Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2018/ib/paper-2/3f/solution

The L1 norm properties of absolute homogeneity and the triangle inequality follow from the corresponding properties of the absolute value and the integral. If , the nonnegative continuous function has zero integral. Were , continuity would make it bounded below by a positive number on a nontrivial interval, contradicting the zero integral. Thus , proving positive definiteness.
Put and choose the continuous cutoff function
Then , , and is supported in the two endpoint intervals of total length . Therefore
Now suppose for every . Apply this to the above . By the uniform norm bound,
Hence , and continuity again gives .

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