Formally extend the definition of \(\ell^{p}(N)\) to \(p \in(0,1)\). Show that
\(\|\cdot\|_{p}\) does not satisfy the triangle inequality. However, show that
it is \(a\) quasinormed space; that is, it satisfies all requirements for a
normed space except for the triangle inequality which is replaced by
$$
\|a+b\| \leq K(\|a\|+\|b\|)
$$
with some constant \(K \geq 1\). Show, in fact,
$$
\|a+b\|_{p} \leq 2^{1 / p-1}\left(\|a\|_{p}+\|b\|_{p}\right), \quad p \in(0,1)
\text {. }
$$
Moreover, show that \(\|\cdot\|_{p}^{p}\) satisfies the triangle inequality in
this case, but of course it is no longer homogeneous (but at least you can get
an honest metric \(d(a, b)=\|a-b\|_{p}^{p}\) which gives rise to the same
topology). (Hint: Show \(\alpha+\beta \leq\left(\alpha^{p}+\beta^{p}\right)^{1
/ p} \leq 2^{1 / p-1}(\alpha+\beta)\) for \(0