Extremal functions as divisors for kernels of Toeplitz operators

In this paper, an extremal function of a Banach space of analytic functions in the unit disk (not all functions vanishing at 0) is a function solving the extremal problem for functions f of norm 1. We study extremal functions of kernels of Toeplitz operators on Hardy spaces H^p, 1<p<∞. Such kernels are special cases of so-called nearly invariant subspaces with respect to the backward shift, for which Hitt proved that when p=2, extremal functions act as isometric divisors. We show that the extremal function is still a contractive divisor when p<2 and an expansive divisor when p>2 (modulo p-dependent multiplicative constants). We give examples showing that the extremal function may fail to be a contractive divisor when p>2 and also fail to be an expansive divisor when p<2. We discuss to what extent these results characterize the Toeplitz operators via invariant subspaces for the backward shift.     

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

     

Hörmander multipliers on two-dimensional dyadic Hardy spaces

In this paper we are interested in conditions on the coefficients of a two-dimensional Walsh multiplier operator that imply the operator is bounded on certain of the Hardy type spaces Hp, 0<p<∞. We consider the classical coefficient conditions, the Marcinkiewicz-Hörmander-Mihlin conditions. They are known to be sufficient for the trigonometric system in the one and two-dimensional cases for the spaces Lp, 1<p<∞. This can be found in the original papers of Marcinkiewicz [J. Marcinkiewicz, Sur les multiplicateurs des series de Fourier, Studia Math. 8 (1939) 78-91], Hörmander [L. Hörmander, Estimates for translation invariant operators in Lp spaces, Acta Math. 104 (1960) 93-140], and Mihlin [S.G. Mihlin, On the multipliers of Fourier integrals, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 109 (1956) 701-703; S.G. Mihlin, Multidimensional Singular Integrals and Integral Equations, Pergamon Press, 1965]. In this paper we extend these results to the two-dimensional dyadic Hardy spaces.     

BMO spaces associated with semigroups of operators

We study BMO spaces associated with semigroup of operators on noncommutative function spaces (i.e. von Neumann algebras) and apply the results to boundedness of Fourier multipliers on non-abelian discrete groups. We prove an interpolation theorem for BMO spaces and prove the boundedness of a class of Fourier multipliers on noncommutative L _p spaces for all 1 < p < ∞, with optimal constants in p.     

Wavelet characterization of weighted spaces

We give a characterization of weighted Hardy spaces H ^p (w), valid for a rather large collection of wavelets, 0 <p ≤ 1,and weights w in the Muckenhoupt class A _∞ We improve the previously known results and adopt a systematic point of view based upon the theory of vector-valued Calderón-Zygmund operators. Some consequences of this characterization are also given, like the criterion for a wavelet to give an unconditional basis and a criterion for membership into the space from the size of the wavelet coefficients.     

Bounded and compact multipliers between Bergman and Hardy spaces

This paper studies the boundedness and compactness of the coefficient multiplier operators between various Bergman spacesA ^p and Hardy spacesH ^q . Some new characterizations of the multipliers between the spaces with exponents 1 or 2 are derived which, in particular, imply a Bergman space analogue of the Paley-Rudin Theorem on sparse sequences. Hardy and Bergman spaces are shown to be linked using mixed-norm spaces, and this linkage is used to improve a known result on (A ^p ,A ²), 1<p<2.Compact (H ¹,H ²) and (A ¹,A ²) multipliers are characterized. The essential norms and spectra of some multiplier operators are computed. It is shown that forp>1 there exist bounded non-compact multiplier operators fromA ^p toA ^q if and only ifpq.     

Some weighted estimates for Littlewood-Paley functions and radial multipliers

We prove some weighted estimates for certain Littlewood-Paley operators on the weighted Hardy spaces H_w^p (0<p?1) and on the weighted L^p spaces. We also prove some weighted estimates for the Bochner-Riesz operators and the spherical means.     

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.     

A Characterization of Schur Multipliers Between Character-Automorphic Hardy Spaces

We give a new characterization of character-automorphic Hardy spaces of order 2 and of their contractive multipliers in terms of de Branges Rovnyak spaces. Keys tools in our arguments are analytic extension and a factorization result for matrix-valued analytic functions due to Leech.      

Vector-valued multiparameter singular integrals and pseudodifferential operators

We consider multiparameter singular integrals and pseudodifferential operators acting on mixed-norm Bochner spaces Lp₁,…,pN(Rn₁×?×RnN;X) where X is a UMD Banach space satisfying Pisier's property (α). These geometric conditions are shown to be necessary. We obtain a vector-valued version of a result by R. Fefferman and Stein, also providing a new, inductive proof of the original scalar-valued theorem. Then we extend a result of Bourgain on singular integrals in UMD spaces with an unconditional basis to a multiparameter situation. Finally we carry over a result of Yamazaki on pseudodifferential operators to the Bochner space setting, improving the known vector-valued results even in the one-parameter case.     

Ranges of positive contractive projections in Nakano spaces

We show that in any nontrivial Nakano space X=L_p(·) (Ω, Σ, μ) with essentially bounded random exponent function p(·), the range Y = R(P) of a positive contractive projection P is itself representable as a Nakano space L_pY(·) (Ω_Y Σ_Y, ν_Y), for a certain measurable set Y_Ω⊆Ω (the support of the range), a certain sub-sigma ring Y_Σ⊆Σ (with maximal element Ω_Y) naturally determined by the lattice structure of Y, and a semi-finite measure ν_Y, namely the restriction of some measure Ω on E which is equivalent to μ. Furthermore, we show that the random exponent p_Y(·) associated with such a range can be taken to be the restriction to Ω_Y of the random exponent p(·) (this restriction turns out to be Σ_Y-measurable). As an application of this result, we find Banach lattice isometric characterizations of suitable classes of Nakano spaces. These classes are defined in terms of an important lattice-isometric invariant of Nakano spaces, the essential range of the variable exponent.     

Carleson Measures for Spaces of Dirichlet Type

If 0 < p < ∞ and α > − 1, the space consists of those functions f which are analytic in the unit disc and have the property that f ′ belongs to the weighted Bergman space A_α^p. In 1999, Z. Wu obtained a characterization of the Carleson measures for the spaces for certain values of p and α. In particular, he proved that, for 0 < p ≤ 2, the Carleson measures for the space are precisely the classical Carleson measures. Wu also conjectured that this result remains true for 2 < p < ∞. In this paper we prove that this conjecture is false. Indeed, we prove that if 2 < p < ∞, then there exists g analytic in such that the measure μ_g,p on defined by dμ_g,p (z) = (1 − |z|²)^{p - 1}| g ′ (z)|^p dx dy is not a Carleson measure for but is a classical Carleson measure. We obtain also some sufficient conditions for multipliers of the spaces      

Maximally singular functions in Besov spaces

Assuming that 0 < α p < N, p, q ∈(1,∞), we construct a class of functions in the Besov space such that the Hausdorff dimension of their singular set is equal to N − α p. We show that these functions are maximally singular, that is, the Hausdorff dimension of the singular set of any other Besov function in is ≦ N − α p. Similar results are obtained for Lizorkin-Triebel spaces and for the Hardy space . Some open problems are listed. Received: 5 July 2005; revised: 18 October 2005     

Criteria for embedding of spaces constructed by the method of means with arbitrary quasi-concave functional parameters

We consider a generalization ?(X₀,X₁)_p0,p1 of the method of means to arbitrary non-degenerate functional parameter. In this case non-trivial embedding ?(X₀,X₁)_p0,p1⊂ψ(X₀,X₁)_q0,q1 take place. We find necessary and sufficient condition for such embedding if 1?q₀?p₀?∞ and 1?q₁?p₁?∞ or 1?p₀?q₀?∞ and 1?p₁?q₁?∞.