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Tartar gave an alternative proof of the Riesz–Thorin interpolation theorem for operators of strong types (1, 1) and $$(\infty ,\infty )$$ . His method characterizes the $$L^{p}$$ norm in terms of the Lebesgue spaces $$L^{1}$$ and $$L^{\infty }$$ , and works not only for complex Lebesgue spaces but also for real Lebesgue spaces. The aim of this paper is to extend the proof for operators of strong types $$(p_{1},q_{1})$$ and $$(\infty ,\infty )$$ with $$1\le p_{1}\le q_{1}<\infty $$ .