# Conjugate class of functions

A concept in the theory of functions which is a concrete instance of duality in functions spaces. Thus, if a class $X$ of functions is regarded as a Banach space or a topological vector space, then the conjugate class is defined as the class of functions isometrically isomorphic to the dual space $X ^ {*}$. For example, when $1 \leq p < \infty$ and $1 / p + 1 / q = 1$, there is an isometric isomorphism between the spaces $( L _ {p} [ a , b ] ) ^ {*}$ and $L _ {q} [ a , b ]$, under which corresponding elements $x ^ {*}$ and $g$ are related by

$$x ^ {*} ( f ) = \ \int\limits _ { a } ^ { b } g ( x) f ( x) d x .$$

If one considers some class $X$ of $2 \pi$- periodic summable functions on $[ - \pi , \pi ]$, then the conjugate class is defined to be the class of functions conjugate to the functions in $X$. For example, the class conjugate to $L _ {p} [ - \pi , \pi ]$( $1 < p < \infty$) coincides with the class of functions $f$ in $L _ {p} [ - \pi , \pi ]$ for which

$$\int\limits _ {- \pi } ^ \pi f ( x) d x = 0 .$$

The class conjugate to $\mathop{\rm Lip} \alpha$, $0 < \alpha < 1$, coincides with the class of functions in $\mathop{\rm Lip} \alpha$ for which $\int _ {- \pi } ^ \pi f ( x) d x = 0$.

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This article was adapted from an original article by T.P. Lukashenko (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article