Optimal behavior of weighted Hardy operators on rearrangement-invariant spaces

The behavior of certain weighted Hardy-type operators on rearrangement-invariant function spaces is thoroughly studied. Emphasis is put on the optimality of the obtained results. First, the optimal rearrangement-invariant function spaces guaranteeing the boundedness of the operators from/to a given rearrangement-invariant function space are described. Second, the optimal rearrangement-invariant function norms being sometimes complicated, the question of whether and how they can be simplified to more manageable expressions is addressed. Next, the relation between optimal rearrangement-invariant function spaces and interpolation spaces is investigated. Last, iterated weighted Hardy-type operators are also studied.