Lower bounds for the complex polynomial Hardy-Littlewood inequality (Q2341823)

Let \(m,n\) be positive integers, \(m \geq 2\) and \(n \geq 1\), and \(P\) a complex homogeneous polynomial of degree \(m\), defined on \(\ell_p^n\) by \(P(x_1,\dots,x_n) = \sum_{|\alpha|=m}a_\alpha \boldsymbol{x}^\alpha\), with \(m < p \leq \infty\). The Hardy-Littlewood inequality states that there exists a constant \(C_{\mathbb{C},m,p}^{\mathrm{pol}} \geq 1\), which does not depend on \(n\), such that \[ \frac{\left(\sum_{|\alpha|=m}|a_\alpha|^\rho \right)^{1/\rho}}{\|P\|} \leq C_{\mathbb{C},m,p}^{\mathrm{pol}}, \] where \(\rho = p/(p-m)\) if \(m < p < 2m\) and \(\rho = 2mp/(mp+p-2m)\) if \(2m \leq p \leq \infty\). The case \(p=\infty\) retrieves the well-known Bohnenblust-Hille inequality. In recent papers, many of them cited in the references of this one, several researchers are looking for more precise estimates for these constants and, in many cases, the efforts result in upper and lower bounds or in information on the growth behavior of these constants. Taking the first way, the authors provide (non-trivial) lower bounds for the complex case constants of the polynomial Hardy-Littlewood inequality: for \(m \geq 2\) and \(2m \leq p < \infty\), \[ C_{\mathbb{C},m,p}^{\mathrm{pol}} \geq 2^{m/p} \] if \(m\) is even, and \[ C_{\mathbb{C},m,p}^{\mathrm{pol}} \geq 2^{(m-1)/p} \] if \(m\) is odd.