AN EXTENSION OF THE HARDY-LITTLEWOOD-PóLYA INEQUALITY

The Hardy-Littlewood-Pólya (HLP) inequality 1] states that if a∈l~p,b∈l~q and p>1,q>1,1/p + 1/q>1, λ=2-(1/p+1/q),then Σ(a_rb_s)/︱r-s︱~λ](r≠s)≤C‖a‖_P‖b‖_q.In this article, we prove the HLP inequality in the case where λ= 1, p = q = 2 with a logarithm correction, as conjectured by Ding 2]:Σ(a_rb_s)/︱r-s︱~λ](r≠s,1≤r,s≤N)≤(2㏑N+1)‖a‖_2‖b‖_2.In addition, we derive an accurate estimate for the best constant for this inequality.