Trace Inequalities,Maximal Inequalities,and Weighted Fourier Transform Estimates

In the spirit of work of Kerman and Sawyer, a condition is given that is necessary and sufficient for the Fourier transform norm inequality $Big(int_{{Bbb R}_d} verthat{f}vert^q dmuBig)^{1/q} leq CBig(int_{{Bbb R}_d} vert fvert^p vBig)^{1/p}$ provided v is a radial weight for which v^?1/p is convexly decreasing and μ is a suitable measure. We also establish alternative conditions for such inequalities by proving corresponding trace type inequalities and maximal function inequalities that underlie the Fourier transform estimates. Our conditions are relatively simple to compute. Among applications we give extensions of a Sobolev restriction theorem.