In linear algebra, functional analysis and related areas of mathematics, a quasinorm is similar to a norm in that it satisfies the norm axioms, except that the triangle inequality is replaced by for some

Definition

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A quasi-seminorm[1] on a vector space   is a real-valued map   on   that satisfies the following conditions:

  1. Non-negativity:  
  2. Absolute homogeneity:   for all   and all scalars  
  3. there exists a real   such that   for all  
    • If   then this inequality reduces to the triangle inequality. It is in this sense that this condition generalizes the usual triangle inequality.

A quasinorm[1] is a quasi-seminorm that also satisfies:

  1. Positive definite/Point-separating: if   satisfies   then  

A pair   consisting of a vector space   and an associated quasi-seminorm   is called a quasi-seminormed vector space. If the quasi-seminorm is a quasinorm then it is also called a quasinormed vector space.

Multiplier

The infimum of all values of   that satisfy condition (3) is called the multiplier of   The multiplier itself will also satisfy condition (3) and so it is the unique smallest real number that satisfies this condition. The term  -quasi-seminorm is sometimes used to describe a quasi-seminorm whose multiplier is equal to  

A norm (respectively, a seminorm) is just a quasinorm (respectively, a quasi-seminorm) whose multiplier is   Thus every seminorm is a quasi-seminorm and every norm is a quasinorm (and a quasi-seminorm).

Topology

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If   is a quasinorm on   then   induces a vector topology on   whose neighborhood basis at the origin is given by the sets:[2]   as   ranges over the positive integers. A topological vector space with such a topology is called a quasinormed topological vector space or just a quasinormed space.

Every quasinormed topological vector space is pseudometrizable.

A complete quasinormed space is called a quasi-Banach space. Every Banach space is a quasi-Banach space, although not conversely.

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A quasinormed space   is called a quasinormed algebra if the vector space   is an algebra and there is a constant   such that   for all  

A complete quasinormed algebra is called a quasi-Banach algebra.

Characterizations

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A topological vector space (TVS) is a quasinormed space if and only if it has a bounded neighborhood of the origin.[2]

Examples

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Since every norm is a quasinorm, every normed space is also a quasinormed space.

  spaces with  

The   spaces for   are quasinormed spaces (indeed, they are even F-spaces) but they are not, in general, normable (meaning that there might not exist any norm that defines their topology). For   the Lebesgue space   is a complete metrizable TVS (an F-space) that is not locally convex (in fact, its only convex open subsets are itself   and the empty set) and the only continuous linear functional on   is the constant   function (Rudin 1991, §1.47). In particular, the Hahn-Banach theorem does not hold for   when  

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Kalton 1986, pp. 297–324.
  2. ^ a b Wilansky 2013, p. 55.
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