# $\ell_{p}$ space closed to addition

I'm trying to show that $\ell_{p}$ is a vector space for any $1\leqslant p<\infty$ . So given two infinite series $\left(x_{n}\right)_{n=1}^{\infty}$ and $\left(y_{n}\right)_{n=1}^{\infty}$ such such that ${\displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\left|x_{n}\right|^{p}}$ and ${\displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\left|y_{n}\right|^{p}}$ converge and $\alpha,\beta\in\mathbb{R}$ I want to show that $$\left[\alpha\left(x_{n}\right)_{n=1}^{\infty}+\beta\left(y_{n}\right)_{n=1}^{\infty}\right]\in\ell_{p}$$ To do that I need to show that $${\displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\left|\alpha x_{n}+\beta y_{n}\right|^{p}}<\infty$$ For some reason I'm finding this quite hard, I've been unsuccesful in bounding this sum from above by the two convergent series I started with.

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You should add the homework tag. –  tst Jan 5 '13 at 14:18

Hint: use and show the inequality $(a+b)^p\leqslant 2^{p-1}(a^p+b^p)$ for non-negative $a$ and $b$.
At first I wasn't sure how to justify that inequality but after the pointer from Learner I recalled that $x^p$ is convex over the positive reals and that sorted it all out. Thanks for both your help. –  Serpahimz Jan 5 '13 at 14:45