Weighted Hardy Spaces Associated to Discrete Laplacians on Graphs and Applications

Let Γ be a infinite graph with a weight μ and let d and m be the distance and the measure associated with μ such that (Γ,d,m) is a space of homogeneous type. Let p(·,·) be the natural reversible Markov kernel on (Γ,d,m) and its associated operator be defined by \(Pf(x) = \sum _{y} p(x, y)f(y)\) . Then the discrete Laplacian on L ²(Γ) is defined by L=I?P. In this paper we investigate the theory of weighted Hardy spaces \({H^{p}_{L}}(\Gamma , w)\) associated to the discrete Laplacian L for 0<p≤1 and \(w\in A_{\infty }\) . Like the classical results, we prove that the weighted Hardy spaces \({H^{p}_{L}}(\Gamma , w)\) can be characterized in terms of discrete area operators and atomic decompositions as well. As applications, we study the boundedness of singular integrals on (Γ,d,m) such as square functions, spectral multipliers and Riesz transforms on these weighted Hardy spaces \({H^{p}_{L}}(\Gamma ,w)\) .     

Essential norm of composition operators on the Hardy space H 1 and the weighted Bergman spaces {A_{\alpha}^{p}} on the ball

We estimate the essential norm of a composition operator acting on the Hardy space H ¹ and the weighted Bergman spaces ${A_{\alpha}^{p}}$ on the unit ball. In passing, we recover (and somehow simplify the proof of) parts of the recent article by Demazeux, dealing with the same question for H ¹ of the unit disc. We also estimate the essential norm of a composition operator acting on ${A_{\alpha}^{p}}$ in terms of the angular derivatives of ${\phi}$ , under a mild condition on ${\phi}$ .     

Nonautonomous Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operators in weighted spaces of continuous functions

We consider the nonautonomous Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator in some weighted spaces of continuous functions in $\mathbb{R}^{N}$ . We prove sharp uniform estimates for the spatial derivatives of the associated evolution operator P _s,t , which we use to prove optimal Schauder estimates for the solution to some nonhomogeneous parabolic Cauchy problems associated with the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator. We also prove that, for any t>s, the evolution operator P _s,t is compact in the previous weighted spaces.     

Commutators of BMO functions and degenerate Schr?dinger operators with certain nonnegative potentials

Let ${\mathcal{L}f(x)=-\frac{1}{\omega}\sum_{i,j} \partial_i(a_{i,j}(\cdot)\partial_jf)(x)+V(x)f(x)}$ with the non-negative potential V belonging to reverse H?lder class with respect to the measure ??(x)dx, where ??(x) satisfies the A ₂ condition of Muckenhoupt and a _i,j (x) is a real symmetric matrix satisfying ${\lambda^{-1}\omega(x)|\xi|^2\le \sum^n_{i,j=1}a_{i,j}(x)\xi_i\xi_j\le\lambda\omega(x)|\xi|^2. }$ We obtain some estimates for ${V^{\alpha}\mathcal{L}^{-\alpha}}$ on the weighted L ^p spaces and we study the weighted L ^p boundedness of the commutator ${[b, V^{\alpha} \mathcal{L}^{-\alpha}]}$ when ${b\in BMO_\omega}$ and 0?<??? ?? 1.     

Maximal, potential and singular operators in vanishing generalized Morrey spaces

We introduce vanishing generalized Morrey spaces ${V\mathcal{L}^{p,\varphi}_\Pi (\Omega), \Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n}$ with a general function ${\varphi(x, r)}$ defining the Morrey-type norm. Here ${\Pi \subseteq \Omega}$ is an arbitrary subset in Ω including the extremal cases ${\Pi = \{x_0\}, x_0 \in \Omega}$ and Π = Ω, which allows to unify vanishing local and global Morrey spaces. In the spaces ${V\mathcal{L}^{p,\varphi}_\Pi (\mathbb{R}^n)}$ we prove the boundedness of a class of sublinear singular operators, which includes Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator and Calderon-Zygmund singular operators with standard kernel. We also prove a Sobolev-Spanne type ${V\mathcal{L}^{p,\varphi}_\Pi (\mathbb{R}^n) \rightarrow V\mathcal{L}^{q,\varphi^\frac{q}{p}}_\Pi (\mathbb{R}^n)}$ -theorem for the potential operator I ^α . The conditions for the boundedness are given in terms of Zygmund-type integral inequalities on ${\varphi(x, r)}$ . No monotonicity type condition is imposed on ${\varphi(x, r)}$ . In case ${\varphi}$ has quasi- monotone properties, as a consequence of the main results, the conditions of the boundedness are also given in terms of the Matuszeska-Orlicz indices of the function ${\varphi}$ . The proofs are based on pointwise estimates of the modulars defining the vanishing spaces     

Sharp Weak Type Inequalities for the Dyadic Maximal Operator

We obtain sharp estimates for the localized distribution function of $\mathcal{M}\phi $ , when ? belongs to L ^p,∞ where $\mathcal{M}$ is the dyadic maximal operator. We obtain these estimates given the L ¹ and L ^q norm, q<p and certain weak-L ^p conditions.In this way we refine the known weak (1,1) type inequality for the dyadic maximal operator. As a consequence we prove that the inequality 0.1 is sharp allowing every possible value for the L ¹ and the L ^q norm for a fixed q such that 1<q<p, where ∥?∥ _p,∞ is the usual quasi norm on L ^p,∞.     

Pseudodifferential operators with non-regular operator-valued symbols

In this paper, we consider pseudodifferential operators with operator-valued symbols and their mapping properties, without assumptions on the underlying Banach space E. We show that, under suitable parabolicity assumptions, the \({W_p^k(\mathbb{R}^n, E)}\) -realization of the operator generates an analytic semigroup. Our approach is based on oscillatory integrals and kernel estimates for them. An application to non-autonomous pseudodifferential Cauchy problems gives the existence and uniqueness of a classical solution. As an example, we include a discussion of coagulation–fragmentation processes.     

The long time error analysis in the second order difference type method of an evolutionary integral equation with completely monotonic kernel

We study convergence of the numerical methods in which the second order difference type method is combined with order two convolution quadrature for approximating the integral term of the evolutionary integral equation $$ u^{\prime}(t)+\int_{0}^{t}\beta(t-s)\,A\,u\,(s)\;ds \, =\,0 ,~~~~ t>0,~~u(0)=u_{0}, $$ which arises in the theory of linear viscoelasticity. Here A is a positive self-adjoint densely defined linear operator in a real Hilbert space H and \(\beta (t)\) is completely monotonic and locally integrable, but not constant. We establish the convergence properties of the discretization in time in the \(l_{t}^{1}(0,\infty ;\,H)\) or \(l_{t}^{\infty }(0,\infty ;\,H)\) norm.     

Self-adjoint commuting ordinary differential operators

In this paper we study self-adjoint commuting ordinary differential operators of rank two. We find sufficient conditions when an operator of fourth order commuting with an operator of order 4g+2 is self-adjoint. We introduce an equation on potentials V(x),W(x) of the self-adjoint operator \(L=(\partial_{x}^{2}+V)^{2}+W\) and some additional data. With the help of this equation we find the first example of commuting differential operators of rank two corresponding to a spectral curve of higher genus. These operators have polynomial coefficients and define commutative subalgebras of the first Weyl algebra.     

The Essential Norm of a Generalized Composition Operator Between Bloch-Type Spaces and Q K Type Spaces

Let ?? be an analytic self-map of the unit disk ${\rm \mathbb{D},H(\rm \mathbb{D})}$ the space of analytic functions on ${{\rm \mathbb{D}}}$ and ${g \in H(\rm \mathbb{D})}$ . We define a linear operator as follows $$C_\varphi^gf(z)=\int\limits_0^zf'(\varphi(w))g(w)\, {\rm d}w, $$ on ${ H(\rm \mathbb{D})}$ . In this paper, estimates for the essential norm of the generalized composition operator between Bloch-type spaces and Q _K type spaces are obtained.     

The Heat Kernel for Kolmogorov Type Operators and its Applications

There are two parts of this article. We first find explicit formulas for the heat kernel of the sub-elliptic operators $\frac{1}{2}\partial_{x}^{2}-x^{m}\partial_{y}$ with m=0,1,2. We also find the heat kernel for the sub-elliptic operator $\frac{1}{2}\sum_{j=1}^{n}\partial_{x_{j}}^{2}+(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_{j}x_{j})\partial_{y}$ , with a _i constants. In the second part of this paper, we apply results from the first part to construct a close form formula for pricing Asian options on a geometric moving average.     

On weighted strong type inequalities for the generalized weighted mean operator

The generalized weighted mean operator ${\mathbf{M}^{g}_{w}}$ is given by $$[\mathbf{M}^{g}_{w}f](x) = g^{-1} \left( \frac{1}{W(x)} \int \limits_{0}^{x}w(t)g(f(t))\,{\rm d}t \right),$$ with $$W(x) = \int \limits_{0}^{x} w(s) {\rm d}s, \quad {\rm for} \, x \in (0, + \infty),$$ where w is a positive measurable function on (0, + ∞) and g is a real continuous strictly monotone function with its inverse g ^?1. We give some sufficient conditions on weights u, v on (0, + ∞) for which there exists a positive constant C such that the weighted strong type (p, q) inequality $$\left( \int \limits_{0}^{\infty} u(x) \Bigl( [\mathbf{M}^{g}_{w}f](x) \Bigr)^{q} {\rm d}x \right)^{1 \over q} \leq C \left( \int \limits_{0}^{\infty}v(x)f(x)^{p} {\rm d}x \right)^{1 \over p}$$ holds for every measurable non-negative function f, where the positive reals p,q satisfy certain restrictions.     

A T(1)-Theorem for non-integral operators

Let $X$ be a space of homogeneous type and let $L$ be a sectorial operator with bounded holomorphic functional calculus on $L^2(X)$ . We assume that the semigroup $\{e^{-tL}\}_{t>0}$ satisfies Davies–Gaffney estimates. Associated with $L$ are certain approximations of the identity. We call an operator $T$ a non-integral operator if compositions involving $T$ and these approximations satisfy certain weighted norm estimates. The Davies–Gaffney and the weighted norm estimates are together a substitute for the usual kernel estimates on $T$ in Calderón–Zygmund theory. In this paper, we show, under the additional assumption that a vertical Littlewood–Paley–Stein square function associated with $L$ is bounded on $L^2(X)$ , that a non-integral operator $T$ is bounded on $L^2(X)$ if and only if $T(1) \in BMO_L(X)$ and $T^{*}(1) \in BMO_{L^{*}}(X)$ . Here, $BMO_L(X)$ and $BMO_{L^{*}}(X)$ denote the recently defined $BMO(X)$ spaces associated with $L$ that generalize the space $BMO(X)$ of John and Nirenberg. Generalizing a recent result due to F. Bernicot, we show a second version of a $T(1)$ -Theorem under weaker off-diagonal estimates, which gives a positive answer to a question raised by him. As an application, we prove $L^2(X)$ -boundedness of a paraproduct operator associated with $L$ . We moreover study criterions for a $T(b)$ -Theorem to be valid.     

Preduals of Quadratic Campanato Spaces Associated to Operators with Heat Kernel Bounds

Let L be a nonnegative, self-adjoint operator on \(L^{2}(\mathbb {R}^{n})\) with the Gaussian upper bound on its heat kernel. As a generalization of the square Campanato space \(\mathcal {L}^{2,\lambda }_{-\Delta }(\mathbb R^{n})\) , in Duong et al. (J. Fourier Anal. Appl. 13:87–111, 2007) the quadratic Campanato space \(\mathcal {L}_{L}^{2,\lambda }(\mathbb {R}^{n})\) is defined by a variant of the maximal function associated with the semigroup {e ^{?t L} } _t≥0. On the basis of Dafni and Xiao (J. Funct. Anal. 208:377–422, 2004) and Yang and Yuan (J. Funct. Anal. 255:2760–2809, 2008) this paper addresses the preduality of \(\mathcal {L}_{L}^{2,\lambda }(\mathbb {R}^{n})\) through an induced atom (or molecular) decomposition. Even in the case L = ?Δ the discovered predual result is new and natural.     

The Two-Weighted Inequalities for Sublinear Operators Generated by B Singular Integrals in Weighted Lebesgue Spaces

In this paper, the authors establish several general theorems for the boundedness of sublinear operators (B sublinear operators) satisfies the condition (1.2), generated by B singular integrals on a weighted Lebesgue spaces $L_{p,\omega,\gamma}(\mathbb{R}_{k,+}^{n})$ , where $B=\sum_{i=1}^{k} (\frac{\partial^{2}}{\partial x_{k}^{2}} + \frac{\gamma_{i}}{x_{i}}\frac{\partial}{\partial x_{i}} )$ . The condition (1.2) are satisfied by many important operators in analysis, including B maximal operator and B singular integral operators. Sufficient conditions on weighted functions ω and ω ₁ are given so that B sublinear operators satisfies the condition (1.2) are bounded from $L_{p,\omega,\gamma}(\mathbb{R}_{k,+}^{n})$ to $L_{p,\omega_{1},\gamma}(\mathbb{R}_{k,+}^{n})$ .     

Weighted Local Estimates for Fractional Type Operators

In this note we prove the estimate \(M^{\sharp }_{0,s}(Tf)(x) \le c\,M_{\gamma } f(x)\) for general fractional type operators T, where \(M^{\sharp }_{0,s}\) is the local sharp maximal function and M _γ the fractional maximal function, as well as a local version of this estimate. This allows us to express the local weighted control of T f by M _γ f. Similar estimates hold for T replaced by fractional type operators with kernels satisfying Hörmander-type conditions or integral operators with homogeneous kernels, and M _γ replaced by an appropriate maximal function M _T . We also prove two-weight, \({L^{p}_{\text {\textit {v}}}}\) - \({L^{q}_{\text {\textit {w}}}}\) estimates for the fractional type operators described above for 1 < p < q < ∞ and a range of q. The local nature of the estimates leads to results involving generalized Orlicz-Campanato and Orlicz-Morrey spaces.     

Surface diffusion flow near spheres

We consider closed immersed hypersurfaces evolving by surface diffusion flow, and perform an analysis based on local and global integral estimates. First we show that a properly immersed stationary (ΔH ≡ 0) hypersurface in ${\mathbb{R}^3}$ or ${\mathbb{R}^4}$ with restricted growth of the curvature at infinity and small total tracefree curvature must be an embedded union of umbilic hypersurfaces. Then we prove for surfaces that if the L ² norm of the tracefree curvature is globally initially small it is monotonic nonincreasing along the flow. We also derive pointwise estimates for all derivatives of the curvature assuming that its L ² norm is locally small. Using these results we show that if a singularity develops the curvature must concentrate in a definite manner, and prove that a blowup under suitable conditions converges to a nonumbilic embedded stationary surface. We obtain our main result as a consequence: the surface diffusion flow of a surface initially close to a sphere in L ² is a family of embeddings, exists for all time, and exponentially converges to a round sphere.     

Compact composition operators acting between weighted Bergman spaces of the unit ball

In this paper, we study a composition operator ${C_{\varphi}}$ on the weighted Bergman space ${A_{\alpha}^p(B)}$ of the unit ball B in ${{\mathbb{C}}^N}$ . Under a natural condition we estimate the essential norm of ${C_{\varphi}}$ . As a consequence of this estimate, we also give a function-theoretic characterization of ${\varphi}$ that induces a compact composition operator on ${A_{\alpha}^p(B)}$ .     

A Note on Quasi-paranormal Operators

Let T be a bounded linear operator on an infinite dimensional complex Hilbert space. In this paper, we introduce the new class, denoted ${{\mathcal{QP}}}$ , of operators satisfying ${{\|T^{2}x\|^{2}\leq \|T^{3}x\|\|Tx\|}}$ for all ${{x \in \mathcal{H}}}$ . This class includes the classes of paranormal operators and quasi-class A operators. We prove basic structural properties of these operators. Using these results, we also prove that if E is the Riesz idempotent for a nonzero isolated point λ₀ of the spectrum of ${{T \in \mathcal{QP}}}$ , then E is self-adjoint if and only if ${{N(T-\lambda_{0}) \subseteq N(T^{*}-\overline{\lambda}_{0})}}$ .     

Spectral Projections of the Complex Cubic Oscillator

We prove the spectral instability of the complex cubic oscillator \({-\frac{{\rm d}^{2}}{{\rm d}x^{2}} + ix^{3} + i \alpha x}\) for non-negative values of the parameter α, by getting the exponential growth rate of \({\|\Pi_{n}(\alpha)\|}\) , where \({\Pi_{n}(\alpha)}\) is the spectral projection associated with the nth eigenvalue of the operator. More precisely, we show that for all non-negative α $$\lim\limits_{n \to + \infty} \frac{1}{n} {\rm log}\|\Pi_{n}(\alpha)\| = \frac{\pi}{\sqrt{3}}$$ .