4. Let V be an inner product space. Prove that for all x, y ∈ V we have
that kx + yk2 + kx − yk2 = 2kxk2 + 2kyk2 . This is called the parallelogram law, can you see why?
5. Let V be an inner product space. Show that for all x, y ∈ V we have
that if hx, yi = 0 then
kx + yk2 = kxk2 + kyk2 .
6. Let V be an inner product space. Show that if xn → x and yn → y in
V . Then hxn , yn i → hx, yi. p 7. Let 1 < p < ∞ and q = p−1 . Show that for all a, b ∈ R with a, b ≥ 0 then ap bq ab ≤ + . p q It may help to take 0 < α < 1, define φ : (0, ∞) → R by φ(t) = αt − tα and find the minimum of this function. This inequality is known as Young’s inequality.
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