For 1⩽p<∞ and a sequence x=(x1,x2,…), where xj∈C for all j⩾1, let ∥x∥p=(∑j=1∞∣xj∣p)1/p.
Let ℓp={x=(x1,x2,…):xj∈C for all j⩾1 and ∥x∥p<∞}.
(a) Let p,q>1 with 1/p+1/q=1,x=(x1,x2,…)∈ℓp and y=(y1,y2,…)∈ℓq. Prove Hölder's inequality:
j=1∑∞∣xj∥yj∣⩽∥x∥p∥y∥q
(b) Use Hölder's inequality to prove the triangle inequality (known, in this case, as the Minkowski inequality):
∥x+y∥p⩽∥x∥p+∥y∥p for every x,y∈ℓp and every 1<p<∞
(c) Let 2⩽p<∞ and let K be a closed, convex subset of ℓp. Let x∈ℓp with x∈/K. Prove that there exists y∈K such that
∥x−y∥=z∈Kinf∥x−z∥.
[You may use without proof the fact that for every 2⩽p<∞ and for every x,y∈ℓp,
∥x+y∥pp+∥x−y∥pp⩽2p−1(∥x∥pp+∥y∥pp).]