If {aν}1∞ is the sequence of
Fourier cosine coefficients of a function in the space Lp,1 ≤ p < ∞, a Theorem of
Hardy states that the sequence of averages {(Σj=1νaj)∕ν}1∞ arise as Fourier
cosine coefficients of a function also in Lp. Analogous results for the sequence
{Σj=ν∞aj∕j}1∞ were obtained by Bellman. In this paper, sufficient conditions on the
non-negative weight function ω(x) are given in order that the weighted Lebesgue
space Lp(ω(x)dx) may replace the spaces Lp in the Theorems of Hardy and
Bellman.