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Hilbert's inequality

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In analysis, a branch of mathematics, Hilbert's inequality states that

for any sequence u1,u2,... of complex numbers. It was first demonstrated by David Hilbert with the constant 2π instead of π; the sharp constant was found by Issai Schur. It implies that the discrete Hilbert transform is a bounded operator in 2.

Formulation

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Let (um) be a sequence of complex numbers. If the sequence is infinite, assume that it is square-summable:

Hilbert's inequality (see Steele (2004)) asserts that

Extensions

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In 1973, Montgomery & Vaughan reported several generalizations of Hilbert's inequality, considering the bilinear forms

and

where x1,x2,...,xm are distinct real numbers modulo 1 (i.e. they belong to distinct classes in the quotient group R/Z) and λ1,...,λm are distinct real numbers. Montgomery & Vaughan's generalizations of Hilbert's inequality are then given by

and

where

is the distance from s to the nearest integer, and min+ denotes the smallest positive value. Moreover, if

then the following inequalities hold:

and

References

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  • Online book chapter Hilbert’s Inequality and Compensating Difficulties extracted from Steele, J. Michael (2004). "Chapter 10: Hilbert's Inequality and Compensating Difficulties". The Cauchy-Schwarz master class: an introduction to the art of mathematical inequalities. Cambridge University Press. pp. 155–165. ISBN 0-521-54677-X..
  • Montgomery, H. L.; Vaughan, R. C. (1974). "Hilbert's inequality". J. London Math. Soc. Series 2. 8: 73–82. doi:10.1112/jlms/s2-8.1.73. ISSN 0024-6107.
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