Paper 3, Section I, E

Analysis II | Part IB, 2009

What is meant by a norm on Rn\mathbb{R}^{n} ? For x∈Rn\mathbf{x} \in \mathbb{R}^{n} write

∥x∥1=∣x1∣+∣x2∣+⋯+∣xn∣∥x∥2=∣x1∣2+∣x2∣2+⋯+∣xn∣2\begin{gathered} \|\mathbf{x}\|_{1}=\left|x_{1}\right|+\left|x_{2}\right|+\cdots+\left|x_{n}\right| \\ \|\mathbf{x}\|_{2}=\sqrt{\left|x_{1}\right|^{2}+\left|x_{2}\right|^{2}+\cdots+\left|x_{n}\right|^{2}} \end{gathered}

Prove that ∥⋅∥1\|\cdot\|_{1} and ∥⋅∥2\|\cdot\|_{2} are norms. [You may assume the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality.]

Find the smallest constant CnC_{n} such that ∥x∥1⩽Cn∥x∥2\|x\|_{1} \leqslant C_{n}\|x\|_{2} for all x∈Rnx \in \mathbb{R}^{n}, and also the smallest constant Cn′C_{n}^{\prime} such that ∥x∥2⩽Cn′∥x∥1\|x\|_{2} \leqslant C_{n}^{\prime}\|x\|_{1} for all x∈Rnx \in \mathbb{R}^{n}.

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