Some remarks on the Hardy-Littlewood maximal function on variable <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript> spaces

We show that any pointwise multiplier for BMO(ℝⁿ) generates a function p from the class (ℝⁿ) of those functions for which the Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator is bounded on the variable L^p space. In particular, this gives a positive answer to Diening's conjecture saying that there are discontinuous functions which nevertheless belong to (ℝⁿ).     

Weighted <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript> Boundedness of Marcinkiewicz Integral

A weighted norm inequality for the Marcinkiewicz integral operator is proved when belongs to . We also give the weighted L^p-boundedness for a class of Marcinkiewicz integral operators with rough kernels and related to the Littlewood-Paley -function and the area integral S, respectively.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis>-bounded Representations of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript>1</Superscript> (<Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>)

We investigate R-bounded representations , where X is a Banach space and G is a lca group. Observing that Ψ induces a (strongly continuous) group homomorphism , we are then able to analyze certain classical homomorphisms U (e.g. translations in L^p (G)) from the viewpoint of R-boundedness and the theory of scalar-type spectral operators. Dedicated to the memory of H. H. Schaefer     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript>-maximal regularity for second order Cauchy problems

We introduce the concept of L^p-maximal regularity for second order Cauchy problems. We prove L^p-maximal regularity for an abstract model problem and we apply the abstract results to prove existence, uniqueness and regularity of solutions for nonlinear wave equations. The author acknowledges with thanks the support provided by the Department ofApplied Analysis, University of Ulm, and the travel grants provided by NBMH India and MSF Delhi, India.     

Time-dependent diffusion operators on <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript>1</Superscript>

We study the Cauchy problem for time-dependent diffusion operators with singular coefficients on L¹-spaces induced by infinitesimal invariant measures. We give sufficient conditions on the coefficients such that the Cauchy-Problem is well-posed. We construct associated diffusion processes with the help of the theory of generalized Dirichlet forms. We apply our results in particular to construct a large class of Nelson-diffusions that could not been constructed before.     

Maximum principle and existence of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript>-viscosity solutions for fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic equations with measurable and quadratic terms

We study L^p-viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear, second-order, uniformly elliptic partial differential equations (PDE) with measurable terms and quadratic nonlinearity. We present a sufficient condition under which the maximum principle holds for L^p-viscosity solution. We also prove stability and existence results for the equations under consideration.     

Weighted L<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript>-inequalities for multi-parameter Riesz type potentials and strong fractional maximal operators

We prove weighted L ^p -inequalities for multi-parameter Riesz type potentials, strong fractional maximal operators and their dyadic counterparts. Our proofs avoid the Good-λ inequalities used earlier in the R ^m -case and are based on our integrated multi-parameter summation by parts lemma, that might be of independent interest.     

The mixed problem in <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript> for some two-dimensional Lipschitz domains

We consider the mixed problem,

On growth,recurrence and the Choquet-Deny Theorem for <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-adic Lie groups

We first study the growth properties of p-adic Lie groups and its connection with p-adic Lie groups of type R and prove that a non-type R p-adic Lie group has compact neighbourhoods of identity having exponential growth. This is applied to prove the growth dichotomy for a large class of p-adic Lie groups which includes p-adic algebraic groups. We next study p-adic Lie groups that admit recurrent random walks and prove the natural growth conjecture connecting growth and the existence of recurrent random walks, precisely we show that a p-adic Lie group admits a recurrent random walk if and only if it has polynomial growth of degree at most two. We prove this conjecture for some other classes of groups also. We also prove the Choquet-Deny Theorem for compactly generated p-adic Lie groups of polynomial growth and also show that polynomial growth is necessary and sufficient for the validity of the Choquet-Deny for all spread-out probabilities on Zariski-connected p-adic algebraic groups. Counter example is also given to show that certain assumptions made in the main results can not be relaxed.     

On the <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript>-conjecture for locally compact groups

Let G be a locally compact group. For 1 < p < ∞, it is well-known that f * g exists and belongs to L^p(G) for all f, g L^p (G) if and only if G is compact. Here, for 2 < p < ∞, we show that f * g exists for all f, g L^p(G) if and only if G is compact. We also show that this result does not remain true for 1 < p ≤ 2. Received: 23 April 2006     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Hyponormal Operators and Quasisimilarity

In this paper it is shown that the normal parts of quasisimilar p-hyponormal operators are unitarily equivalent, a p-hyponormal operator compactly quasisimilar to an isometry is normal, and a p-hyponormal spectral operator is normal.     

The <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis>-series of a cubic fourfold

We study the L-series of cubic fourfolds. Our main result is that, if X/C is a special cubic fourfold associated to some polarized K3 surface S, defined over a number field K and satisfying , then X has a model over K such that the L-series of the primitive cohomology of X/K can be expressed in terms of the L-series of S/K. This allows us to compute the L-series for a discrete dense subset of cubic fourfolds in the moduli spaces of certain special cubic fourfolds. We also discuss a concrete example.     

Maximal <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript>-regularity for the Laplacian on Lipschitz domains

We consider the Laplacian with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions on bounded Lipschitz domains Ω, both with the following two domains of definition: , or , where B is the boundary operator. We prove that, under certain restrictions on the range of p, these operators generate positive analytic contraction semigroups on L ^p (Ω) which implies maximal regularity for the corresponding Cauchy problems. In particular, if Ω is bounded and convex and , the Laplacian with domain D ₂(Δ) has the maximal regularity property, as in the case of smooth domains. In the last part, we construct an example that proves that, in general, the Dirichlet–Laplacian with domain D ₁(Δ) is not even a closed operator. The main results of this paper are taken from the author’s Ph.D. thesis, written at the TU Darmstadt under the supervision of Prof. M. Hieber. The author wishes to thank Prof. Hieber for his guidance, encouragement and support in the last few years. Many thanks also go to Prof. C. E. Kenig for his hospitality and many ruitful discussions on the subject during a 1-year stay at the University of Chicago.     

A cohomological property of <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-groups

Let p be a prime, a finite p-group, any finite group with order divisible by p, and any action of on . We show that the cardinality of the set of all derivations with respect to this action is a multiple of p. This generalises theorems of Frobenius and Hall. Received: 16 June 2003     

Optimal Domains and Integral Representations of Convolution Operators in <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>)

Given , a compact abelian group G and a function , we identify the maximal (i.e. optimal) domain of the convolution operator (as an operator from L^p(G) to itself). This is the largest Banach function space (with order continuous norm) into which L^p(G) is embedded and to which has a continuous extension, still with values in L^p(G). Of course, the optimal domain depends on p and g. Whereas is compact, this is not always so for the extension of to its optimal domain. Several characterizations of precisely when this is the case are presented.     

On rectifiable curves with <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript>-bounds on global curvature: self-avoidance,regularity, and minimizing knots

We discuss the analytic properties of curves γ whose global curvature function ρ _G [γ]⁻¹ is p-integrable. It turns out that the L ^p -norm is an appropriate model for a self-avoidance energy interpolating between “soft” knot energies in form of singular repulsive potentials and “hard” self-obstacles, such as a lower bound on the global radius of curvature introduced by Gonzalez and Maddocks. We show in particular that for all p > 1 finite -energy is necessary and sufficient for W ^2,p -regularity and embeddedness of the curve. Moreover, compactness and lower-semicontinuity theorems lead to the existence of -minimizing curves in given isotopy classes. There are obvious extensions to other variational problems for curves and nonlinearly elastic rods, where one can introduce a bound on to preclude self-intersections.     

Regularity of radial minimizers of reaction equations involving the <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Laplacian

We consider semi-stable, radially symmetric, and decreasing solutions of  − Δ _p u = g(u) in the unit ball of , where p > 1, Δ _p is the p-Laplace operator, and g is a locally Lipschitz function. For this class of radial solutions, which includes local minimizers, we establish pointwise, L ^q , and W ^1,q estimates which are optimal and do not depend on the specific nonlinearity g. Among other results, we prove that every radially decreasing and semi-stable solution u belonging to W ^1,p (B ₁) is bounded whenever n < p + 4p/(p − 1). Under standard assumptions on the nonlinearity g(u) = λf (u), where λ > 0 is a parameter, it is proved that the corresponding extremal solution u ^* is semi-stable, and hence, it enjoys the regularity stated in our main result.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript> estimates for the uniform norm of solutions of quasilinear SPDE's

In this paper we prove L^p estimates (p≥2) for the uniform norm of the paths of solutions of quasilinear stochastic partial differential equations (SPDE) of parabolic type. Our method is based on a version of Moser's iteration scheme developed by Aronson and Serrin in the context of non-linear parabolic PDE.     

On the Theory of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Subscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis></Subscript>)-Banach Lattices

Given 1≤ p,q < ∞, let BL_pL_q be the class of all Banach lattices X such that X is isometrically lattice isomorphic to a band in some L_p(L_q)-Banach lattice. We show that the range of a positive contractive projection on any BL_pL_q-Banach lattice is itself in BL_pL_q. It is a consequence of this theorem and previous results that BL_pL_q is first-order axiomatizable in the language of Banach lattices. By studying the pavings of arbitrary BL_pL_q-Banach lattices by finite dimensional sublattices that are themselves in this class, we give an explicit set of axioms for BL_pL_q. We also consider the class of all sublattices of L_p(L_q)-Banach lattices; for this class (when p/q is not an integer) we give a set of axioms that are similar to Krivine’s well-known axioms for the subspaces of L_p-Banach spaces (when p/2 is not an integer). We also extend this result to the limiting case q = ∞.     

Optimal <Emphasis Type="Italic">W</Emphasis><Superscript>1,<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript> regularity theory for parabolic equations in divergence form

This work treats L^p regularity theory for weak solutions of parabolic equations in divergence form with discontinuous coefficients on nonsmooth domains. We essentially obtain an optimal condition on the coefficients under which the global W^1,p regularity theory holds. This work was supported by SNU foundation in 2005.