On the sums of rearrangement-invariant quasi-Banach function spaces and their relationship to amalgams

In this paper we consider the properties of sums of rearrangement-invariant quasi-Banach function spaces, with the focus being on rearrangement-invariance and the Fatou property. In our first main result, we show that the quasinorm of the sum is in many cases equivalent to a rearrangement-invariant quasinorm by providing a weaker version of the Luxemburg-type representation. In our second main result, we show that the sum can be in some cases characterised as a Wiener--Luxemburg amalgam of the two constituent spaces, thus providing a sufficient condition for the sum being a rearrangement-invariant quasi-Banach function space.