Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
Given vectors and (or functions f(x) and g(x)) we define the Hölder Quotient Hpq by
1
or in case of functions by
2
Here ‖·‖p and ‖·‖q are the usual Lp and Lq norms. We assume throughout that
If p and q are both greater than one then they are positive but if we allow p and q to be less than one then one of them must be positive and the other one must be negative. This may cause a problem if for example, some value ai is zero and p is negative. In this case we use the convention that and