Measurable functions with a given set of integrability exponents

Document Type : Translation Paper

Authors

University of Kashan

Abstract

This paper is a translation of the the following paper into Persian:
[Alfonso Villani, Measurable functions with a given set of integrability exponents, Amer. Math. Monthly, 118 (2011) 77–82.]

Given a measure space $(\Omega,\mathcal{A},\mu)$, it is well known that for every $\mathcal{A}$-measurable function $f:\Omega\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ the set $\mathcal{E}(f)=\{p\in(0,+\infty)\,:\,f\in\mathcal{L}^p(\mu)\}$ is always an interval, possibly degenerate, but, in general, it cannot be any given interval $I \subseteq (0,+\infty)$. Thus we consider the problem of characterizing those measure spaces for which $\mathcal{E}(f)$ can be an arbitrary subinterval of $(0,+\infty)$. We show that they are precisely the measure spaces such that there is no inclusion between different $\mathcal{L}^p(\mu)$ spaces.
 

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