Functional calculi of second-order elliptic partial differential operators with bounded measurable coefficients

Consider a second-order elliptic partial differential operatorL in divergence form with real, symmetric, bounded measurable coefficients, under Dirichlet or Neumann conditions on the boundary of a strongly Lipschitz domain Ω. Suppose that 1 <p < ∞ and μ > 0. ThenL has a bounded H_∞ functional calculus in L^p(Ω), in the sense that ¦¦f (L +cI)u¦¦_p ≤C sup_¦arλ¦<μ ^¦f¦ ¦‖u¦‖_p for some constantsc andC, and all bounded holomorphic functionsf on the sector ¦ argλ¦ < μ that contains the spectrum ofL +cI. We prove this by showing that the operatorsf(L + cI) are Calderón-Zygmund singular integral operators.     

Greedy bases in L p spaces

We consider a weighted L ^p space L ^p (w) with a weight function w. It is known that the Haar system H _p normalized in L ^p is a greedy basis of L ^p , 1 < p < ∞. We study a question of when the Haar system H _p ^w normalized in L ^p (w) is a greedy basis of L ^p (w), 1 < p < ∞. We prove that if w is such that H _p ^w is a Schauder basis of L ^p (w), then H _p ^w is also a greedy basis of L ^p (w), 1 < p < ∞. Moreover, we prove that a subsystem of the Haar system obtained by discarding finitely many elements from it is a Schauder basis in a weighted norm space L ^p (w); then it is a greedy basis.     

Contractive Korovkin approximations

Our results are related to $\text{L}$¹-shadows in L_p-spaces. For p = 1 we will complete the characterization of $\text{L}$¹-shadows and $\text{L}$^1,1-shadows. For 1 < p < ∞ S. J. Bernau has shown that the $\text{L}$¹-shadow of a set in L_p is the range of a contractive projection. We will show that the corresponding theorem is not true for all reflexive spaces, but is true for locally uniformly convex reflexive spaces.     

On Jodeit’s multiplier extension theorems

Let Δ(x) = max {1 - ¦x¦, 0} for all x ∈ ?, and let ξ_[0,1) be the characteristic function of the interval 0 ≤x < 1. Two seminal theorems of M. Jodeit assert that A and ξ_[0,1) act as summability kernels convertingp-multipliers for Fourier series to multipliers forL ^P (?). The summability process corresponding to Δ extendsL ^P (T)-multipliers from ? to ? by linearity over the intervals [n, n + 1],n ∈ ?, when 1 ≤p < ∞, while the summability process corresponding to ξ_[0,1) extends L^P(T)-multipliers by constancy on the intervals [n, n + 1),n ∈ ?, when 1 <p < ∞. We describe how both these results have the following complete generalization: for 1 ≤p < ∞, an arbitrary compactly supported multiplier forL ^P (?) will act as a summability kernel forL ^P (T)-multipliers, transferring maximal estimates from L^P(T) to L^P(?). In particular, specialization of this maximal theorem to Jodeit’s summability kernel ξ_{[0, 1)} provides a quick structural way to recover the fact that the maximal partial sum operator on L^P(?), 1 <p < ∞, inherits strong type (p,p)-boundedness from the Carleson-Hunt Theorem for Fourier series. Another result of Jodeit treats summability kernels lacking compact support, and we show that this aspect of multiplier theory sets up a lively interplay with entire functions of exponential type and sampling methods for band limited distributions.     

On local summability of Riesz potentials in the case Reα>0

The rangeI ^α (L _p ) of the Riesz potential operator, defined in the sense of distributions in the casep≥n/α, is shown to consist of regular distributions. Moreover, it is shown thatI ^α (L _p ) ?L _p ^loc (R ⁿ ) for all 1≤p<∞ and 0<α<∞. The distribution space used is that of Lizorkin, which is invariant with respect to the Riesz operator.     

Approximation from shift-invariant spaces

We give sufficient conditions on a single function ? so that the principal shift-invariant space generated by ? provides a prescribed order of approximation inL _p (R ^d ), 1<p<∞, and inH _p (R ^d ), 0<p≤1. In particular, our conditions are given in terms of $\hat \varphi$ and are satisfied even when ? does not decay quickly at infinity.     

Fonctions lipschitziennes et espaces de Sobolev fractionnaires

We consider a semigroup of Markovian and symmetric operators to which we associate fractional Sobolev spaces D^α_p (0 < α < 1 and 1 < p < ∞) defined as domains of fractional powers (−A_p)^α/2, where A_p is the generator of the semigroup in L^p. We show under rather general assumptions that Lipschitz continuous functions operate by composition on D^α_p if p ≥ 2. This holds in particular in the case of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck semigroup on an abstract Wiener space.     

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,∞.     

Cesàro summability of one- and two-dimensional Walsh-Fourier series

ВВОДьтсьp-кВАжИлОкАл ьНыЕ ОпЕРАтОРы И ОДНО МЕРНыЕ ДИАДИЧЕскИЕ МАРтИНг АльНыЕ пРОстРАНстВА хАРДИH _p . ДОкАжАНО, ЧтО ЕслИ сУБлИНЕИНыИ ОпЕРАтО РT p-кВАжИлОкАлЕН И ОгРА НИЧЕН ИжL _∞ ВL _∞, тО ОН ьВльЕтсь тАкжЕ ОгРАН ИЧЕННыМ ИжH _p ВL _p , (0<p<1). В кАЧЕстВЕ пРИ лОжЕНИь ДОкАжАНО, ЧтО МАксИМАльНыИ ОпЕРАт ОР ОДНОгО ЧЕжАРОВскОгО пАРАМЕтРА И МОДИФИцИ РОВАННых ЧЕжАРОВскИх сРЕДНИх МАРтИНгАлА ьВльЕтсь ОгРАНИЧЕННыМ ИжH _p ВL _p И ИМЕЕт слАБыИ тИп (L ₁,L ₁). Мы ВВОДИМ ДВУМЕРНыИ ДИА ДИЧЕскИИ гИБРИД пРОс тРАНстВ хАРДИH ₁ И пОкАжыВАЕМ, Ч тО МАксИМАльНыИ ОпЕРАт ОР сРЕДНИх ЧЕжАРО ДВУ МЕРНОИ ФУНкцИИ ИМЕЕт слАБыИ тИп (H ₁ ^# ,L ₁). тАк Мы пОлУЧАЕМ, Ч тО ДВУпАРАМЕтРИЧЕск ИЕ сРЕДНИЕ ЧЕжАРО ФУНкц ИИf ?H ₁ ^# ?L logL схОДьтсь пОЧтИ ВсУДУ к ИсхОДНОИ ФУНк цИИ.     

Extension of isometries on the unit sphere of L p spaces

In this paper we study the isometric extension problem and show that every surjective isometry between the unit spheres of Lp (μ) (1 p ∞, p≠2) and a Banach space E can be extended to a linear isometry from Lp(μ) onto E, which means that if the unit sphere of E is (metrically) isometric to the unit sphere of Lp(μ), then E is linearly isometric to Lp(μ). We also prove that every surjective 1-Lipschitz or anti-1-Lipschitz map between the unit spheres of Lp (μ1, H1) and Lp(μ2,H2) must be an isometry and can be extended to a linear isometry from Lp (μ1,H1) to Lp (μ2,H2), where H1 and H2 are Hilbert spaces.     

Convolution on L p -spaces of a locally compact group

We have recently shown that, for 2 < p < ∞, a locally compact group G is compact if and only if the convolution multiplication f * g exists for all f, g ∈ L ^p (G). Here, we study the existence of f * g for all f, g ∈ L ^p (G) in the case where 0 < p ≤ 2. Also, for 0 < p < ∞, we offer some necessary and sufficient conditions for L ^p (G) * L ^p (G) to be contained in certain function spaces on G.     

Multilinear Calderón-Zygmund operators on the product of Lebesgue spaces with non-doubling measures

Under the assumption that μ is a non-doubling measure on Rd, the author proves that for the multilinear Calderón-Zygmund operator, its boundedness from the product of Hardy space H¹(μ)×H¹(μ) into L1/2(μ) implies its boundedness from the product of Lebesgue spaces Lp₁(μ)×Lp₂(μ) into Lp(μ) with 1<p₁,p₂<∞ and p satisfying 1/p=1/p₁+1/p₂.     

Le théorème ergodique pour les opérateurs positifs sur les espaces Lp (1<p<∞) revisitéErgodic theorem for positive operators on Lp-spaces Lp (1<p<∞) revisited

We consider positive linear operators on L_p-spaces (1<p<∞), (A(L_p⁺)?L_p⁺), satisfying the inequality A^m+n<A^m+Aⁿ for all $\text{m,n∈}\text{N}\text{.}$ We describe the structure of these operators (Theorem 1). As a consequence we obtain for all f∈L^p,Aⁿf converges a.e. The last statement contains the theorem of a.e. convergence of Cesaro averages for positive mean bounded operators. To cite this article: A. Brunel, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 334 (2002) 205–207.     

Atomic decomposition and boundedness criterion of operators on multi-parameter hardy spaces of homogeneous type

The main purpose of this paper is to derive a new ( p, q)-atomic decomposition on the multi-parameter Hardy space Hp (X1 × X2 ) for 0 p0 p ≤ 1 for some p0 and all 1 q ∞, where X1 × X2 is the product of two spaces of homogeneous type in the sense of Coifman and Weiss. This decomposition converges in both Lq (X1 × X2 ) (for 1 q ∞) and Hardy space Hp (X1 × X2 ) (for 0 p ≤ 1). As an application, we prove that an operator T1, which is bounded on Lq (X1 × X2 ) for some 1 q ∞, is bounded from Hp (X1 × X2 ) to Lp (X1 × X2 ) if and only if T is bounded uniformly on all (p, q)-product atoms in Lp (X1 × X2 ). The similar boundedness criterion from Hp (X1 × X2 ) to Hp (X1 × X2 ) is also obtained.     

Pointwise estimates for the fundamental solutions of a class of singular parabolic problems

We deal with the Cauchy problem associated to a class of quasilinear singular parabolic equations with L ^∞ coefficients whose prototypes are the p-Laplacian (2N/(N + 1) < p < 2) and the porous medium equation (((N ? 2)/N)₊ < m < 1). We prove existence of and sharp pointwise estimates from above and from below for the fundamental solutions. Our results can be extended to general non-negative L ¹ initial data.     

Uniqueness of norm on L(G) and C(G) when G is a compact group

Let G be a compact group. If the trivial representation of G is not weakly contained in the left regular representation of G on L₀²(G) and X is either L^p(G) for 1<p?∞ or C(G), then we show that every complete norm |·| on X that makes translations from (X,|·|) into itself continuous is equivalent to ||·||_p or ||·||_∞ respectively. If 1<p?∞ and every left invariant linear functional on L^p(G) is a constant multiple of the Haar integral, then we show that every complete norm |·| on L^p(G) that makes translations from (L^p(G),|·|) into itself continuous and that makes the map t?L_t from G into bounded is equivalent to ||·||_p.     

A counterexample to a conjecture of Matsaev

We present an effective algorithm for estimating the norm of an operator mapping a low-dimensional ?^p space to a Banach space with an easily computable norm. We use that algorithm to show that Matsaev’s proposed extension of the inequality of John von Neumann is false in case p=4. Matsaev conjectured that for every contraction T on L^p (1<p<∞) one has for any polynomial P

‖P(T)‖_L^p→L^p?‖P(S)‖_{?^p(Z⁺)→?^p(Z⁺)}     

The boundedness and the fredholm property of integral operators with anisotropically homogeneous kernels of compact type and variable coefficients

In the space L _p (? ⁿ ), 1 < p < ??, we study a new wide class of integral operators with anisotropically homogeneous kernels. We obtain sufficient conditions for the boundedness of operators from this class. We consider the Banach algebra generated by operators with anisotropically homogeneous kernels of compact type and multiplicatively slowly oscillating coefficients. We establish a relationship between this algebra and multidimensional convolution operators, and construct a symbolic calculus for it. We also obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the Fredholm property of operators from this algebra.     

Nonlinear integration on Lp-spaces

For a Banach space E and for 1 ? p < ∞ let ?p<∞ let L_E^p(μ) = L_E^p(S,B,μ) denote all Bochner p-integrable E-valued functions on a measure space (S,B,μ). Under study are convergence theorems for integrals of functions in L_E^p(μ) with respect to Nemytskii measures. Weak integrals are then denoted to Hammerstein operators, and a study of topologies generated by vector measures leads to a characterization of compact Hammerstein operators.