A Generalized Three Lines Lemma in Hardy-like Spaces

Abstract In this paper we address the following question: given a holomorphic function with prescribed $$L^p(\mathbb {R})$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>L</mml:mi> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and $$L^q(\mathbb {R})$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>L</mml:mi> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> norm (with $$1\le p,q \le \infty $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>≤</mml:mo> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> <mml:mo>≤</mml:mo> <mml:mi>∞</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> ) along two parallel lines in the complex plane, what is the largest value that the function can attain at a prescribed point between these lines? Here we show that this problem is well-posed in suitable Hardy-like spaces on the strip. Moreover, in this setting we completely solve this problem by providing not only an explicit formula for the optimizers but also for the optimal values. In addition, we briefly discuss some applications of these results to interpolation theory and to Lieb-Thirring inequalities.