Let  be a non-negative matrix. Denote by  the supremum of those  that satisfy the inequality 
where  and  and also  is an increasing, non-negative sequence of real numbers. If , we use  instead of . In this paper we obtain a Hardy type formula for , where  is a Hausdorff matrix and . Another purpose of this paper is to establish a lower bound for , where  is the Nörlund matrix associated with the sequence  and . Our results generalize some works of Bennett, Jameson and present authors....