; >\; 0.$$

    The topology can be defined by any metric

    d of the form$$d(f,\; g)\; =\; \backslash int\_S\; \backslash varphi\; \backslash bigl(|f(x)\; -\; g(x)|\backslash bigr)\backslash ,\; \backslash mathrm\backslash mu(x)$$where \varphi is bounded continuous concave and non-decreasing on [ 0 , inf ty), with \varphi( 0 ) = 0 and \varphi(t) > 0 when t > 0 (for example, \varphi(t) = min (t, 1 ). Such a metric is called Lévy-metric for L ^{0.} Under this metric the space L ^{0} is complete. However, as mentioned above, scalar multiplication is continuous with respect to this metric only if \mu(S)< inf ty . To see this, consider the Lebesgue measurable function f: R → R defined by f(x) = x . Then clearly \lim _{c →} d(cf, 0 ) =inf ty . The space L ^{0} is in general not locally bounded, and not locally convex.

    For the infinite Lebesgue measure

    λ on \Reals ^{n,} the definition of the fundamental system of neighborhoods could be modified as follows$$W\_\backslash varepsilon\; =\; \backslash left\backslash$$

    The resulting space

    L ^{0(\Reals} ^{n,} λ ) , with the topology of local convergence in measure, is isomorphic to the space L ^{0(\Reals} ^{n,} g λ ), for any positive λ  - integrable density g.

    Generalizations and extensions

    Weak

    Let

    (S, \Sigma, \mu) be a measure space, and f a measurable function with real or complex values on S. The distribution function of f is defined for t \geq 0 by$$\backslash lambda\_f(t)\; =\; \backslash mu\backslash .$$

    If

    f is in L ^{p(S,} \mu) for some p with 1 \leq p < inf ty, then by Markov's inequality,$$\backslash lambda\_f(t)\; \backslash leq\; \backslash frac$$

    A function

    f is said to be in the space weak L ^{p(S,} \mu) , or L ^{p,w} (S, \mu), if there is a constant C > 0 such that, for all t > 0 , $$\backslash lambda\_f(t)\; \backslash leq\; \backslash frac$$

    The best constant

    C for this inequality is the L ^{p,w} -norm of f, and is denoted by$$\backslash |f\backslash |\_\; =\; \backslash sup\_\; ~\; t\; \backslash lambda\_f^(t).$$

    The weak

    L ^{p} coincide with the Lorentz spaces L ^{p,infty} , so this notation is also used to denote them.

    The

    L ^{p,w} -norm is not a true norm, since the triangle inequality fails to hold. Nevertheless, for f in L ^{p(S,} \mu), $$\backslash |f\backslash |\_\; \backslash leq\; \backslash |f\backslash |\_p$$and in particular L ^{p(S,} \mu) \subset L ^{p,w} (S, \mu).

    In fact, one has$$\backslash |f\backslash |^p\_\; =\; \backslash int\; |f(x)|^p\; d\backslash mu(x)\; \backslash geq\; \backslash int\_\; t^p\; +\; \backslash int\_\; |f|^p\; \backslash geq\; t^p\; \backslash mu(\backslash$$

    > t \

    ),and raising to power 1 /p and taking the supremum in t one has$$\backslash |f\backslash |\_\; \backslash geq\; \backslash sup\_\; t\; \backslash ;\; \backslash mu(\backslash$$

    > t \

    )^ = \|f\|_.

    Under the convention that two functions are equal if they are equal

    \mu almost everywhere, then the spaces L ^{p,w} are complete .

    For any

    0 < r < p the expression$$\backslash ||\; f\; |\backslash |\_\; =\; \backslash sup\_\; \backslash mu(E)^\; \backslash left(\backslash int\_E\; |f|^r\backslash ,\; d\backslash mu\backslash right)^$$is comparable to the L ^{p,w} -norm. Further in the case p > 1 , this expression defines a norm if r = 1 . Hence for p > 1 the weak L ^{p} spaces are Banach spaces .

    A major result that uses the

    L ^{p,w} -spaces is the Marcinkiewicz interpolation theorem, which has broad applications to harmonic analysis and the study of singular integrals.

    Weighted spaces

    (S, \Sigma, \mu). Let w : S \to [a, inf ty), a > 0 be a measurable function. The w -weighted L ^{p} space is defined as L ^{p(S,} w d \mu), where w d \mu means the measure \nu defined by$$\backslash nu(A)\; \backslash equiv\; \backslash int\_A\; w(x)\; \backslash ,\; \backslash mathrm\; \backslash mu\; (x),\; \backslash qquad\; A\; \backslash in\; \backslash Sigma,$$

    or, in terms of the Radon–Nikodym derivative,

    w = \tfrac{ d \nu}{ d \mu} the norm for L ^{p(S,} w d \mu) is explicitly$$\backslash |u\backslash |\_\; \backslash equiv\; \backslash left(\backslash int\_S\; w(x)\; |u(x)|^p\; \backslash ,\; \backslash mathrm\; \backslash mu(x)\backslash right)^$$

    As

    L ^{p} -spaces, the weighted spaces have nothing special, since L ^{p(S,} w d \mu) is equal to L ^{p(S,} d \nu). But they are the natural framework for several results in harmonic analysis ; they appear for example in the Muckenhoupt theorem: for 1 < p < inf ty, the classical Hilbert transform is defined on L ^{p(T,} λ ) where T denotes the unit circle and λ the Lebesgue measure; the (nonlinear) Hardy–Littlewood maximal operator is bounded on L ^{p(\Reals} ^{n,} λ ). Muckenhoupt's theorem describes weights w such that the Hilbert transform remains bounded on L ^{p(T,} w d λ ) and the maximal operator on L ^{p(\Reals} ^{n,} w d λ ).

    spaces on manifolds

    One may also define spaces

    L ^{p(M)} on a manifold, called the intrinsic L ^{p} spaces of the manifold, using densities.

    Vector-valued spaces

    Given a measure space

    (\Omega, \Sigma, \mu) and a locally convex space E (here assumed to be complete), it is possible to define spaces of p -integrable E -valued functions on \Omega in a number of ways. One way is to define the spaces of Bochner integrable and Pettis integrable functions, and then endow them with locally convex TVS-topologies that are (each in their own way) a natural generalization of the usual L ^{p} topology. Another way involves topological tensor products of L ^{p(\Omega,} \Sigma, \mu) with E. Element of the vector space L ^{p(\Omega,} \Sigma, \mu) ⊗ E are finite sums of simple tensors f _{1} ⊗ e _{1} + … + f _{n} ⊗ e _{n,} where each simple tensor f x e may be identified with the function \Omega \to E that sends x \mapsto e f(x). This tensor product L ^{p(\Omega,} \Sigma, \mu) ⊗ E is then endowed with a locally convex topology that turns it into a topological tensor product, the most common of which are the projective tensor product, denoted by L ^{p(\Omega,} \Sigma, \mu) ⊗ _{\pi} E, and the injective tensor product, denoted by L ^{p(\Omega,} \Sigma, \mu) ⊗ _{\varepsilon} E. In general, neither of these space are complete so their completions are constructed, which are respectively denoted by L ^{p(\Omega,} \Sigma, \mu) \widehat{ ⊗ } _{\pi} E and L ^{p(\Omega,} \Sigma, \mu) \widehat{ ⊗ } _{\varepsilon} E (this is analogous to how the space of scalar-valued simple functions on \Omega, when seminormed by any \| ⋅ \| _{p,} is not complete so a completion is constructed which, after being quotiented by \ker \| ⋅ \| _{p,} is isometrically isomorphic to the Banach space L ^{p(\Omega,} \mu) ). Alexander Grothendieck showed that when E is a nuclear space (a concept he introduced), then these two constructions are, respectively, canonically TVS-isomorphic with the spaces of Bochner and Pettis integral functions mentioned earlier; in short, they are indistinguishable.

    See also

    \left( L ^{1} _{loc} \right)

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