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Norms as a function of p are linearly independent in finite dimensions

Functional Analysis 2019-09-16 v2

Abstract

We show that there are no non-trivial linear dependencies among p-norms of vectors in finite dimensions that hold for all p. The proof is by complex analytic continuation.

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@article{arxiv.1102.5026,
  title  = {Norms as a function of p are linearly independent in finite dimensions},
  author = {Greg Kuperberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.5026},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

1 page, 1 figure. Proof simplified thanks to the referee