Compact imbeddings between variable exponent spaces with unbounded underlying domain

In this paper, we have established some compact imbedding theorems for some subspaces of W^1,p(x)(U)$W^{1,p\left(x\right)}\left(U\right)$ when the underlying domain U$U$ is unbounded. The domain we consider is mainly of type R^N(N≥2)$R^N(N\ge 2)$ or R^L×Ω(L≥2)$R^L\times \Omega (L\ge 2)$, where Ω⊂R^M$\Omega \subset R^M$ is a bounded domain with smooth boundary.     

Hilbert scales and Sobolev spaces defined by associated Legendre functions

In this paper we study the Hilbert scales defined by the associated Legendre functions for arbitrary integer values of the parameter. This problem is equivalent to studying the left-definite spectral theory associated to the modified Legendre equation. We give several characterizations of the spaces as weighted Sobolev spaces and prove identities among the spaces corresponding to the lower regularity index.     

Traces of functions in Hardy and Besov spaces on Lipschitz domains with applications to compensated compactness and the theory of Hardy and Bergman type spaces

In this paper we study conditions guaranteeing that functions defined on a Lipschitz domain Ω have boundary traces in Hardy and Besov spaces on ∂Ω. In turn these results are used to develop a new approach to the theory of compensated compactness and the theory of non-locally convex Hardy and Bergman type spaces.     

Compactly supported refinable distributions in Triebel-Lizorkin spaces and besov spaces

The aim of this article is to characterize compactly supported refinable distributions in Triebel-Lizorkin spaces and Besov spaces by projection operators on certain wavelet space and by some operators on a finitely dimensional space.Research partially supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China # 69735020, the Tian Yuan Projection of the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China, the Doctoral Bases Promotion Foundation of National Educational Commission of China #97033519 and the Zhejiang Provincial Sciences Foundation of China # 196083, and by the Wavelets Strategic Research Program funded by the National Science and Technology Board and the Ministry of Education, Singapore.     

Conductor and capacitary inequalities for functions on topological spaces and their applications to Sobolev-type imbeddings

In 1972 the author proved the so-called conductor and capacitary inequalities for the Dirichlet-type integrals of a function on a Euclidean domain. Both were used to derive necessary and sufficient conditions for Sobolev-type inequalities involving arbitrary domains and measures.The present article contains new conductor inequalities for nonnegative functionals acting on functions defined on topological spaces. Sharp capacitary inequalities, stronger than the classical Sobolev inequality, with the best constant and the sharp form of the Yudovich inequality (Soviet Math. Dokl. 2 (1961) 746) due to Moser (Indiana Math. J. 20 (1971) 1077) are found.     

Characterizations of Besov-type and Triebel-Lizorkin-type spaces via maximal functions and local means

Let s∈R. In this paper, the authors first establish the maximal function characterizations of the Besov-type space with and τ∈[0,∞), the Triebel-Lizorkin-type space with p∈(0,∞), q∈(0,∞] and τ∈[0,∞), the Besov-Hausdorff space with p∈(1,∞), q∈[1,∞) and and the Triebel-Lizorkin-Hausdorff space with and , where t^′ denotes the conjugate index of t∈[1,∞]. Using this characterization, the authors further obtain the local mean characterizations of these function spaces via functions satisfying the Tauberian condition and establish a Fourier multiplier theorem on these spaces. All these results generalize the existing classical results on Besov and Triebel-Lizorkin spaces by taking τ=0 and are also new even for Q spaces and Hardy-Hausdorff spaces.     

Carleson embeddings for Sobolev spaces via heat equation

Let u(t,x) be the solution of the heat equation (∂_t-Δ_x)u(t,x)=0 on subject to u(0,x)=f(x) on Rⁿ. The main goal of this paper is to characterize such a nonnegative measure μ on that f(x)?u(t²,x) induces a bounded embedding from the Sobolev space , p∈[1,n) into the Lebesgue space , q∈(0,∞).     

Rearrangement transformations on general measure spaces

For a general set transformation R between two measure spaces, we define the rearrangement of a measurable function by means of the Layer's cake formula. We study some functional properties of the Lorentz spaces defined in terms of R, giving a unified approach to the classical rearrangement, Steiner's symmetrization, the multidimensional case, and the discrete setting of trees.     

Generalized Anti-Wick Operators with Symbols in Distributional Sobolev spaces

Generalized Anti-Wick operators are introduced as a class of pseudodifferential operators which depend on a symbol and two different window functions. Using symbols in Sobolev spaces with negative smoothness and windows in so-called modulation spaces, we derive new conditions for the boundedness on L² of such operators and for their membership in the Schatten classes. These results extend and refine results contained in [20], [10], [5], [4], and [14].     

Functional properties of rearrangement invariant spaces defined in terms of oscillations

Function spaces whose definition involves the quantity f^**-f^*, which measures the oscillation of f^*, have recently attracted plenty of interest and proved to have many applications in various, quite diverse fields. Primary role is played by the spaces S_p(w), with 0<p<∞ and w a weight function on (0,∞), defined as the set of Lebesgue-measurable functions on R such that f^*(∞)=0 and

     

Sobolev type embeddings in the limiting case

We use interpolation methods to prove a new version of the limiting case of the Sobolev embedding theorem, which includes the result of Hansson and Brezis-Wainger for W _n ^k/k as a special case. We deal with generalized Sobolev spaces W _A ^k , where instead of requiring the functions and their derivatives to be in L_n/k, they are required to be in a rearrangement invariant space A which belongs to a certain class of spaces “close” to L_n/k. We also show that the embeddings given by our theorem are optimal, i.e., the target spaces into which the above Sobolev spaces are shown to embed cannot be replaced by smaller rearrangement invariant spaces. This slightly sharpens and generalizes an, earlier optimality result obtained by Hansson with respect to the Riesz potential operator. In memory of Gene Fabes. Acknowledgements and Notes This research was supported by Technion V.P.R. Fund-M. and C. Papo Research Fund.     

Generalized perfect spaces

Given two Banach function spaces X and Y related to a measure μ, the Y-dual space X^Y of X is defined as the space of the multipliers from X to Y. The space X^Y is a generalization of the classical Köthe dual space of X, which is obtained by taking Y = L^t(μ). Under minimal conditions, we can consider the Y-bidual space X^YY of X (i.e. the Y-dual of X^Y). As in the classical case, the containment X ⊂ X^YY always holds. We give conditions guaranteeing that X coincides with X^YY, in which case X is said to be Y-perfect. We also study when X is isometrically embedded in X^YY. Properties involving p-convexity, p-concavity and the order of X and Y, will have a special relevance.     

Maximal function on Musielak-Orlicz spaces and generalized Lebesgue spaces

We consider the Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator M on Musielak-Orlicz Spaces Lφ(Rd). We give a necessary condition for the continuity of M on Lφ(Rd) which generalizes the concept of Muckenhoupt classes. In the special case of generalized Lebesgue spaces Lp(⋅)(Rd) we show that this condition is also sufficient. Moreover, we show that the condition is “left-open” in the sense that not only M but also Mq is continuous for some q>1, where .     

Higher-order Sobolev embeddings and isoperimetric inequalities

Optimal higher-order Sobolev type embeddings are shown to follow via isoperimetric inequalities. This establishes a higher-order analogue of a well-known link between first-order Sobolev embeddings and isoperimetric inequalities. Sobolev type inequalities of any order, involving arbitrary rearrangement-invariant norms, on open sets in Rⁿ${\mathbb{R}}^n$, possibly endowed with a measure density, are reduced to much simpler one-dimensional inequalities for suitable integral operators depending on the isoperimetric function of the relevant sets. As a consequence, the optimal target space in the relevant Sobolev embeddings can be determined both in standard and in non-standard classes of function spaces and underlying measure spaces. In particular, our results are applied to any-order Sobolev embeddings in regular (John) domains of the Euclidean space, in Maz'ya classes of (possibly irregular) Euclidean domains described in terms of their isoperimetric function, and in families of product probability spaces, of which the Gauss space is a classical instance.     

Criteria of weighted inequalities in Orlicz classes for maximal functions defined on homogeneous type spaces

The necessary and sufficient conditions are derived in order that a strong type weighted inequality be fulfilled in Orlicz classes for scalar and vector-valued maximal functions defined on homogeneous type spaces. A weak type problem with weights is solved for vector-valued maximal functions.     

Extrapolation with weights, rearrangement-invariant function spaces, modular inequalities and applications to singular integrals

We present an extrapolation theory that allows us to obtain, from weighted L^p inequalities on pairs of functions for p fixed and all A_∞ weights, estimates for the same pairs on very general rearrangement invariant quasi-Banach function spaces with A_∞ weights and also modular inequalities with A_∞ weights. Vector-valued inequalities are obtained automatically, without the need of a Banach-valued theory. This provides a method to prove very fine estimates for a variety of operators which include singular and fractional integrals and their commutators. In particular, we obtain weighted, and vector-valued, extensions of the classical theorems of Boyd and Lorentz-Shimogaki. The key is to develop appropriate versions of Rubio de Francia's algorithm.