Exercise · ZW-MINKOWSKI-INEQUALITY-007 · ★★☆ Intermediate

With \(f(x)=x\), \(g(x)=1\) on \([0,1]\) and \(p=2\), what is \(\|f+g\|_2\)?

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  • C. \(\sqrt{7/3}\)

Explanation

Integrating \((x+1)^2\) over \([0,1]\) gives \(7/3\). Adding the norms instead of computing the norm of the sum gives \(1+1/\sqrt{3}\), which is a bound and not the value.

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Review the concept: Minkowski inequality

Inequality stating that the \(L^p\) norm of a sum of functions is at most the sum of their \(L^p\) norms, for \(p \ge 1\).

\[\|f+g\|_p \le \|f\|_p + \|g\|_p\]

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