Volume 10 (2009), Issue 1, Article 4, 10 pp. CLARKSON-MCCARTHY INTERPOLATED INEQUALITIES IN FINSLER NORMS CRISTIAN CONDE I NSTITUTO DE C IENCIAS U NIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE G ENERAL S ARMIENTO J. M. G UTIERREZ 1150 (1613) L OS P OLVORINES B UENOS A IRES , A RGENTINA . cconde@ungs.edu.ar Received 29 August, 2008; accepted 14 January, 2009 Communicated by R. Bhatia (n) A BSTRACT. We apply the complex interpolation method to prove that, given two spaces Bp0 ,a;s0 , (n) Bp1 ,b;s1 of n-tuples of operators in the p-Schatten class of a Hilbert space H, endowed with weighted norms associated to positive and invertible operators a and b of B(H) then, the curve (n) (n) of interpolation (Bp0 ,a;s0 , Bp1 ,b;s1 )[t] of the pair is given by the space of n-tuples of operators in the pt -Schatten class of H, with the weighted norm associated to the positive invertible element γa,b (t) = a1/2 (a−1/2 ba−1/2 )t a1/2 . Key words and phrases: p-Schatten class, Complex method, Clarkson-McCarthy inequalities. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 46B70, 47A30; Secondary 46B20, 47B10. 1. I NTRODUCTION In [6], J. Clarkson introduced the concept of uniform convexity in Banach spaces and obtained that spaces Lp (or lp ) are uniformly convex for p > 1 throughout the following inequalities 2 kf kpp + kgkpp ≤ kf − gkpp + kf + gkpp ≤ 2p−1 kf kpp + kgkpp , Let (B(H), k · k) denote the algebra of bounded operators acting on a complex and separable Hilbert space H, Gl(H) the group of invertible elements of B(H) and Gl(H)+ the set of all positive elements of Gl(H). If X ∈ B(H) is compact we denote by {sj (X)} the sequence of singular values of X (decreasingly ordered). For 0 < p < ∞, let X 1 p p kXkp = sj (X) , and the linear space Bp (H) = {X ∈ B(H) : kXkp < ∞}. 243-08 2 C RISTIAN C ONDE For 1 ≤ p < ∞, this space is called the p−Schatten class of B(H) (to simplify notation we use Bp ) and by convention kXk = kXk∞ = s1 (X). A reference for this subject is [9]. C. McCarthy proved in [14], among several other results, the following inequalities for pSchatten norms of Hilbert space operators: (1.1) 2(kAkpp + kBkpp ) ≤ kA − Bkpp + kA + Bkpp ≤ 2p−1 (kAkpp + kBkpp ), for 2 ≤ p < ∞, and (1.2) 2p−1 (kAkpp + kBkpp ) ≤ kA − Bkpp + kA + Bkpp ≤ 2(kAkpp + kBkpp ), for 1 ≤ p ≤ 2. These are non-commutative versions of Clarkson’s inequalities. These estimates have been found to be very powerful tools in operator theory (in particular they imply the uniform convexity of Bp for 1 < p < ∞) and in mathematical physics (see [16]). M. Klaus has remarked that there is a simple proof of the Clarkson-McCarthy inequalities which results from mimicking the proof that Boas [4] gave of the Clarkson original inequalities via the complex interpolation method. In a previous work [7], motivated by [1], we studied the effect of the complex interpolation (n) method on Bp (this set will be defined below) for p, s ≥ 1 and n ∈ N with a Finsler norm associated with a ∈ Gl(H)+ : kXkp,a;s := ka−1/2 Xa−1/2 ksp . From now on, for the sake of simplicity, we denote with lower case letters the elements of Gl(H)+ . As a by-product, we obtain Clarkson type inequalities using the Klaus idea with the linear (n) (n) operator Tn : Bp −→ Bp given by ! n n n X X X Tn (X̄) = (Tn (X1 , . . . , Xn ) = Xj , θj1 Xj , . . . , θjn−1 Xj , j=1 j=1 j=1 where θ1 , . . . , θn are the n roots of unity. Recently, Kissin in [12], motivated by [3], obtained analogues of the Clarkson-McCarthy inequalities for n-tuples of operators from Schatten ideals. In this work the author considers H n , the orthogonal sum of n copies of the Hilbert space H, and each operator R ∈ B(H n ) can be represented as an n × n block-matrix operator R = (Rjk ) with Rjk ∈ B(H), and the linear (n) (n) operator TR : Bp → Bp is defined by TR (A) = RA. Finally we remark that the works [3] and [11] are generalizations of [10]. In these notes we obtain inequalities for the linear operator TR in the Finsler norm k·kp,a;s as by-products of the complex interpolation method and Kissin’s inequalities. 2. G EOMETRIC I NTERPOLATION We follow the notation used in [2] and we refer the reader to [13] and [5] for details on the complex interpolation method. For completeness, we recall the classical Calderón-Lions theorem. Theorem 2.1. Let X and Y be two compatible couples. Assume that T is a linear operator from Xj to Yj bounded by Mj , j = 0, 1. Then for t ∈ [0, 1] kT kX[t] →Y[t] ≤ M01−t M1t . J. Inequal. Pure and Appl. Math., 10(1) (2009), Art. 4, 10 pp. http://jipam.vu.edu.au/ C LARKSON -M C C ARTHY I NTERPOLATED I NEQUALITIES 3 Here and subsequently, let 1 ≤ p < ∞, n ∈ N, s ≥ 1, a ∈ Gl(H)+ and Bp(n) = {A = (A1 , . . . , An )t : Ai ∈ Bp }, (where with t we denote the transpose of the n-tuple) endowed with the norm kAkp,a;s = (kA1 ksp,a + · · · + kAn ksp,a )1/s , and Cn endowed with the norm |(a0 , . . . , an−1 )|s = (|a0 |s + · · · + |an−1 |s )1/s . (n) (n) From now on, we denote with Bp,a;s the space Bp endowed with the norm k(·, . . . , ·)kp,a;s . From Calderón-Lions interpolation theory we get that for p0 , p1 , s0 , s1 ∈ [1, ∞) (n) (n) (n) = Bpt ,1;st , (2.1) Bp0 ,1;s0 , Bp1 ,1;s1 [t] where 1 1−t t 1 1−t t = + and = + . pt p0 p1 st s0 s1 Note that for p = 2, (1.1) and (1.2) both reduce to the parallelogram law 2(kAk22 + kBk22 ) = kA − Bk22 + kA + Bk22 , while for the cases p = 1, ∞ these inequalities follow from the triangle inequality for B1 and B(H) respectively. Then the inequalities (1.1) and (1.2) can be proved (for n = 2 via Theorem 2.1) by interpolation between the previous elementary cases with the linear operator (2) (2) T2 : Bp,1;p −→ Bp,1;p , T2 (A) = (A1 + A2 , A1 − A2 )t as observed by Klaus. In this section, we generalize (2.1) for the Finsler norms k(·, . . . , ·)kp,a;s . In [7], we have obtained this extension for the particular case when p0 = p1 = p and s0 = s1 = s. For sake of completeness, we recall this result Theorem 2.2 ([7, Th. 3.1]). Let a, b ∈ Gl(H)+ , 1 ≤ p, s < ∞, n ∈ N and t ∈ (0, 1). Then (n) (n) (n) Bp,a;s , Bp,b;s = Bp,γa,b (t);s , [t] where γa,b (t) = a1/2 (a−1/2 ba−1/2 )t a1/2 . Remark 1. Note that when a and b commute the curve is given by γa,b (t) = a1−t bt . The previous corollary tells us that the interpolating space, Bp,γa,b (t);s can be regarded as a weighted p-Schatten space with weight a1−t bt (see [2, Th. 5.5.3]). We observe that the curve γa,b looks formally equal to the geodesic (or shortest curve) between positive definitive matrices ([15]), positive invertible elements of a C ∗ -algebra ([8]) and positive invertible operators that are perturbations of the p-Schatten class by multiples of the identity ([7]). (n) There is a natural action of Gl(H) on Bp , defined by (2.2) l : Gl(H) × Bp(n) −→ Bp(n) , lg (A) = (gA1 g ∗ , . . . , gAn g ∗ )t . (n) Proposition 2.3 ([7, Prop. 3.1]). The norm in Bp,a;s is invariant for the action of the group of (n) invertible elements. By this we mean that for each A ∈ Bp , a ∈ Gl(H)+ and g ∈ Gl(H), we have A lg (A) = . p,a;s p,gag ∗ ;s Now, we state the main result of this paper, the general case 1 ≤ p0 , p1 , s0 , s1 < ∞. J. Inequal. Pure and Appl. Math., 10(1) (2009), Art. 4, 10 pp. http://jipam.vu.edu.au/ 4 C RISTIAN C ONDE Theorem 2.4. Let a, b ∈ Gl(H)+ , 1 ≤ p0 , p1 , s0 , s1 < ∞, n ∈ N and t ∈ (0, 1). Then (n) (n) Bp(n) , B = Bpt ,γa,b (t);st , p1 ,b;s1 0 ,a;s0 [t] where 1−t t 1 = + pt p0 p1 1 1−t t = + . st s0 s1 and Proof. For the sake of simplicity, we will only consider the case n = 2 and omit the transpose. The proof below works for n-tuples (n ≥ 3) with obvious modifications. By the previous proposition, k(X1 , X2 )k[t] is equal to the norm of a−1/2 (X1 , X2 )a−1/2 interpolated between the norms k(·, ·)kp0 ,1;s0 and k(·, ·)kp1 ,c;s1 . Consequently it is sufficient to prove our statement for these two norms. (2) Let t ∈ (0, 1) and (X1 , X2 ) ∈ Bpt such that k(X1 , X2 )kpt ,ct ;st = 1, and define z t λ(z) −t z λ(z) z2 − 2t 2 −2 − 2t z2 2 2 g(z) = U1 c c X1 c c , U2 c c X2 c c = (g1 (z), g2 (z)), where 1−z z 1−z z λ(z) = pt + st + p0 p1 s0 s1 and Xi = Ui |Xi | is the polar decomposition of Xi for i = 1, 2. (2) (2) Then for each z ∈ S, g(z) ∈ Bp0 + Bp1 and s0 ! 2 iy t X λ(iy) iy Uk c 2 c− 2 Xk c− 2t c 2 kg(iy)ksp00 ,1;s0 = p0 k=1 ≤ 2 X pt iy2 − 2t − 2t iy 2 c c Xk c c pt k=1 ≤ 2 X ! ! kXk kpptt ,ct =1 k=1 and kg(1 + iy)ksp11 ,c;s1 ≤ 2 X ! kXk kpptt ,ct = 1. k=1 (2) (2) Since g(t) = (X1 , X2 ) and g = (g1 , g2 ) ∈ F Bp0 ,1;s0 , Bp1 ,c;s1 , we have k(X1 , X2 )k[t] ≤ 1. Thus we have shown that k(X1 , X2 )k[t] ≤ k(X1 , X2 )kpt ,ct ;st . (2) (2) To prove the converse inequality, let f = (f1 , f2 ) ∈ F Bp0 ,1;s0 , Bp1 ,c;s1 ; f (t) = (X1 , X2 ) and Y1 , Y2 ∈ B0,0 (H) (the set of finite-rank operators) with kYk kqt ≤ 1, where qt is the conjugate exponent for 1 < pt < ∞ (or a compact operator and q = ∞ if p = 1). For k = 1, 2, let z z gk (z) = c− 2 Yk c− 2 . Consider the function h : S → C2 , |(·, ·)|st , h(z) = (tr(f1 (z)g1 (z)), tr(f2 (z)g2 (z))). J. Inequal. Pure and Appl. Math., 10(1) (2009), Art. 4, 10 pp. http://jipam.vu.edu.au/ C LARKSON -M C C ARTHY I NTERPOLATED I NEQUALITIES ◦ 5 ◦ Since f (z) is analytic in S and bounded in S, then h is analytic in S and bounded in S, and t t t t h(t) = tr c− 2 X1 c− 2 Y1 , tr c− 2 X2 c− 2 Y2 = (h1 (t), h2 (t)). By Hadamard’s three line theorem applied to h and the Banach space (C2 , |(·, ·)|st ), we have |h(t)|st ≤ max sup |h(iy)|st , sup |h(1 + iy)|st . y∈R y∈R For j = 0, 1, 2 X sup |h(j + iy)|st = sup y∈R y∈R ! s1 t st |tr(fk (j + iy)gk (j + iy))| k=1 2 X = sup y∈R ! s1 t |tr(c −j/2 fk (j + iy)c −j/2 st gk (iy))| k=1 2 X ≤ sup y∈R ! s1 t t kfk (j + iy)ksp,c j k=1 ≤ kf kF B (2) (2) p0 ,1;s0 ,Bp1 ,c;s1 , then kX1 ksptt ,ct + kX2 ksptt ,ct = {|h1 (t)|st + |h2 (t)|st } sup kY1 kqt ≤1,Y1 ∈B00 (H) kY2 kqt ≤1,Y2 ∈B00 (H) = sup kY1 kqt ≤1,Y1 ∈B00 (H) kY2 kqt ≤1,Y2 ∈B00 (H) |h(t)|sstt ≤ kf kst (2) (2) ,Bp1 ,c;s1 0 ,1;s0 F Bp (2) (2) Bp0 ,1;s0 , Bp1 ,c;s1 Since the previous inequality is valid for each f ∈ F we have k(X1 , X2 )kpt ,ct ;st ≤ k(X1 , X2 )k[t] . . with f (t) = (X1 , X2 ), In the special case that p0 = p1 = p and s0 = s1 = s we obtain Theorem 2.2. 3. C LARKSON -K ISSIN T YPE I NEQUALITIES Bhatia and Kittaneh [3] proved that if 2 ≤ p < ∞, then 2 np n X kAj k2p ≤ j=1 n n X j=1 n X 2 kBj k2p ≤ n2− p j=1 kAj kpp ≤ n X j=1 n X j=1 kBj kpp ≤n p−1 n X kAj kpp . j=1 (for 0 < p ≤ 2, these two inequalities are reversed) where Bj = n roots of unity. J. Inequal. Pure and Appl. Math., 10(1) (2009), Art. 4, 10 pp. kAj k2p . Pn j k=1 θk Ak with θ1 , . . . , θn the http://jipam.vu.edu.au/ 6 C RISTIAN C ONDE If we interpolate these inequalities we obtain that ! s1 ! s1 ! s1 n n n t t t X X X 1 1 np ≤ kBj kspt ≤ n(1− p ) , kAj kspt kAj kspt j=1 j=1 j=1 where 1−t t 1 = + . st 2 p Dividing by nst , we obtain n n 1 p 1X kAj kspt n j=1 ! s1 n t ≤ 1X kBj kspt n j=1 1− p1 ≤ n( ) ! s1 t n 1X kAj kspt n j=1 ! s1 t . This inequality can be rephrased as follows, if µ ∈ [2, p] then ! µ1 ! µ1 n n X X 1 1 1 np kAj kµp ≤ kBj kµp n j=1 n j=1 n 1− p1 ≤ n( ) 1X kAj kµp n j=1 ! µ1 . In each of the following statements R ∈ Gl(H n ) and we denote by TR the linear operator TR : Bp(n) −→ Bp(n) TR (A) = RA = (B1 , . . . , Bn )t , P with Bj = nk=1 Rjk Ak and α = kR−1 k, β = kRk (we use the same symbol to denote the norm in B(H) and B(H n )). We observe that if the norm of TR is at most M when TR : Bp(n) , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,1,s → Bp(n) , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,1,r , then if we consider the operator TR between the spaces TR : Bp(n) , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,a,s → Bp(n) , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,b,r , its norm is at most F (a, b)M with min{kb−1 kkak, ka1/2 b−1 a1/2 kka−1 kkak} if a 6= b, F (a, b) = −1 ka kkak if a = b. Remark 2. If a−1/2 ∈ Gl(H) commutes with R ∈ B(H n ), that is, if a−1/2 commutes with Rjk for all 1 ≤ j, k ≤ n, then F is reduced to min{kb−1 kkak, ka1/2 b−1 a1/2 k} = ka1/2 b−1 a1/2 k if a 6= b, F (a, b) = 1 if a = b. J. Inequal. Pure and Appl. Math., 10(1) (2009), Art. 4, 10 pp. http://jipam.vu.edu.au/ C LARKSON -M C C ARTHY I NTERPOLATED I NEQUALITIES 7 (n) In [12], Kissin proved the following Clarkson type inequalities for the n-tuples A ∈ Bp . If 2 ≤ p < ∞ and λ, µ ∈ [2, p], or if 0 < p ≤ 2 and λ, µ ∈ [p, 2], then ! µ1 ! λ1 n n X X 1 1 (3.1) kAj kµp ≤ kBj kλp n−f (p) α−1 n j=1 n j=1 ! µ1 n X 1 , ≤ nf (p) β kAj kµp n j=1 where f (p) = p1 − 12 . Remark 3. This result extends the results of Bhatia and Kittaneh proved for µ = λ = 2 or p and R = (Rjk ) where 2π(j−1)(k−1) ) 1. n R = e(i jk We use the inequalities (3.1) and the interpolation method to obtain the following inequalities. (n) Theorem 3.1. Let a, b ∈ Gl(H)+ , A ∈ Bp , 1 ≤ p < ∞ and t ∈ [0, 1], then ! µ1 ! λ1 ! µ1 n n n X X X (3.2) k̃ kAj kµp,a ≤ kBj kλp,γa,b (t) ≤ K̃ kAj kµp,a j=1 where j=1 j=1 k̃ = k̃(p, a, b, t) = F (a, a)t−1 F (b, a)−t n λ − µ −| p − 2 | α−1 , 1 and 1 1 1 K̃ = K̃(p, a, b, t) = F (a, a)1−t F (a, b)t n λ − µ +| p − 2 | β, if 2 ≤ p and λ, µ ∈ [2, p] or if 1 ≤ p ≤ 2 and λ, µ ∈ [p, 2]. 1 1 1 1 Proof. We will denote by γ(t) = γa,b (t), when no confusion can arise. (n) Consider the space Bp with the norm: kAkp,a;s = (kA1 ksp,a + · · · + kAn ksp,a )1/s , where a ∈ Gl(H)+ . 1 1 1 1 By (3.1), the norm of TR is at most F (a, a)n λ − µ +| p − 2 | β when TR : Bp(n) , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,a;µ −→ Bp(n) , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,a;λ , and the norm of TR is at most F (a, b)n λ − µ +| p − 2 | β when TR : Bp(n) , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,a;µ −→ Bp(n) , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,b;λ . 1 1 1 1 Therefore, using the complex interpolation, we obtain the following diagram of interpolation for t ∈ [0, 1] (n) (Bp , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,a;λ ) ii4 iiii i i i iii iiii TR (n) / (B (n) , k(·, . . . , ·)k (Bp , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,a;µ ) p p,γ(t);λ ) UUUU UUUUTR UUUU UUUU * TR (n) (Bp , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,b;λ ). J. Inequal. Pure and Appl. Math., 10(1) (2009), Art. 4, 10 pp. http://jipam.vu.edu.au/ 8 C RISTIAN C ONDE By Theorem 2.1, TR satisfies (3.3) kTR (A)kp,γ(t);λ ≤ F (a, a)1−t F (a, b)t n λ − µ +| p − 2 | βkAkp,a;µ . 1 1 1 1 Now applying the Complex method to (n) (Bp , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,a;λ ) UUUU UUUTUR−1 UUUU UUUU * TR−1 (n) (n) / (Bp , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,γ(t);λ ) (Bp , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,a;µ ) i4 TR−1 iiiii i i i i ii iiii (n) (Bp , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,b;λ ) one obtains (3.4) kTR−1 (A)kp,a;µ ≤ F (a, a)1−t F (b, a)t n µ − λ +| p − 2 | αkAkp,γ(t);λ . 1 1 1 1 Replacing in (3.4) A by RA we obtain (3.5) kAkp,a;µ ≤ F (a, a)1−t F (b, a)t n µ − λ +| p − 2 | αkRAkp,γ(t);λ , 1 1 1 1 or equivalently (3.6) F (a, a)t−1 F (b, a)−t n λ − µ −| p − 2 | α−1 kAkp,a;µ ≤ kTR (A)kp,γ(t);λ . 1 1 1 1 Finally, the inequalities (3.3) and (3.6) complete the proof. We remark the previous statement is a generalization of Th. 4.1 in [7] where Tn = TR that 2π(j−1)(k−1) (i ) n with R = e 1 and a−1/2 commutes with R for all a ∈ Gl(H)+ . 1≤j,k≤n On the other hand, it is well known that if x1 , . . . , xn are non-negative numbers, s ∈ R and 1/s P we denote Ms (x) = n1 ni=1 xsi then for 0 < s < s0 , Ms (x) ≤ Ms0 (x). If we denote kBk = (kB1 kp , . . . , kBn kp ) and we consider 1 < p ≤ 2, then it holds for t ∈ [0, 1] and s1t = 1−t + qt that p Mst (kBk) ≤ Mq (kBk) ≤ r 2 −1 p 2 q β n n X −1 q ! p1 kAj kpp , j=1 or equivalently (3.7) n X ! s1 t kBj kspt ≤r 2 −1 p 2 q β n 1 − 1q st j=1 Analogously, for 2 ≤ p < ∞ we get ! p1 n X 1 2 2 −1 (3.8) kAj kpp ≤ ρ1− p α p n q st j=1 n X ! p1 kAj kpp . j=1 n X ! s1 t kBj kspt j=1 where s1t = 1−t + pt . q Now we can use the interpolation method with the inequalities (3.7) and (3.1) (or (3.8) and (3.1)). J. Inequal. Pure and Appl. Math., 10(1) (2009), Art. 4, 10 pp. http://jipam.vu.edu.au/ C LARKSON -M C C ARTHY I NTERPOLATED I NEQUALITIES 9 If we consider the following diagram of interpolation with 1 < p ≤ 2 and t ∈ [0, 1], (n) (Bp , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,1;p ) j4 jjjj j j j jjjj jjjj TR (n) / (B (n) , k(·, . . . , ·)k (Bp , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,1;p ) p p,1;st ) TTTT TTTTTR TTTT TTTT * TR (n) (Bp , k(·, . . . , ·)kp,1;q ). By Theorem 2.1 and (3.1), TR satisfies kTR (A)kp,1;st ≤ n (3.9) f (p) β 1−t r 2 −1 p β 2 q t kAkp,1;p . Finally, from the inequalities (3.7) and (3.9) we obtain ! s1 ! p1 n n n 2 o X t X 1 1 2 2 2 − kBj kspt ≤ min r p −1 β q n st q , nf (p)(1−t) β 1+t( q −1) r( p −1)t kAj kpp . j=1 j=1 We can summarize the previous facts in the following statement. (n) Theorem 3.2. Let A ∈ Bp and B = RA, where R = (Rjk ) is invertible. Let r = max kRjk k, ρ = max k(R−1 )jk k and q be the conjugate exponent of p. Then, for t ∈ [0, 1] we get ! p1 ! 1s n n t n o X X 1 1 2 2 2 2 − 1− t+(1−t) (1− )(1−t) p f (p)t s t q s p p p p kAj kp α ≤ min ρ α n t , n ρ kBj kp j=1 j=1 if 2 ≤ p and n X 1 st 1−t q = ! s1 t kBj kspt + pt , or n n 2 o X 1 2 2 2 −1 ≤ min r p −1 β q n st q , nf (p)(1−t) β 1+t( q −1) r( p −1)t kAj kpp j=1 ! p1 , j=1 1 st if 1 < p ≤ 2 and = 1−t p + qt . Finally using the Finsler norm k(·, . . . , ·)kp,a;s , Calderón’s method and the previous inequalities we obtain: (n) Corollary 3.3. Let a, b ∈ Gl(H)+ , A ∈ Bp and B = RA, where R = (Rjk ) is invertible. Let r = max kRjk k, ρ = max k(R−1 )jk k and q be the conjugate exponent of p. Then, for t, u ∈ [0, 1] we get ! s1 ! p1 n n t X X t ≤ F (a, a)1−u F (b, a)u M1 kBj ksp,γ , kAj kpp,a a,b (u) j=1 j=1 if 2 ≤ p, 1 st = 1−t q + t p and o n 1 2 2 2 2 −1 M1 = M1 (R, p, t) = min ρ1− p α p n q st , nf (p)t αt+(1−t) p ρ(1− p )(1−t) or n X ! s1 t t kBj ksp,γ a,b (u) ≤ F (a, a)1−u F (a, b)u M2 j=1 J. Inequal. Pure and Appl. 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