research

On the pointwise domination of a function by its maximal function

Abstract

We show that under rather general circumstances, the almost everywhere pointwise inequality ∣f∣(x)≤Mf(x)|f|(x) \le Mf (x) is equivalent to a weak form of the Lebesgue density theorem, for totally bounded closed sets. We derive both positive and negative results from this characterization.Comment: 13 pages, incorporates suggestions by a refere

    Similar works