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How big is a function

Mathematics · Calculus & Analysis · ages 22-24
Name ______________________   Date ____________
  1. Find the exponent q that is conjugate to p = 5/4.

    Answer: ______________

  2. With p = q = 2, the 2-norm of f is 3 and the 2-norm of g is 2. What upper bound does Holder give for the integral of |fg|?

    • 5
    • 6
    • 3
    • 1.5
  3. Which inequality bounds the integral of a product of two functions?

    • Minkowski, by the sum of the two norms
    • The triangle inequality applied pointwise
    • Holder, by the product of the two norms
  4. Lp treats functions that agree almost everywhere as the same element, because a nonzero difference on a null set has norm zero.

    Circle one:   True   False

  5. For real Lp on [0, 1] with Lebesgue measure and finite p >= 1, the given norm makes it a Hilbert space only when p = 2.

    Circle one:   True   False

  6. In L2 on [0, 1], the functions f = 1 and g = x minus 1/2 are orthogonal. Is this true?

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. Which pair of functions on [0, 1] is the same element of L2?

    • The function x and the function x squared
    • The constant function 1 and the constant function 2
    • The indicator of [0, 1] and the indicator of (0, 1)
    • The function x and the function 1 minus x on all of [0, 1]
  8. The Lp norm of f is 5. What is the Lp norm of -2f?

    • -10
    • 10
    • 5
  9. For real Lp on [0, 1] with Lebesgue measure and finite p >= 1, what makes p = 2 special?

    • Its norm comes from an inner product, so orthogonality makes sense
    • It is the only exponent for which Minkowski's triangle inequality holds
    • Every function in L2 is automatically bounded on its domain
  10. On [0, 1], f = 2 and g = 5. With p = 3 and q = 3/2, what is the Holder bound for the integral of fg?

    Answer: ______________

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  1. 5 · 1/q = 1 minus 4/5 = 1/5, so q = 5.
  2. 6 · Holder bounds the integral of |fg| by the product of the norms, 3 times 2, which is 6.
  3. Holder, by the product of the two norms · Holder is the product bound, while Minkowski governs sums.
  4. True · A difference confined to a null set integrates to 0, so definiteness demands the identification.
  5. True · In this setting, L2 is complete and its norm comes from an inner product. The other finite exponents fail the parallelogram law.
  6. True · Their inner product is the integral of x minus 1/2 over [0, 1], which is 1/2 minus 1/2 = 0.
  7. The indicator of [0, 1] and the indicator of (0, 1) · The two indicators differ only at the points 0 and 1, a null set, so their difference has norm 0. The other pairs differ on sets of positive measure.
  8. 10 · Homogeneity multiplies the norm by the absolute value of the scalar: |-2| times 5 = 10.
  9. Its norm comes from an inner product, so orthogonality makes sense · On this interval, only p = 2 satisfies the parallelogram law and gives an inner-product norm. Minkowski holds for every finite p >= 1, and L2 functions need not be bounded.
  10. 10 · On a set of measure 1 a constant has norm equal to its absolute value for every p, so the bound is 2 times 5 = 10, which here equals the integral.
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