PROBLEM 3 (Young's inequality) In Part (b), you are asked to apply the Riesz-Thorin interpolation theorem (Theorem 6.27 in Folland). In the case of R^n, with Lebesgue measure, the theorem works as follows: ASSUMPTION: Given two pairs of exponents p0, p1 and q0, q1 in [1, infinity]. Suppose T defines a bounded linear transformation from L^{p0} to L^{q0} (with norm M0), and also from L^{p1} to L^{q1} (with norm M1). (See Note 1 below). INTERPOLATION: Given p between p0 and p1, we determine t in[0,1] so that 1/p = (1-t)/p0 + t/p1 (linearly interpolate the reciprocals). Define q by 1/q=(1-t)/q0 + t/q1 (i.e., likewise interpolate for 1/q), and set M= (M0)^{1-t) (M1)^t (the corresponding geometric mean). (See Note 2) CONCLUSION: T defines a bounded linear operator T: L^p -> L^q (with norm less or equal to M). Problem 3b asks to apply this to the convolution operator. At the endpoints (p0,q0) and (p1, q1), use Holder's inequality. *** NOTE 1: Technically, we are dealing with two different operators T0: L^{p0} -> L^{q0} T1: L^{p1} -> L^{q1} that agree on the intersection of L^{p0} and L^{p1}. Folland views T as an operator on the larger space L^{p0} + L^{p1}, which contains both L^{p0} and L^{p1}. NOTE 2: It's helpful to sketch, in the unit square, the line segment with endpoints (1/p0, 1/q0) and (1/p1, 1/q1). --------------- PROBLEM 4 (differentiating the L^p-norm): (b) Typo: The "Re" (real part) in front of the integral was missing when I first posted the problem --------------- PROBLEM 6 (difference of L^1-norms) You may assume that the measure space is sigma-finite (in order to apply Fubini's theorem, Theorem 2.37 of Folland). (This assumption is actually not necessary, because S_0 = {x: f(x)+g(x)>0} is the union of the countably many sets S_{1/n} = {x: f(x)+g(x)>1/n}, n=1,2, ... , each of which has finite measure)