satisfies LP(x,…,x)=P(x)den">de"> for every x∈Cnden">de">. We show that, although LPden">de"> in general is non-symmetric, for a large class of reasonable norms den">de"> on Cnden">de"> the norm of LPden">de"> on dec697251cee531644bf3870">den">de"> up to a logarithmic term e7" title="Click to view the MathML source">(clogn)m2den">de"> can be estimated by the norm of P on den">de">; here c≥1den">de"> denotes a universal constant. Moreover, for the ℓpden">de">-norms den">de">, 1≤p<2den">de"> the logarithmic term in the number n of variables is even superfluous.