OK. Perhaps a reason $M^p$ is not often studied is: it is not even a vector space. Define functions $f$ and $g$ as follows: $f(x)=0$ if $x<1$, $f(x)=1$ if $x \ge 1$ and $\{x\}< 1/2$; here, $\{x\} = x-\lfloor x\rfloor$ is the fractional part $f(x)=-1$ if $x \ge 1$ and $\{x\} \ge 1/2$. $g(x)=0$ if $x<1$, $g(x)=f(x)$ if $x \ge 1$ and $\lfloor \log_2(x)\rfloor$ is even, $g(x)=-f(x)$ if $x \ge 1$ and $\lfloor \log_2(x)\rfloor$ is odd. Some graphs: $f(x)$ ![f][1] $g(x)$ ![g][2] $f(x)+g(x)$ ![f+g][3] But note: $$ \lim_{R\to\infty} \left(\frac{1}{2R}\int_{-R}^R |f(x)|^2\right)^{1/2} = \lim_{R\to\infty} \left(\frac{1}{2R}\int_{-R}^R |g(x)|^2\right)^{1/2} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} $$ both exist, while $$ \lim_{R\to\infty} \left(\frac{1}{2R}\int_{-R}^R |f(x)+g(x)|^2\right)^{1/2} $$ does not exist. In fact (do some computations): $$ \limsup_{R\to\infty} \left(\frac{1}{2R}\int_{-R}^R |f(x)+g(x)|^2\right)^{1/2} =\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}, $$ $$ \liminf_{R\to\infty} \left(\frac{1}{2R}\int_{-R}^R |f(x)+g(x)|^2\right)^{1/2} =\frac{\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{3}} $$ [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/8U20W.jpg [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/eTDbG.jpg [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/YTLZD.jpg