Minkowski's integral inequality #
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Minkowski's integral inequality states that the L^p norm of an integral is at most the
integral of the L^p norms: for 1 ≤ p, a jointly measurable f : α × β → [0, ∞], a σ-finite
measure μ on α and an s-finite measure ν on β,
(∫ (∫ f(x, y) dν(y))^p dμ(x))^{1/p} ≤ ∫ (∫ f(x, y)^p dμ(x))^{1/p} dν(y).
The proof is the textbook duality argument: for a truncation G ≤ F = ∫ f(·, y) dν with finite
∫ G^p, write ∫ G^p ≤ ∫ G^{p-1} F, exchange the integrals (Tonelli), apply Hölder's
inequality in x for each y, and divide by (∫ G^p)^{1 - 1/p}. The truncations
G_n = min(F, n) 1_{S_n} on the spanning sets of μ increase to F, and monotone convergence
concludes.
References: E. M. Stein, Singular Integrals and Differentiability Properties of Functions, Princeton University Press, 1970, Appendix A.1; G. H. Hardy, J. E. Littlewood, G. Pólya, Inequalities, Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed., 1952, Theorem 202. The statement and all definitions depend only on Mathlib.
The truncated duality step of Minkowski's integral inequality: for G ≤ F = ∫ f(·, y) dν
with finite ∫ G^p, (∫ G^p)^{1/p} ≤ ∫ (∫ f(·, y)^p)^{1/p} dν.
Minkowski's integral inequality for nonnegative functions: for 1 ≤ p, a jointly
measurable f : α × β → [0, ∞], a σ-finite measure μ and an s-finite measure ν,
(∫ (∫ f(x, y) dν(y))^p dμ(x))^{1/p} ≤ ∫ (∫ f(x, y)^p dμ(x))^{1/p} dν(y).