Sharp inequalities for monotone bases in \(L^1\) (Q2834129)

The author demonstrates the following theorem. Let \(\{e_k\}_{k = 1}^\infty\) be a monotone basis of \(L_1\) on a positive non-atomic measure space. Then, for any sequence of reals \(a_k\) and for every choice of signs \(\theta_k = \pm 1\), the following inequality holds true NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \left\|\sum_{k=1}^\infty \theta_k a_k e_k\right\|_1 \leq \beta \left\|\sup_{n \in\mathbb N}\left|\sum_{k=1}^n a_k e_k\right| \right\|_1, NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(\beta\) is an absolute constant. The best possible value of such \(\beta\) is equal to the unique positive solution of the equation \(x = 3 - \exp{\frac{1-x}{2}}\), which is approximately \(2.536\).