On the Finite Dimensionality of Closed Subspaces in <i>L_p</i>(<i>M</i>, <i>dμ</i>) ∩ <i>L_q</i>(<i>M</i>, <i>dν</i>)

Abstract

Finding effective finite-dimensional criteria for closed subspaces in Lp, endowed with some additional functional constraints, is a well-known and interesting problem. In this work, we are interested in some sufficient constraints on closed functional subspaces, Sp⊂Lp, whose finite dimensionality is not fixed a priori and can not be checked directly. This is often the case in diverse applications, when a closed subspace Sp⊂Lp is constructed by means of some additional conditions and constraints on Lp with no direct exemplification of the functional structure of its elements. We consider a closed topological subspace, Sp(q), of the functional Banach space, Lp(M,dμ), and, moreover, one assumes that additionally, Sp(q)⊂Lq(M,dν) is subject to a probability measure ν on M. Then, we show that closed subspaces of Lp(M,dμ)∩Lq(M,dν) for q>max{1,p},p>0 are finite dimensional. The finite dimensionality result concerning the case when q>p>0 is open and needs more sophisticated techniques, mainly based on analysis of the complementary subspaces to Lp(M,dμ)∩Lq(M,dν).

Keywords

• closed Banach subspace
• isometry
• embedding
• finite dimensionality
• probabilistic measure