Extrapolation and Factorization

A modestly revised version of lecture notes that were distributed to accompany my four lectures at the 2017 Spring School of Analysis at Paseky, sponsored by Charles University, Prague. They are an introductory survey of Rubio de Francia extrapolation, Jones factorization, and applications

Two weight norm inequalities for fractional integral operators and commutators

In these lecture notes we describe some recent work on two weight norm inequalities for fractional integral operators, also known as Riesz potentials, and for commutators of fractional integrals. These notes are based on three lectures delivered at the 6th International Course of Mathematical Analysis in Andalucia, held in Antequera, Spain, September 8-12, 2014. They are, however, greatly expanded to include both new results and many details that I did not present in my lectures due to time constraints

The Boundedness of fractional maximal operators on variable Lebesgue spaces over spaces of homogeneous type

Given a space of homogeneous type we give sufficient conditions on a variable exponent {p(.)} so that the fractional maximal operator {M_{\eta}} maps {L^{p(.)}(X)} to {L^{q(.)}(X)}, where {1/p(.) - 1/q(.) = {\eta}}. In the endpoint case we also prove the corresponding weak type inequality. As an application we prove norm inequalities for the fractional integral operator {I_{\eta}}. Our proof for the fractional maximal operator uses the theory of dyadic cubes on spaces of homogeneous type, and even in the Euclidean setting it is simpler than existing proofs. For the fractional integral operator we extend a pointwise inequality of Welland to spaces of homogeneous type. Our work generalizes results from the Euclidean case and extends recent work by Adamowicz, et al. on the Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator on spaces of homogeneous type.Comment: 31 page

Kato-Ponce inequalities on weighted and variable Lebesgue spaces

We prove fractional Leibniz rules and related commutator estimates in the settings of weighted and variable Lebesgue spaces. Our main tools are uniform weighted estimates for sequences of square-function-type operators and a bilinear extrapolation theorem. We also give applications of the extrapolation theorem to the boundedness on variable Lebesgue spaces of certain bilinear multiplier operators and singular integrals.Comment: Revised version contains corrections from referees report and new section Kato-Ponce inequalities in Lorentz and Morrey space

Weighted norm inequalities for the bilinear maximal operator on variable Lebesgue spaces

We extend the theory of weighted norm inequalities on variable Lebesgue spaces to the case of bilinear operators. We introduce a bilinear version of the variable \A_\pp condition, and show that it is necessary and sufficient for the bilinear maximal operator to satisfy a weighted norm inequality. Our work generalizes the linear results of the first author, Fiorenza and Neugebauer \cite{dcu-f-nPreprint2010} in the variable Lebesgue spaces and the bilinear results of Lerner {\em et al.} \cite{MR2483720} in the classical Lebesgue spaces. As an application we prove weighted norm inequalities for bilinear singular integral operators in the variable Lebesgue spaces.Comment: Revised based on anonymous referee's reports. A number of typos and small errors corrected. One conjecture added to introductio

Regularity results for weak solutions of elliptic PDEs below the natural exponent

We prove regularity estimates for weak solutions to the Dirichlet problem for a divergence form elliptic operator. We give $L^p$ estimates for the second derivative for $p<2$. Our work generalizes results due to Miranda [28].Comment: Several results corrected and revised. We would like to thank Doyoon Kim for pointing out an error in the previous versio

Regularity of solutions to degenerate pp-Laplacian equations

We prove regularity results for solutions of the equation $$div(< AXu,X u>^{(p-2)/2} AX u) = 0,$$ $1<p<\infty$, where $X=(X_1,...,X_m)$ is a family of vector fields satisfying H\"ormander's ellipticity condition, $A$ is an $m\times m$ symmetric matrix that satisfies degenerate ellipticity conditions. If the degeneracy is of the form $$\lambda w(x)^{2/p}|\xi|^2\leq < A(x)\xi,\xi>\leq \Lambda w(x)^{2/p}|\xi|^2,$$ $w \in A_p$, then we show that solutions are locally H\"older continuous. If the degeneracy is of the form $$k(x)^{-2/p'}|\xi|^2\leq \leq k(x)^{2/p}|\xi|^2,$$ $k\in A_{p'}\cap RH_\tau$,where $\tau$ depends on the homogeneous dimension, then the solutions are continuous almost everywhere, and we give examples to show that this is the best result possible. We give an application to maps of finite distortion.Comment: v3 several revisions. Final version. To appear in JMA

Poincare Inequalities and Neumann Problems for the p-Laplacian

We prove an equivalence between weighted Poincare inequalities and the existence of weak solutions to a Neumann problem related to a degenerate p- Laplacian. The Poincare inequalities are formulated in the context of degenerate Sobolev spaces defined in terms of a quadratic form, and the associated matrix is the source of the degeneracy in the p-Laplacian

On the Kato problem and extensions for degenerate elliptic operators

We study the Kato problem for degenerate divergence form operators. This was begun by Cruz-Uribe and Rios who proved that given an operator $L_w=-w^{-1}{\rm div}(A\nabla)$, where $w\in A_2$ and $A$ is a $w$-degenerate elliptic measure (i.e, $A=w\,B$ with $B$ an $n\times n$ bounded, complex-valued, uniformly elliptic matrix), then $L_w$ satisfies the weighted estimate $\|\sqrt{L_w}f\|_{L^2(w)}\approx\|\nabla f\|_{L^2(w)}$. Here we solve the $L^2$-Kato problem: under some additional conditions on the weight $w$, the following unweighted $L^2$-Kato estimates hold $$\|L_w^{1/2}f\|_{L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)}\approx\|\nabla f\|_{L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)}.$$ This extends the celebrated solution to the Kato conjecture by Auscher, Hofmann, Lacey, McIntosh, and Tchamitchian, allowing the differential operator to have some degeneracy in its ellipticity. For example, we consider the family of operators $L_\gamma=-|x|^{\gamma}{\rm div}(|x|^{-\gamma}B(x)\nabla)$, where $B$ is any bounded, complex-valued, uniformly elliptic matrix. We prove that there exists $\epsilon>0$, depending only on dimension and the ellipticity constants, such that $$\|L_\gamma^{1/2}f\|_{L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)}\approx\|\nabla f\|_{L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)}, \qquad -\epsilon<\gamma<\frac{2\,n}{n+2}.$$ This gives a range of $\gamma$'s for which the classical Kato square root $\gamma=0$ is an interior point. Our main results are obtained as a consequence of a rich Calder\'on-Zygmund theory developed for some operators associated with $L_w$. These results, which are of independent interest, establish estimates on $L^p(w)$, and also on $L^p(v\,dw)$ with $v\in A_\infty(w)$, for the associated semigroup, its gradient, the functional calculus, the Riesz transform, and square functions. As an application, we solve some unweighted $L^2$-Dirichlet, Regularity and Neumann boundary value problems for degenerate elliptic operators

Logarithmic bump conditions for Calder\'on-Zygmund Operators on spaces of homogeneous type

We establish two-weight norm inequalities for singular integral operators defined on spaces of homogeneous type. We do so first when the weights satisfy a double bump condition and then when the weights satisfy separated logarithmic bump conditions. Our results generalize recent work on the Euclidean case, but our proofs are simpler even in this setting. The other interesting feature of our approach is that we are able to prove the separated bump results (which always imply the corresponding double bump results) as a consequence of the double bump theorem