The converse of the Hölder inequality and its generalizations

Janusz Matkowski

Studia Mathematica (1994)

  • Volume: 109, Issue: 2, page 171-182
  • ISSN: 0039-3223

Abstract

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Let (Ω,Σ,μ) be a measure space with two sets A,B ∈ Σ such that 0 < μ (A) < 1 < μ (B) < ∞ and suppose that ϕ and ψ are arbitrary bijections of [0,∞) such that ϕ(0) = ψ(0) = 0. The main result says that if ʃ Ω x y d μ ≤ ϕ - 1 ( ʃ Ω ϕ ∘ x d μ ) ψ - 1 ( ʃ Ω ψ ∘ x d μ ) for all μ-integrable nonnegative step functions x,y then ϕ and ψ must be conjugate power functions. If the measure space (Ω,Σ,μ) has one of the following properties: (a) μ (A) ≤ 1 for every A ∈ Σ of finite measure; (b) μ (A) ≥ 1 for every A ∈ Σ of positive measure, then there exist some broad classes of nonpower bijections ϕ and ψ such that the above inequality holds true. A general inequality which contains integral Hölder and Minkowski inequalities as very special cases is also given.

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Matkowski, Janusz. "The converse of the Hölder inequality and its generalizations." Studia Mathematica 109.2 (1994): 171-182. <http://eudml.org/doc/216067>.

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