In this topic, we prove the following statement
Statement: Let
be a probability space. Let
. Then
is essentially bounded iff
for all
.
Proof. If is bounded, then by using the Holder inequality one has
for all . Conversely, we suppose
is such that
whenever
. Let
.
Then partitions
. Let
where it is understood that the -term is omiited if
. Then
which implies . Since
where . Sincc
we have that
is finite and therefore
is essentially bounded.