Theorem For any dimension n and any p>1, there is a constant C(n,p) so that ∥Mf∥Lp(Rn)≤C(n,p)∥f∥Lp(Rn) where Mf is the Hardy-Littlewood maximal function, that is Mf=supB⊃{x}m(B)1∫B∣f(y)∣\ddy.