bounded linear functionals on Lp(μ)
If μ is a positive measure on a set X, 1≤p≤∞, and g∈Lq(μ), where q is the Hölder conjugate of p, then Hölder’s inequality
implies that the map f↦∫Xfg𝑑μ is a bounded linear functional
on Lp(μ). It is therefore natural to ask whether or not all such functionals
on Lp(μ) are of this form for some g∈Lq(μ). Under fairly mild hypotheses, and excepting the case p=∞, the Radon-Nikodym Theorem
answers this question affirmatively.
Theorem.
Let (X,M,μ) be a σ-finite measure space, 1≤p<∞, and q the Hölder conjugate of p. If Φ is a bounded linear functional on Lp(μ), then there exists a unique g∈Lq(μ) such that
Φ(f)=∫Xfg𝑑μ | (1) |
for all f∈Lp(μ). Furthermore, ∥Φ∥=∥g∥q. Thus, under the stated hypotheses, Lq(μ) is isometrically isomorphic to the dual space of Lp(μ).
If 1<p<∞, then the assertion of the theorem remains valid without the assumption that μ is σ-finite; however, even with this hypothesis, the result can fail in the case that p=∞. In particular, the bounded linear functionals on L∞(m), where m is Lebesgue measure
on [0,1], are not all obtained in the above manner via members of L1(m). An explicit example illustrating this is constructed as follows: the assignment f↦f(0) defines a bounded linear functional on C([0,1]), which, by the Hahn-Banach Theorem, may be extended to a bounded linear functional Φ on L∞(m). Assume for the sake of contradiction
that there exists g∈L1(m) such that Φ(f)=∫[0,1]fg𝑑m for every f∈L∞(m), and for n∈ℤ+, define fn:[0,1]→ℂ by fn(x)=max{1-nx,0}. As each fn is continuous
, we have Φ(fn)=φ(fn)=1 for all n; however, because fn→0 almost everywhere and |fn|≤1, the Dominated Convergence Theorem, together with our hypothesis on g, gives
1=lim |
a contradiction. It follows that no such can exist.
Title | bounded linear functionals on |
Canonical name | BoundedLinearFunctionalsOnLpmu |
Date of creation | 2013-03-22 18:32:57 |
Last modified on | 2013-03-22 18:32:57 |
Owner | azdbacks4234 (14155) |
Last modified by | azdbacks4234 (14155) |
Numerical id | 15 |
Author | azdbacks4234 (14155) |
Entry type | Theorem |
Classification | msc 28B15 |
Related topic | LpSpace |
Related topic | HolderInequality |
Related topic | ContinuousLinearMapping |
Related topic | BanachSpace |
Related topic | DualSpace |
Related topic | ConjugateIndex |
Related topic | RadonNikodymTheorem |
Related topic | BoundedLinearFunctionalsOnLinftymu |
Related topic | LpNormIsDualToLq |