Fourier Analysis on Euclidean spaces(MA 734):Assignment 1

Date of submission: 25.02.2019

Total marks: 7 × 5 = 35.

Note: You are free to discuss with anyone, refer any book/internet but the final
solution should be written down in your own words. If similarity is found between
solutions, no marks will be awarded.

1 Problem
State and prove Hölder’s inequality.

2 Problem
State Minkowski’s inequality. Prove it using Hölder’s inequality.

3 Problem
Prove Chebyshev’s inequality:
If f ∈ Lp , 1 < p < ∞, then for any α > 0,
 p
kf kp
meas({x : |f (x)| > α}) < .
α

4 Problem
Prove Layer Cake representation:
For f ∈ Lp (R) and 1 ≤ p < ∞, we have
Z ∞
p
kf kp = p λp−1 meas{x ∈ R : |f (x)| > λ}dλ.
0

5 Problem
Show that for x ∈ [−π, π], the Dirichlet kernel DN can be expressed as

sin((N + 21 )x)
DN (x) = .
sin( x2 )

6 Problem
Show that for θ ∈ [−π, π] and 0 ≤ r < 1, the Poisson kernel Pr can be expressed as

1 − r2
Pr (θ) = .
1 − 2r cosθ + r2

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7 Problem
Show that for x ∈ [−π, π], the Fejer kernel FN can be expressed as

1 sin2 ( N2x )
FN (x) = .
N sin2 ( x2 )