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The exact constant for the $\ell_1-\ell_2$ norm inequality

Functional Analysis 2017-07-04 v1

Abstract

A fundamental inequality for Hilbert spaces is the 12\ell_1-\ell_2-norm inequality which gives that for any xHnx \in H^n, x1nx2.\|x\|_1\le \sqrt{n}\|x\|_2. But this is a strict inequality for all but vectors with constant modulus for their coefficients. We will give a trivial method to compute, for each x, the constant cc for which x1=cnx2.\|x\|_1=c\sqrt{n}\|x\|_2. Since this inequality is one of the most used results in Hilbert space theory, we believe this will have unlimited applications in the field. We will also show some variations of this result.

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@article{arxiv.1707.00631,
  title  = {The exact constant for the $\ell_1-\ell_2$ norm inequality},
  author = {Sara Botelho-Andrade and Peter G. Casazza and Desai Cheng and Tin Tran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.00631},
  year   = {2017}
}