Inverse Holder's Inequality: A Sufficient Condition for Lp Functions
📂Lebesgue SpacesInverse Holder's Inequality: A Sufficient Condition for Lp Functions
Theorem
Let’s consider Ω⊂Rn as an open set. The necessary and sufficient condition for the measurable function u to be included in the Lp space is
sup{∫Ω∣u(x)∣v(x)dx:v(x)≥0 on Ω,∥v∥p′≤1}<∞
Furthermore, the above supremum is as follows ∥u∥p. Here, p′=p−1p is the Hölder conjugate.
Explanation
Assuming 1<p<∞ and v∈Lp′, then the Hölder’s inequality tells us that if u∈Lp, then uv∈L1.
u∈Lp(Ω)⟹∫Ω∣u(x)v(x)∣dx≤∥u∥p∥v∥p′
Conversely, the theorem implies that if uv∈L1, then u∈Lp.
u∈Lp(Ω)⟸sup{∫Ω∣u(x)∣v(x)dx:v(x)≥0 on Ω,∥v∥p′≤1}<∞
Proof
u∈Lp(Ω)⟺sup{∫Ω∣u(x)∣v(x)dx:v(x)≥0 on Ω,∥v∥p′≤1}<∞
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The case of ∥u∥p=0 is trivial. Let’s assume 0<∥u∥p<∞. Applying Hölder’s inequality for v∈Lp′ where 0≤v and ∥v∥q≤1 gives,
∫Ω∣u(x)∣v(x)dx≤∥u∥p∥v∥p′≤∥u∥p<∞
Also, setting v=(∥u∥p∣u∣)p/p′, we have ∥v∥p′=1 and equality holds. Since p/p′=ppp−1=p−1,
∫Ω∣u(x)∣v(x)dx===== ∫Ω∣u(x)∣∥u∥pp/p′∣u(x)∣p/p′dx ∫Ω∣u(x)∣∥u∥pp−1∣u(x)∣p−1dx ∥u∥pp−11∫Ω∣u(x)∣pdx ∥u∥pp−11∥u∥pp ∥u∥p
Hence,
sup{∫Ω∣u(x)∣v(x)dx:v(x)≥0 on Ω,∥v∥p′≤1}=∥u∥p<∞
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Prove by contraposition. That is, we aim to show the following:
∥u∥p=∞⟹sup{∫Ω∣u(x)∣v(x)dx:v(x)≥0 on Ω,∥v∥p′≤1}=∞
Assume ∥u∥p=∞. Then, for some simple functions sj forming an increasing sequence {sj} that satisfies Ω on top, we can think of 0≤sj(x)≤∣u(x)∣. This satisfies j→∞lim∥sj∥p=∞. Now, let’s set vj=(∥sj∥p∣sj∣)p/p′. Then vj≥0 and the following ∥vj∥p′=1 is satisfied.
∥vj∥p′p′=== ∫Ω(∥sj∥p∣sj∣)pdx ∥sj∥pp1∫Ω∣sj∣pdx 1
Moreover, since p/p′=ppp−1=p−1, the following equation holds.
∫Ωsj(x)vj(x)dx=∥sj∥pp−11∫Ω∣sj(x)∣pdx=∥sj∥p
Then, the following also holds.
∫Ω∣u(x)∣vj(x)dx≥∫Ωsj(x)vj(x)dx=∥sj∥p
Therefore, since j→∞lim∥sj∥p=∞,
sup{∫Ω∣u(x)∣v(x)dx:v(x)≥0 on Ω,∥v∥p′≤1}=∞
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