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Cesàro operator is bounded for $1\lt p\lt\infty$
Let $1 and define $F:l^p\rightarrow l^p$, $(Fx)_n=\frac{x_1+\dots+x_n}{n}$, i.e. a sequence is mapped to the partial averages. Compute the operator norm. (Does this operator have a specific name?) I'm not sure at all, why $Fx\in l^p$. I figured that for $p=1$ $\lVert F\lVert=\infty$ since for $x=(1,0,0,\dots)$ the norm satisfies $\lVert x\lVert=1$ and $(Fx)_n=\frac{1}{n}$ and hence $\lVert Fx\lVert=\infty$. But I don't know how to estimate the norm for $p>1$. I had the idea that $x=(1,0,0,\dots)$ also maximizes these norms, but I'm not sure about that.