The Lebesgue Constant for the Periodic Franklin System

We identify the torus with the unit interval $[0,1)$ and let $n,\nu\in\mathbb{N}$, $1\leq \nu\leq n-1$ and $N:=n+\nu$. Then we define the (partially equally spaced) knots t_{j}=\{[c]{ll}% \frac{j}{2n}, & \text{for}j=0,...,2\nu, \frac{j-\nu}{n}, & \text{for}j=2\nu+1,...,N-1.] Furthermore, given $n,\nu$ we let $V_{n,\nu}$ be the space of piecewise linear continuous functions on the torus with knots $\{t_j:0\leq j\leq N-1\}$. Finally, let $P_{n,\nu}$ be the orthogonal projection operator of $L^{2}([0,1))$ onto $V_{n,\nu}.$ The main result is \[\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty,\nu=1}\|P_{n,\nu}:L^\infty\rightarrow L^\infty\|=\sup_{n\in\mathbb{N},0\leq \nu\leq n}\|P_{n,\nu}:L^\infty\rightarrow L^\infty\|=2+\frac{33-18\sqrt{3}}{13}. This shows in particular that the Lebesgue constant of the classical Franklin orthonormal system on the torus is $2+\frac{33-18\sqrt{3}}{13}$.Comment: Mathematica Notebook for creating Table 1 on page 21 is attache

Adaptive deterministic dyadic grids on spaces of homogeneous type

In the context of spaces of homogeneous type, we develop a method to deterministically construct dyadic grids, specifically adapted to a given combinatorial situation. This method is used to estimate vector-valued operators rearranging martingale difference sequences such as the Haar system.Comment: 17 pages, 2 figure

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On the Distribution of Random variables corresponding to Musielak-Orlicz norms

Given a normalized Orlicz function $M$ we provide an easy formula for a distribution such that, if $X$ is a random variable distributed accordingly and $X_1,...,X_n$ are independent copies of $X$, then the expected value of the p-norm of the vector $(x_iX_i)_{i=1}^n$ is of the order $\| x \|_M$ (up to constants dependent on p only). In case $p=2$ we need the function $t\mapsto tM'(t) - M(t)$ to be 2-concave and as an application immediately obtain an embedding of the corresponding Orlicz spaces into $L_1[0,1]$. We also provide a general result replacing the $\ell_p$-norm by an arbitrary $N$-norm. This complements some deep results obtained by Gordon, Litvak, Sch\"utt, and Werner. We also prove a result in the spirit of their work which is of a simpler form and easier to apply. All results are true in the more general setting of Musielak-Orlicz spaces

Unconditionality of orthogonal spline systems in H1H^1

We give a simple geometric characterization of knot sequences for which the corresponding orthonormal spline system of arbitrary order $k$ is an unconditional basis in the atomic Hardy space $H^1[0,1]$.Comment: 30 page