Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society Number 318
A. Baernstei n II and E. T. Sawyer Embedding and multiplier theorems for HP(Rn)
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AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY Providence, Rhode Island, USA
January 1985 · Volume 53 · Number 318 (end of volume)
CONTENTS Introduction
1
1.
Embedding theorems.
4
2.
Fourier embedding.
11
3.
Multipliers.
18
4.
Proof of Theorem 1.
26
5.
Best possible nature of Theorems lb and lc.
36
6,
Proof of Theorem 3.
43
7.
Best possible nature of Theorems 3.
58
8.
Lower majorant theorem
70
9,
On a theorem of Pigno and Smith
74
Extension of a theorem of Oberlin
78
10.
References
81
iii
ABSTRACT The spaces
Hp (Rn) ,
0
consist of tempered distributions
f
for which the maximal function
V E C~ with
Jv = 1
•
sup lf*Vt(x)l belongs to Lp(Rn). Here t>O We prove two main theorems. The first gives sharp
conditions on the "size" of
f
which imply that
f
belongs to
Hp
The
conditions are phrased in terms of certain spaces K introduced by Herz. our theorem may be regarded as the limiting endpoint version of a theorem by Taibleson and Weiss involving "molecules".
We then use this embedding
theorem to prove a sharp Fourier embedding theorem of Bernstein-TaiblesonHerz type. Our other main theorem gives sharp sufficient conditions on for
m to be a Fourier multiplier of
Hp •
m E L~(Rn),
This theorem also involves the
K spaces and may be regarded as the limiting endpoint version of a multiplier theorem of Calderon and Torchinsky. We also prove three results about Fourier transforms of tions.
HP
The first establishes the "lower majorant property" for
second is an
HP(Rn)
distribuHp
and the
version of a recent theorem of Pigno and Smith about
The third result generalizes a theorem of Oberlin about growth of
1980 Mathematics Subject Classification Primary:
42B30, 42Bl5.
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Baernstein, Albert, 1941Embedding and multiplier theorems for HP(Rn) (Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, ISSN 0065-9266; 318 (Jan. 1985)) Bibliography: p. 1. Hardy spaces. 2. Embeddings (Mathematics) 3. Multipliers (Mathematical analysis) I. Sawyer, Eric T., 1951. II. Title. Ill. Series: Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society; no. 318. QA3.A57 no. 318 [QA331) 510s[515'.2433) 84-24294 ISBN 0-8218-2318-3
INTRODUCTION
The space f E
s'
HP(Rn), n~l, O
consists of tempered Gistributions
for which the maximal function
f*(x)
max j(f*t t) (x) I t>O
t
,
is any function in
00
c0
with
We define
Many characterizations of it is proved there that If
f
Hp
HP(Rn)
are given in [FS] •
is independent of the choice of
is a function on Rn
t •
which defines a tempered distribution one
can ask what sorts of restrictions on the "size" of f E Hp •
In particular,
f
will imply that
Taibleson and Weiss [TW) have found one such set of conditions.
They call their functions ''molecules".
In §1 we present an embedding theorem
of this sort which includes the Taibleson-Weiss results and is "sharp" in several respects. J: X -+ HP , Hp
where
This enables us in §2 to prove sharp theorems of the form J
denotes Fourier transformation.
These results are
analogues of theorems of S. Bernstein, Taibleson and Herz for
Lp •
Received by the editors February 1, 1984. The first author was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation and the second author by a grant from the National Science and Engineering Research Council of canada.
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BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
2
In §3 we formulate a Fourier multiplier theorem for
Hp
which sharpens
up to their natural limits results of Calder6n-Torchinsky [CT] and Taibleson-Weiss. its sharpness.
In §4 we prove the embedding theorem and in §5 demonstrate
§6 contains the proof of the multiplier theorem and §7 shows
its sharpness. Finally, in §8-10 we prove three theorems about Fourier transforms of HP
distributions which follow easily from the "atomic decomposition".
first asserts that
HP
question of Weiss.
The second contains an
The
has the "lower majorant property" and answers a Hp
analogue of a recent theorem
of Pigno and Smith, while the last extends a theorem of D.M. Oberlin. In some respects this paper may be regarded as a successor to [TW], and we are grateful to Professors Taibleson and Weiss for their friendly interest and encouragement.
We also thank John Fournier for suggesting that we look
in the direction of homogeneous Besov spaces in order to find sharp results. In [TW] the
HP
Lipschitz spaces.
distributions are defined as certain linear functionals on Latter's theorem about the atomic decomposition [L], see
[Wi] for another proof and §6 of this paper for a description of the result, shows that the TW spaces the
HP
spaces as defined by us.
where
1 N = [ n(- - 1)] ,
p
coincide with
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPL!Ea THEOREMS FOR HP(R 0 )
3
STANDING NOTATION (0.1)
N denotes the largest integer less than or equal to
(0.2)
~ denotes the shell
(0.3)
Hp = Hp(Rn)
(0.4)
Jf
(0.5)
lx E R0
:
2k
~ jxj ~
2k+ 1 } ,
1 p
n(- - 1) k E
z.
=J
f(x)dx , and dx denotes Lebesgue measure on Rn • Rn C denotes a constant depending possibly on n and p which can change from line to line.
(0.6)
For
(0.7)
We use the usual multi-index notation. each
x ERn,
~j
xi
denote the coordinates of
x .
For
~
=
(~ 1 ,
••. ,
~n)
with
a non-negative integer, ~n X
(0.8)
For
f E CN ,
basepoint
x
PNf
=0
•
n
denotes the N'th Taylor polynomial of
f
with
1.
If
f E Hp
I f(S) I
then
EMBEDDING THEOREMS
1
~ c Isl n(p- l)
[ TW, p. 105], so we expect that
will satisfy the vanishing moment condition
Jf(x)x 13 dx
( 1. 1)
0 ,
whenever the integrals make sense. 1
less than or equal to
f
N is the greatest integer
and integrals without limits are over all
n(- - 1) p
Suppose that
Recall that
does satisfy the necessary cancellation ( 1. 1) •
What kind of size condition on
f
will guarantee that
f E HP ?
One such condition has been found by Taibleson and Weiss [TW, Theorem 2. 9] , that
who followed up on earlier work by Coifman and Weiss [ CW] • 0 < p ~ 1 ~ q ~""
define a f E Lq(Rn)
where
(p,q,N,e)
q>1
and that
when
p = 1 •
Suppose
Taibleson and Weiss
molecule centered at the origin to be a function
which satisfies (1.1) and also
a and e are related by 1 p
and it is assumed that of TW asserts that
1
e > n(- - 1) •
(p,q,N,e)
p
+
n(- -
1)
Thus
a > .n(-p - -) q
molecules belong to
e
1
1
Theorem (2. 9)
Hp •
We are going to prove a stronger embedding theorem which can be regarded as a critical endpointcase of the Taibleson-Weiss theorem.
To
formulate this theorem, and some others in this paper, we must introduce 4
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn) certain function spaces considered by Herz (H] •
Definition
and
K
5
K which, as far as we know, were first
Suppose that
consists of all functions
(a)
for which the norm or quasi-norm
<J
I }:;
(1. 2)
k:
-CD
lfla>b/a 2kab}l/b
~
is finite.
·a: b
a
(b)
n Ka '
L
with norm or quasi-norm
II fll Ka:, b
( 1. 3)
a
The usual modifications are made when
a
= • or b = ..,
The
.
K
spaces appear in (H] , where they are denoted
Flett [F]
gave a characterization of the Herz spaces which is easily seen to be equivalent to (1.2) •
They have been previously applied in Hp
theory by
Johnson (JO 2] • Elementary considerations show that the following inclusion relations are valid. (1.4)
b c t3
( 1. 5)
b ~ c
( 1. 6)
< a2 al-
~
Ka:, b
a2
Kl3,c
a
'
c Ky,b , al
where
Relations (1.5) and (1.6) are valid for the not.
K spaces, but (1.4) is
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
6
The main case of interest to us occurs when b
=p
.
a
=1
,
a
= n(-p1
- 1) ,
Note that
<J
~
k=
from which, for
p~ 1 ,
lfl)p 2kn(l-p)'
~
-ao
follows
( 1. 7)
and 1
n(- - 1)
(1.8)
Jlf(x)l lxl
dx ~ C
p
1
When
p
• n(< 1 functions in K1 p
- 1), p
llfll
1 • n(Kl p
- 1), p
need not be locally integrable
near the origin, and thus may not define distributions in 1
However, i f for
way.
•n(--
f E K1 P
l),p
q> E
s ,
and
s'
in the usual
1 N = [n(p- 1)]
we
define ( 1. 9)
(q>,f)
= j(q>- P~)f
,
when
1
N < n(- 1) , p 1
( 1. 10)
where
n(- p
P~
denotes the N'th Taylor polynomial of
(1.8) shows that hence for
f
s'
x = 0 ,
defines a continuous linear functional on
0 < p < 1 we may regard
embedded in
q> at
1) ;::; 1
then
S' ,
and
1
K~(p - l)' P as being continuously
via the definitions (1.9) and (1.10) • 1
Note that if
f E K~(p- l),pc L1
moment condition (1.1) ,
and
f
satisfies the vanishing
then
q> E
s ,
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn) so the distribution defined by
f
7
in the usual way coincides with the one
defined by (1.9) and (1.10) The Taibleson-Weiss for some
molecules are just the functions in
(p,q,N,e)
1
1
p
q
0:> n(- - -)
which satisfy ( l. 1) •
these molecules belongs to a space
By ( 1. 6) ,
each of
1
for some
O:>n(-- 1). p
Our sharp version of the Taibleson-Weiss theorem requires statement in 1 p
three separate cases, according as p
=
1•
N
N
= n(-p1
-
1) ~ 1 ,
or
The theorems are proved in §4 •
THEOREM la.
1
1
•n(-- l),p c HP Then K 1 P
Suppose .!.:!!.!!, N < n(- - 1) • p
llfiiHp
~
C
1\f\\. n(!Kl
P
1), p
1
The theorem applies in particular to functions in Kn(p- l),p satisfy (1.1).
K~(p - l),p::::>K~'q when O:>n(;-1),
By (1.4) we have
so this theorem generalizes
for
that by stating the theorem for
which
1
1
. K
0
"f n(!p - 1) . Note also
N
we have dispensed with the global
integrability hypothesis. Theorem la is sharp in the sense that no larger embedded in
HP
f 0 E L~ ,
Choose
and, denoting surface area by
J
(1.11)
for every
lt3l
~ N
and
f0
t
such that
0 ,
da ,
lxl = r
f 0 (x)xt3 dcr(x)
r E (O,m) •
Define
f(x)
lxl
< 1
K or
f
0
by
K space is supp f 0 c
Au
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
8
1
satisfies (1.1) and belongs to
f
Then
and
ae [1,•]
q>p •
Also
f
E L1
f.
f
but
1
n(p - -;-),q Ka
for every
Lp •
f
Hence
Here is another way in which Theorem la is sharp. lim e (k) k-tco
be a given non-increasing sequence with an
f E L1
satisfying ( 1. 1) ,
(I)
E
<J
f
which
f.
Hp •
<
in
lxl
jfi)P 2kn(l- p)
To obtain such an
E e (k) kES
0
<
e(k) ,
k2:,1 ,
Then there is
0
1 '
e(k)
Let
Hp •
with
<• '
~
1
but
f
II.
f ,
S c Z+
select a subsequence
for
co • The desired function is given by
f(x)
X
=0
~
E ~
k Es
~
otherwise •
There exists also a compactly supported example of this type.
k E
0 ,
-s
Define
~
otherwise.
Then -1
t -ao
cp E
Take
( 1. 9) •
c;
<J
jfj)P 2nk(l- p) e(-k)
with compact support and
From ( 1. 11) it follows that
Jcp = 1 ,
lim (cpt*f)(x) 0
and define f (x) ,
x
cpt*f
f-
0
t ....
Since
f
f.
LP ,
it follows that
In § 5 we construct examples
sup jcpt*fl t>O f1
f.
Lp ,
and hence
which show that when
N
1
Kn(p- l),q 1
is not contained in
HP
no matter how small
state a replacement for Theorem la we introduce subspaces 1 1 Y(p) c Kn(p- l),p Assume that N = n(- - 1) p
q
f 1- Hp
= n(-p1 is •
-
1)
To
via
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn)
Definition
f E Y(p)
9
if
( 1.12)
and
Jf(x)x~
( l. 13)
dx = 0 ,
1~1 = N
for every
•
The integrals in (1.13) are absolutely convergent, by (1.8). f E Y(p)
the embeddings (1.9) and (1.10) of
THEOREM lb.
Suppose that
N = n(! - 1) p
.!!!!!
The theorem applies in particular when (1.1).
theorem generalizes and
f2
K~'qc
It's easy to show that 1W
for
0
in §5 show that the weights
,
f
Y(p)
s'
in
agree.
p<1 •
Then
Y(p) c Hp
f E Y(p)
n L1
and
when
f
CX>n(;- 1),
1
N = n(p - 1) •
1+ jkj
For
.!!!!!_
satisfies so this
The examples
f1
in (1.12) cannot be replaced by
essentially smaller ones. Theorem lb becomes false when
*
consider a smaller space
Definition
*
f E Y
if
Y
p
=1
•
•
f E L' ,
Jf
=0
,
(1.14)
THEOREM lc.
y
*c
H
1
.!!!!!
In place of
II fll H1 $
c
II fll y*
and
Y(l)
we have to
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
10
This is the circle.
H1 (Rn)
version of Zygmund 's
theorem on the
We are surprised that no one seems to have discovered it before.
It includes the Taibleson-Weiss theorem for q>l
L log L
and
1 <X> n(l - -) • q
The examples
p
=1
in § 5
,
since
a
K' q
show that
*
q c Y
log+
for
lxl
cannot be replaced by any essentially smaller weight, and the examples show that
L log L
f3
cannot be replaced by any essentially weaker integrability
condition. Theorems la,b are about functions with possible non-integrable singularity at the origin. hold if the rings
~
By translation invariance, the conclusions still
are replaced by rings
I
2k ::; x- x0
I ::; 2k+ 1
•
would be interesting to find embedding theorems in which the one point singular set
!x0 !
is replaced by a substantially larger one.
It
2.
FOURIER EMBEDDING
In this section we use the embedding theorems of §1 to prove sharp
s.
analogues of Lip a
Bernstein's
Hp
theorem which asserts that functions of class
on the circle have absolutely convergent Fourier series provided
1
a>z The Lipschitz or Besov spaces be the set of all
F E La(Rn)
B~'b are defined in Stein's book (S] to
for which the norm or quasi-norm
\IF\1 a b
(2. 1)
Ba '
is finite.
Here
than a ,
and
l_sa_sao , u(x, t)
a2:0 ,
s
denotes an integer larger
is the Poisson extension of
Obvious modifications are made when of the
O
a
= ao
or
b
f
= ao
to
Rnx [O,ao) •
A brief account
B spaces appear in [S, Chapter 5] where they are denoted
a b Aa' •
More thorough treatments have been given by Taibleson [T] who denotes them A(a;a,b),
and by Peetre [P].
Stein and Taibleson consider only
but the results of interest to us are still valid for Let
~
O
denote the Fourier transformation.
TAIBLESON 1 S THEOREM ( T, III] • LP,
b2:1,
~
maps
1 1 Bn(-p - ~),p ,e. 2
continuously
~
O
as we 11 when
0 < p~2 •
lbe case
l~p~2
,
but his argument works just
p = 1 may be regarded as an n-dimensional
non-periodic analogue of Bernstein's theorem.
Lp
theorems of this type in
the periodic case had been proved earlier by Szasz [Sz] and Minakshisundaram and Szasz [MS] • 11
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BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
Recall the spaces
A more precise version of
introduced in § 1 •
Taibleson's theorem is
(2.2)
To see that (2.2) implies Taibleson's theorem one uses the inclusion 1
1 2
n(-- -),p
K2 p
c Lp
of the K-spaces.
0 < p :=; 2 ,
which is easily proved from the definition
For the reader's convenience we will indicate at the end
of this section how (2. 2) follows from the definition (2. 1) • The ''homogeneous" version of (2.2), due to Herz [H) •
This. result furnishes the motivation for Peetre 1 s defini-
tion of the Besov spaces in [P). Returning to the non-homogeneous case, by (1.6) we have 1
1
n(-- z),p K2 P
(2.3)
1
n(p- l),p c K1
O
From (1.8) if follows that
1
1
n(p- z),p
Hence (2.2) and (2.3) imply that 1 N = [n(P - 1)] ,
B2
N
c c
,
where
and it makes sense to define 1
1
\ F E B2 P
2
n(-- -),p
(2.4)
THEOREM 2a.
.li
1 n(p - 1)
continuously ~ Hp •
f.
z,
: (Dt3F)(O)
O
0 '
0
s
It3l ::; Nl •
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn) PROOF.
This follows at once from (2.2), (2.3),
13
and Theorem la.
The examples following the statement of Theorem la show that 1
1 X n(-p - -2)' p
cannot be replaced by any larger
2
1
xn(p -
1 z),q
with
2 1
n(p - 1) E small
q
q> p , 1
xn(p-
z
and the examples
1 z),q
2
X space, for instance f1
in §5 show that when
does not transform into
Hp ,
no
matter how
is.
Suppose next that
1
0:> n(p- -
1 z) '
Then (1.6) and (1.4) show that 1
n
- l},p Ko:,q c Ko:- 2• q c Kn(-p 1 2 1
(2. 5}
and we may define
THEOREM 2b.
0
If
B~'q
as in (2.4} with
0 < q ~"'
~
O:>
in place of
n(~
-
t>
then :J
maps
X~'q
continuously 1E!2 Hp •
PROOF. If
When
1
z
n(P- 1) l
this follows from (2.2), (2.5) and Theorem 2a.
n(~ - 1) E z then K~'q c Y(p} for
p
<1
'
Ko:' q c y* 2
for
p=1 ,
so the result follows from (2.2) and Theorems lb,c. A particularly interesting case of Theorem 2b is obtained when q = 2 • From (2.2) it follows that
Moreover, if JIF
0:>
1
n(p -
z)l
and
0: 2
F E B2'
then the condition
<"" implies F E x~• 2 , Consequently, we obtain the
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BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
following simple sufficient condition for
COROLLARY 1 •
F E Hp
Then
1
Suppose that
1
to belong to
O
CX>n(jj-2),
llFII
and
F
Hp •
and that
p ~ C ta(F) • H
It is also possible to prove an homogeneous Besov spaces analogue of (2.2) for to the
Ba, a b ,
B and
HP
Fourier embedding theorem for the
a
denoted
K •
Aa, b by Herz, who proved the
Johnson [JO 1] gave an alternate approach
B spaces and Flett [F] gave another proof of Herz's theorem.
Janson [Ja] has recently written an interesting paper on this subject. Suppose that
0 < p< 1
and
eZ
n(p1 - 1)
1
•
1
B'n(-P--2),p 2
The elements of
are equivalence classes of tempered distributions modulo polynomials of degree
~
N •
[H, p. 289] •
By [H, p. 313] we have
and the representing distributions in this last space are in fact functions whose derivatives of order order
1 n(p- - 1) - N •
a unique representative
N satisfy a Lipschitz condition of 1
1
So, each equivalence class in
G E eN
CN
which satisfies
•n(--
B2 P
2),p
contains
(D~G)(O) = 0 ,
It follows from Taylor's integral formula that
(2.6)
1
THEOREM 2c.
ll
1 1 Bn(p - 2), p
contains .! unique function
2
0 < p < 1, ,!.!!!!
n(p - 1)
~
G
z
then each equivalence sl!!!!,
.!2!: .!h!.£h G E Hp
•
Moreover
i!l
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(R 0 )
nan HP s c ncn "n(-1 1 -) B
P
2
PROOF.
Consider the function
G
p
2 '
satisfying (2.6).
Bernstein-type theorem [H, Theorem 1], 1 1 tence of g E Kn(p- ~),p for which
15
Then G E
or [F, p. 547],
s' .
Herz's
asserts the exis-
2
(2. 7)
for every
gl E s I
~
E S which vanishes in a neighborhood of the origin.
by
(2.8)
(gl' cp)
g 1 E Hp • S1
=
Jg(cp- PtfP) '
1 1 1 •n(-- !) p "n(-- l),p K2 P ' c K1 P
Since
of
cp E
by (1.6),
s .
Theorem la shows that
G= g 1 ,
Theorem 2c will follow once we show that
(g 1 , cp)
= (G,
E S which vanishes in a neighborhood of the origin.
support at the origin, and Since
[ TW, does
as elements
•
From (2.7) and (2.8) it follows that cp
Define
g 1 E Hp ,
p. 105] • P •
is a polynomial
for every
Hence
..,
g 1 - G has
p
we have
By (2. 6) ,
Since
cp)
1 n(p - 1)
G also satisfies this bound, and hence so
f.
Z ,
we
must have
p =0 '
and hence
g1
=G ,
as required, The reader will note that Theorem 2c generalizes Theorem 2a, since it 1
implies that i f F
is any function in
has distributional Fourier transform in
1
B~(p- z),p Hp ,
where
then PI!
G
=F
- PI!
is the N'th
16
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
Taylor polynomial of
F
at
x
=0
•
We have been unable to find a substitute result for Theorem 2c when 1
n(p - 1)
is an integer.
PROOF OF (2.2).
Suppose that
F E B~,q •
Write
f =F •
By the definition
(2.1) and Parseval's formula, (2.2) is equivalent to proving that the expression
(2.9)
llfll2
+It'
tsq-aq-1 dt(J n1x12s lf<x>l2 e-tjxj dx)q/211/q
0
is equivalent to
R
11 fll
a
K ,q 2
.
According to [F, Theorem 1], for h: (O,m) .. [O,m)
O
O<~<m
and
we have
Apply this result with
I f( x ) 12
h(r) = rn- 1 + 2s Jr
d a(x ) ,
lxl = r
k = q/2 ,
~
= 2s - 2a ,
da
s
normalized surface measure •
The second term in (2.9) is easily seen to be equivalent to
tr 0
<J 2 t lf<x>l 2 lxl 2 s dx)q/ 2 tqa.-qs-ldt} l/q t~lxJ~2t
""'1r 0
<S 2 t
t~lxl~2t
1f<x>1 2 dx)q/ 2 tqa.-l dt1 11q,
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn) and this last expression is equivalent to
as required.
17
3.
f E HP
If p I~ /r<s>
then m f
c IIfl!
is a continuous function satisfying
1
1 P I~~"., I n
[ TW, p. 105) • H
defines an element of
is well defined from Hp
f
then
HP
-t
if this mapping takes The function
where
s
MULTIPLIERS
s'
S' ,
and thus the mapping
We say that
Hp
-t
(m
'f)¥
m is a Fourier multiplier of
continuously into
m is said to satisfy a
f
Hp •
~ormander
condition of order
s ,
is an integer, if
O
(3. 1)
for all
1~1 ~ s •
Fix a function
0~1J~l,
Define, for
..,
1] E
c0
1
on
1]=
n
(R )
with
1/2~1~;1 ~2'
supp 1J c ll/45\sl ~41 •
6>0 ,
In §1 we introduced certain spaces
K and in
§2 the Besov spaces
B
It is easy to check, via Plancherel's theorem, that (3.1) is equivalent to
(3.2)
18
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn)
19
which, by (2.2), is equivalent to
(3.3)
The following multiplier theorem is due to Calderon and Torchinsky [CT, p. 167]. 9. 39] •
A different proof was given by Taibleson-Weiss [TW, 9.45,
Related results have been obtained by Peral and Torchinsky [ PT] •
CALDERON-TORCHINSKY THEOREM.
sup 5
£!.,
~
1 1 CX> n(P -
z) ,
If
l!m511
a 2 <
CD
O
and i f
1
K2'
equivalently,
m ~~Fourier multiplier
.2f HP ,
It follows in particular that
0 < p ::;1 •
m is a Fourier multiplier of
satisfies a lformander condition of order
s > n(~ -
t>
The case
HP
if
p= 1
m is
due to Fefferman-Stein [FS, p. 150] • We are going to prove a sharp generalization of the Calderon-Torchinsky theorem which corresponds to the endpoint case for multiplier conditions in the same way that Theorem 1 corresponds to the endpoint case for embedding theorems.
1
Note that, by (1.4) and (1.6), we have when CX> n(p -
continuous embeddings
rv
K""'
2
2
- 1) - 1) c Kn(!. P 2 'p c Kn(!. P 'p
2
1
z)1
the
20
BAERNS TEIN AND SAWYER
THEOREM 3a.
Suppose that
0
M=
~
m
< p < 1 and !h!!:_
sup n.n6n
is !. Fourier multiplier of
1
. t he sense t h at Th e t h eorem i s s h arp 1n by any larger space of the K-type.
, .!!:!.!!
- l),p Kn(-p 1
The proof of the theorem is in §6 and the
examples showing sharpness in § 7 •
1
From (2.2) and (1.4)- (1.6) it follows that either
~
= n(lp - !) 2
and
q~p
or
cannot be replaced
~
1
> n(p- -
n(-- l),p
K p 1
z>1
~
::> :Ji(B '
2
q
)
if
Thus we have the
following corollary, which furnishes a practical sufficient condition for multipliers.
COROLLARY 1.
suppose
!!!.!!.
0
.!!!!!. .!:.!!!!. either
sup llm611Kc:,q 6
~ =
1
n(p -
z>1
and
< ""
2.
£!.., equivalently
sup llm611Bo:,q < "" ' 6 2 then
m is !. Fourier multiplier of
Hp • 1
The corollary is sharp in that larger space
K t3,q
2
•
1
- -2), p Kn(2 P
cannot be replaced by any
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THOEREMS FOR Hp(Rn) When
p= 1
Theorem 3a becomes false.
0 1
The space
K1'
21 L
1
has to be
replaced by slightly smaller K-type spaces with appropriate weights Suppose that
w: IO, 1, 2, ••• } -+ [ 1,..,)
Define the space
f E L1(Rn)
K(w) to be the set of all
llf!IK(w) =
1 ~ w(k) ~ w(k + 1)
satisfies
...
J1 I < 1 1£1
+
E k= 0
X
<J
w(k) •
<.., •
for which the norm
jfj) w(k)
~
A critical role is played by the condition
is finite.
... (3.4)
E w(k) k=O
THEOREM 3b.
If
w satisfies (3.4)
(3.5)
M =
sup 6
~ m is A Fourier multiplier of
-2
<• •
.!!!!.!! g
!lm6 11K(w) < oo ~
H1 ,
00
where
w(k) - 2 ) 112
C = C(n) ( E
--
k=l
In particular, we may take
ex
Since K2'
2
ex-~
c K1
2
&. '
multiplier theorem for
e 1
when
c K1'
p= 1
w(k) = 2 0 <e
ek
,
e
e, 1
>0 •
<ex- 2n ,
Then K(w) = K1
the Calder6n-Torchinsky
follows from Theorem 3b.
Theorem 3b is sharp, at least within the context of reasonable
w(k)'s.
00
We show in §7 that if then there exists
w(k)
f
,
w(2k)
~
C w(k) ,
m satisfying (3.5) and
and if
f E H1
E w(k) - 2 k=O
for which
(m f)¥
=""
E H1
These examples will also show that in the calder6n-Torchinsky theorem K~' 2 cannot be replaced by
no matter how small
q
is.
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
22
If no growth restriction is placed on rather chaotic. that
w(k)
the situation becomes
There exists a positive nondecreasing sequence
~(k)- 2 = ~,
but the only
mE L=(Rn)
w(k)
satisfying (3.5) is
such
m
=0
We will not give this construction, but only point out that the main fact g E L1
used is that if
entire function in Suppose that m E L~ , 1< p< 2 Thus
Lp
w satisfies (3.4) and Thus
2 S p <= •
LP
g(x+ iy)
is an
jz E en: lim zl ~M}
m satisfies (3.5).
Then
m is a Fourier multiplier on H1
is an interpolation space between
m Fourier multiplies
true for
then
en which is bounded on sets
K(w) c L1 •
since
II xl < 1\ ,
supp g c
and
for
l
and
L2
L2
For
([FS, p. 156]) •
and by duality this is also
Thus we arrive at the following refinement of
Kormander's multiplier theorem.
COROLLARY 2.
m .!!!!!, w
If
.!!_.!Fourier multiplier£!!
satisfy~
Lp,
hypotheses of Theorem 3b, then
m
l
HUrmander's theorem, as stated in [S, p. 96, Cor] is implied by the special cases
w(k)
= 2ek
,
sufficiently small.
e>O
As an application of Theorem 3a, we shall use it to prove a recent
theorem of Miyachi [M] about "strongly singular" multipliers. 0 < p< 1 ,
that
m(~)
a> 0 , b > 0
and that
s
is an integer larger than
satisfies
0 ~
(3.6)
m( ~)
for
0
I~
I<
The prototypical example is the function
where
t E C., ,
t
0
on
1~1
<1
,
•
1
1131 ~
s '
1 •
ma,b
on
defined by
~~~ ~2 •
Suppose that
~
Assume
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn) Miyachi proved that (3.6) implies that HP
23
m is a Fourier multiplier of
provided
1 1 n(- - -)
(3. 7)
For
m b a,
with
a
and
b
<-b
2 - a
p
satisfying certain restrictions this had The case
been proved earlier by Sjolin (Sj]
settled by Fefferman-Stein [FS, p. 160] • argument that the results for O
when
1~p<2
n(p -
b
2) > -;; ,
Suppose that
0
does not Fourier multiply
and that (3.6) holds.
Hp
\lmJ 0: u B ,p
sup 6
and write
Set
0:=.2..
a
By
Miyachi's theorem will follow from the estimates
(3.8)
6,
Miyachi shows by an interpolation
0
Corollary 1 and (2.2) ,
Fix
had been
are consequences of those for
His Theorem 3 shows that 1
O
l~p<2,
g(s)
so we assume from now on that
<
m
2
= m6 (s) = m(6s)~(s) 1
6 2:4
•
Then
g
=0
if
1 6~4
Hypothesis (3. 6) implies that
(3.9)
C is independent of
where
Assume temporarily that non-negative integer and
6 • 0:
l
0
z
and write Then
a:
v<s •
=v + a
and
o ~ 1131
where
By [S, p. 153],
equivalent to the estimates
( 3. 10)
,
~ v ,
v
is a
(3.8) is
24
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
(3. 11)
where
h
denotes a partial derivative of
g
of order
~
and
(l'.th) (x) = h(x+ t) - h(x) • Since
g
has support in
21 ~ Ixj
~ 2 , (3.10) follows from (3. 9) •
for (3.11) ,
(3. 12)
and also
(3.13)
For fixed
t,
~h(x)
12
and (3.13) are true with ltl ~ 6-a
since. If
b
a
E
z
norms in place of
measure~
L•
norms.
C.
Hence (3.12)
Using (3.12) for
it follows that the integral in (3.11)
C times
~=-=~+a ~
except on a set of
jtl ~ 6-a,
and (3.13) for
is dominated by
= 0
write
•
This proves Miyachi's theorem when ~
=
~
+ 1 ,
~ ~0
•
~ ~
Z •
Then (3. 8) is equivalent to
(3.10) and
where
(!'.! h)(t;) = h(t; + t) + h(t; - t)
- 2h(t;) •
The estimate (3.14) is
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn)
25
accomplished as above, the only change being that (3.12) is replaced by
The Calderon-Torchinsky theorem implies that an Fourier multiply critical index
p
H
p0 ,
1
for
n(p -
1
n(p- -
1
b
2> < ~ ,
1 2> = ~b ,
0
theorem for the endpoint case
1
but to get boundedness at the
it seems essential to have a multiplier 1
Kn(p- 2),p 2
m satisfying (3.6) will
4.
1 n(p--1)iZ,
Take Vx, t(y) = t
l' -n
fEY(p)
E t(
1
O
Suppose that
C~(Rn) ~
t
) .
PROOF OF THEOREM 1
f
EK~(p--l),p
and
1 N=n(P-1)
and that if
with
p<1
supp 'f c !lxl
if
O
Jt=1.
*
if
and p=l
Set
Define
and
Y*
By the definitions (1.9), (1.10) and those of
Y(p)
we have
Our aim is to show that
with appropriate bounds.
(4. 1)
sup jg(x,t)j E Lp, t>O
We claim that
(4.2)
sup t>O
Ig(x, t) I ;:;
C (J 1 (x)
+
J 2 (x)
+
J 3 (x))
where
sup t
tI
<
t xl
-n
J
\f(y)j dy,
Iy- xI ;:; t
26
27
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn) 1 N = n(p - 1)
For
we also need two other estimates.
1
sup lg(x,t)j ~ C (J 1 (x)+J 4 (x)+J 5 (x)), t>O
(4.3)
N = n(p - 1) ,
p
<1
,
where
J4(x) =
IYI
Js(x) =
J
jf(y)j lxl
dx'
>2jxl
(hl'N
jf(y)j lxl)
I Yl < 2 1xl
Ig(x, t) I ~ C
sup t>O
(4.4)
(l.J)N- 1 lxl -n
J
'
lxl
(J 6 (x) + \If\\ 1 > , L
-n
dx,
p= 1 ,
where
J6(x) t
sup t-n <1
J
lf(y)l dy. jy- xj
The proofs of (4.2) - (4.4) are at the end of the section. Assume now that J 1 E Lp,
i=1,2,3,
Suppose that
1 n(- - 1) > N • p
We shall prove Theorem 1a by showing that
with appropriate bounds.
x E ~ =
Ix
: 2k ~
Ix I ~
Consider first
2 k+ 1 I
, -.. < k < ao
•
(4.5)
we have
r tl
.
J (x)p dx ~ C E m~ 2jNp 2-kp(N+ n) 2kn ~ 2 j = k+ 1 J ,
Then, writing
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
28 ClD
J
I: k
=
Since
-CD
j- 1 ~
J 2 (x)P dx ~ C
I: j
1
n(p - 1)
>N
we
,
= -co
I: k= -..,
mP 2 jNp 2k[n- p(N+ n)] j
deduce
(4. 6)
A completely analogous computation yields
when
(4.7)
To estimate maximal function.
J Jf dx
>
N •
we need some inequalities for the Hardy-Littlewood
FE L1(Rn)
For
1
n(p- 1)
(MF)(x) =
sup xEB
write
1
B
J
IFI dx ,
I I B
B denotes a ball.
where
Suppose
LEMMA.
1
n
F E L (R )
.!!!!! ~ F .!!. supported .!!! .! ball B • Then O
l!22!· when
A homogeneity argument shows that it suffices to consider the case
J
IFI
=1
and
B
weak
1- 1 estimate
IBI
=1
•
Then the inequality in (a) follows from the
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn)
~
I jx ERn: MF(x) ;:::: et!l
CCt-l
j'
29
IFI dx
B
and (b) follows from the sharper estimate
See [S, p. 23] • Fix
k E
F(x) = 0
z
and define
otherwise.
Then
F(x) = f(x)
if
J 1 (x) ~ C MF(x)
-
xE~=jx:2
for
x E
~
k-1
•
For
k+2
l,
0
the lemma gives
< C2nk(l- p)(Jl -
k-
1
+ uf + uf k
k+
1
) •
Hence
(4.8)
Theorem la now follows from (4.6), (4.7) and (4.8). Assume next that lxl
<1
and (4.3) for
0
and that
1
n(p -
1) = N •
We use (4.2) for
lxl < 1 •
Thus
+ j' lxl > 1
J:
dx
+ j' jxl
<1
J;
dx) •
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
30
Now (4.8) is still valid, so the first term on the right is suitably bounded.
(4.10)
Next,
J
J~ dx:=;c lxj>l
"'
E
J
k=O
~
J~ dx:=;c
"'
m~2jNp2k(n- p(N+n)]
110
r:
E
k=O j=k+l
j-1 . 110 E E mp 2JNp = C E j m~ 2jNp < C j=l k=O j j=l J a>
= C
J
I! fliP
•
Y(p)
Similarly,
(4.11)
J
Ixl > 1
J~ dx :=; C
= C(
Also, when
"' k+ 2 E E mp 2j(N+ l)p 2k(n- (n+N+ l)p] k = 0 j = -110 j
1 110 110 E E + E j = -= k = 0 j = 2 k
a>
m~ 2j(N+ l)p 2-kp)
E
=j
- 2
J
1 n(p - 1) = N ,
(4. 12)
(4.13)
Theorem 4b follows from (4.8)- (4.13) • Now assume
p= 1 •
In proving Theorem lc we may assume that
1\fll
1 = 1 . L
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31
By (4.2) and (4.4) we have
(4.14)
computations like the ones above give
(4.15)
co
J
(4. 16)
Ixl > 1
J
J 2 dx~C
=1
Ixl > 1
lf(x)l(l+loglxl)dx~cl!fll*' y
0
Ixl > 1
J 3 dx
• CD m. 2J + E m.) j = -.., J j = 1 J
for
~ CJn
~ c ( E
Next, define again F(x) = 0
jmj~cj
E j
x f.~ ,
=
F(x) where
x E
f(x)
for
k~O
is fixed.
By part (b) of the lenuna, we have, recalling
~
R
=
I £1
~ C llfll *
•
Y
{2k-l~lxl ~2k+ 2 1
Then
J 1 ~ C MF
on
~
llfll 1 = 1 , L
s1
Let for
k E
s1
=
{k~O
~ e
-k
~
I , s2
= {k~O
:J_ 1£1 <e -k I ~
,
J ~
Since
:J_ 1£1
X
1
J 1 dx
log;~ X
1/2
~
C
J_ I fj ( 1 + log+ I fl + k) dx ~
for
0<x<1 ,
we have
•
.
Then,
32
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
<J_
lfl dx)log r
.,~
-\
So, for
iI
~
f dx
e-k/ 2 '
k E s2
if
•
k E s2 ,
Adding up, and using
\lf\1 1
=1
we find
,
L
(4.17)
Finally, to estimate if
lxl ;:::2 •
Then
J6
we let
J 6 (x) ~ C MF(x)
F(x) for
= f(x)
lxl
<1
Ixl
if
<2
,
F(x)
=0
and, by part (b) of the
LeDIIla,
J
J 6 dx ~
lxl <1
cJ
(MF) dx ~ C lxl <1
where the last estimate
r +( IF(x) IIC I \]) IF ( x) IL 1 + log J
J lxl <2
uses
1 = \lf\1 1
:5
\lf\1
lxl <2 F.
* .
y
L
Hence
(4. 18)
J
lxl
<1
(J 6 (x)
+
1) dx
:5
C \lf\1
*. y
dx
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Bp(F 0 ) Theorem lc follows from (4.14)-
{4.
33
18) •
I t remains to prove (4.2)- (4.4).
Write
Then
g(x,t) = Jf(y) R(x,y,t) dy •
We need the following estimates for
f
(4.19)
If
t
<
(4.20)
If
t
> zlxl
( 4. 21)
If
t
>
1
Recall that
f
lxl
N
E
1Yl <4t ,
and
I Yl 2:_4t
IRI
then
then
IRI
~Ct-n(¥)N+ 1
~Ct-n(¥)N
•
Suppose for simplicity that
Then
1 J.
Since
IRI = lvx,tl
PROOF OF (4.20).
and
aj
Yxz t (O) I Yl j = t
7i'
j=O
PROOF OF (4.19).
I Rl ~Ct -n
Vx,t(y) = t-n v<x:y) •
y =
Hence
then
lxl
R •
-n
oYj 1
supp
N
E
~-12j t-j
j=O
v c
we have
j:
PN vx,t(y) = 0.
S Ct-n.
By Taylor's theorem,
t
-n
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
34
since
Since
PROOFOF(4.21).
PROOF OF (4.2).
supp
Suppose that
we have
;c!lxl
1
t>2 lxl •
If
t
1
< 2 lxl
x,
t(y)
~
0 •
Hence
Using (4.20) and (4.21) we obtain
t
since the second integral is dominated by
•
>
1 21 xj
'
C J 2 (x) •
then (4.19) shows that
which, with the previous estimate, proves (4.2).
PROOF OF (4. 3).
Suppose that
by definition (1.10)
0
,
1 N = n(p - 1) •
If
f E Y(p)
then
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn) and (4.3) follows by replacing
PROOF OF (4.4).
If
*
N
f E Y c L1
N- 1
by
35
in the argument above.
then
g(x, t) "'Jf(y) '+'x t(y) dy ,
' and we obtain
sup t>O
Ig(x, t) I
~ sup
Ig(x, t) I +
t~l
~ sup Ct-n t
<1
"' C(J6(x)
sup
Ig(x, t) I
t~l
+
J I y - xl U£0
lf(y)l dy + C
1) • L
Jn R
lf(y)l dy
5.
BEST POSSIBLE NATURE OF THEOREMS lB AND lC
In §1 we gave simple examples illustrating the sharpness of Theorem la. Here we consider the case when p E (0,1]
and
1
n(p - 1) E Z
Throughout this section
NEZ will be connected by 1 N = n(p - 1) ,
In theorems 4a and 4b
e (k) ,
k 2::.0
stands for an arbitrarily pre-
scribed sequence with
e(k) 2::. e(k+ 1) ,
lim e(k)
0 •
k-+m
THEOREM 4a.
E£!: each N 2::.0
~
satisfying
!!!, .! function
(5. 1)
(5.2)
1 1 E Kn(p- a),q
fl
a
(5.3)
THEOREM 4b.
E£!: each N2::,0
~is.!
36
function
f2
satisfying
37
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR HP(Rn)
-1 I: k= -a>
.ID!!
the distribution defined
THEOREM 4c. L(O) 2:::, 1
!!x
f2
Y,!! (1.10)
Given.! .!!.2.!!-decreasing function
does .!!2!, belong.!£
L(x) ,
x>O ,
Hp •
satisfying
and
L(x) = o(log x) ,
x-t.., ,
satisfying
f 3 (x)
=0
PROOF OF THEOREM 4a.
for
Ixl > 1
Write
,
e 1 (N)
with the following properties:
supp f 0 c
Aa ,
and
(1,0, ••• ,0) ERN
Jf 3 = 0 ,
and choose
f 0 E La>
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
38
where
dcr
denotes surface measure.
For
N =0
the vanishing moment
condition is vacuous. Next, let which
E
S
be an infinite subsequence of
14.(,: .(, E
z,
.t2:;2!
for
e(k)<..,.
kES Define
k Es , 0 ,
otherwise
where
(5.4)
The lacunarity of (5.1) and (5.3). Choose
supp
implies (5.2),
and the reader may easily verify
We shall prove
...
• E .c
t c
S
with the properties
(I xj < 6)
,
t(x)
lxl
1 ,
<5 '
and define
Suppose that
k E S
and
kSJ S2k- 4 •
Then for
x E A.
J
we have
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR HP(Rn) g(x,
I =J IX)
f 1 (y)(-l) N ylN
IX,-N- n
39
dy
~
=
c a:kP
c
where
C>O •
from
p(N+ n) Hence, for
k
2
kn
-1
The last equation follows from (5.4) and the next-to-last one n • k ES ,
J k 2
so that Jlg(x,lxl)lp dx
PROOF OF THEOREM 4b.
Let
=..,
f0
2klg(x,lxl)lp dx ~ C'
and f 1 f. HP
and
S
be as in the previous proof, and
define
( -k)
X
0 ,
otherwise •
Es ,
E Azk '
(-k) E S ,
40
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
The proof that
f2
has the desired properties proceeds as above, the
only change being in the definition of
t
where y=O,
is as before, and
g(x,t) .
denotes
PN _ 1
This time
(N- l)st
Taylor polynomial at
'fx,t(y) = t-n 'f(x~ Y) •
PROO.r' OF TiiEOREM 4c.
Choose numbers
xj > 2
2n
j=l,2,3, .•• ,
,
such that
(5. 5)
and
(5.6)
Define integers
k(j)
by
1 1) 2nk(j) xj 1ogxj E [ 2'
(5. 7)
Then
k(j + 1)
~
g(x) =
k(j) - 2
l
and
if
X
k(l)
~
-3 •
E ~(j) '
. Define
j=l,2, ••• ,
xj '
0 '
otherwise
It follows from (5.5) and (5.7) that
Jg L(g)
Notice that b .:: 1"",
supp b c
g
< ao
•
is supported in
,
and Jb
Let
= J-g
•
If
gl = g+ b '
!ls 1!1 ~
where
1 define
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn)
that
1
supp b 1 c
Take
Jv dx
= 1.
'f ECfZ>
'f~O,
with
Jb 1 =
o,
and
'f=1
on
lxl
Us 1 +
b 1 ll
= 1.
N(x) =
sup
IY- xl
!...:..X.
t) t
-n
suppyc
dy,
lu(y,t)l • $
t
then
I
N(x) ~ u(O, xl) ~ C
Ixl-n J IYI
Write
m.{,
= J
g •
g dy - C • 1
then
A.{.
J
Ixj
<1
N dx ~ C
~
-2 i: .{, = -..,
~
C j
By (5.5) and (5.7) we have
=1
(j-!,1 -
jk(j)j
l)m.{. - C
X.
J
then
1
Define
u(x,t) =Jf 3 (y) y(
41
2nk(j)
- C •
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
42
Since
L(x.) ;:::, 1 , J
it follows that
log x.
J
< C njk(j)j •
Hence
J
... N dx;:::, C
j xj < 1
where we have used (5. 7) • in (FS, p. 151] •
E j
Thus
=1 N
E.
xj(log x.) 2nk(j) = .., , J
1 L ,
and
by Theorem 4
6.
PROOF OF THEOREM 3
Our proof makes use of the atomic decomposition of a
HP •
The function
is said to be a p-atom if
supp a c B ,
for some ball
Jxt3 a(x) dx
0 ,
B
c Rn
(6. 1)
Recall that These are
N
E s'
f
"'
1
when
Hp
if and only if
...
are constants with inf tiAjjP,
the
inf
E IAjlp 1
Hp
s'
<..,
f
for general
proved
admits a representation
where the Moreover,
n ,
aj
II f!l p
Hp
are p-atoms and the is comparable to
being taken over all possible such representations.
To prove that the operator ously into
I t3l :=: N
and Latter [L],
with convergence in
J
:=:
1)] •
n= 1
belongs to
f=I;A.aj,
0
atoms in the notation of [TW].
(p,~,N)
Coifman [ C] , that
1 = [n(p-
for
f-+ (mf)
it suffices to show that
We may assume that the ball
mE 1"'
ll<manl Hp ::: c
takes
HP
continu-
for all p-atoms
B of (6.1) has center at the origin.
a.
Further-
sup !lm0 llx is the same for all dilations of m to 0 obtain Theorems 3a and 3b it will be enough to consider the case when B is more, since the number
jxj
<1 Thus, our problem is reduced to proving that
(6.2)
43
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
44 1
where
n(-- l),p X = K1 P for
0
,
X = K(w)
for
p= 1 ,
and
:r:"'
-·
v<s2-j)
=1
,
t =1
a
is a
"unit p-atom" satisfying
II xl < II ,
supp a c
I a(x) I
(6. 3)
Ja(x)x
c"'0
v E
Take
supp.
c
:;i 1
13 dx = 0 ,
o ::: I sl ::: N
with
1
12 ::i
lsi
::i 21,
•
For instance, we can let
t<s>
where
-t E Then
c..0
,
tlJ=t
supp
t c lz1 ::i
t
Is I ::i 21
0 ::i 'i
,
::i 1
on
and
.., m(s) i(s)
where
i 6 (s)
I: m(S} 11(2-j S) i(t;) tjl(2-j If:)
= !(6t;)
t(t;) •
Write
(m .)"
f
2J
Then
... (6.4)
f(x)
I: 2nj (£ .*b.)(2j x) J
J
=
(mi)" •
15 . 85 ::i Is I ::i B
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(R 0 ) We need some estimates for the
LEMMA
1.
Let
r >0
be given.
bj
Recall that
a
45
satisfies (6.3) •
Then
(a)
if
(b)
The constants
depend only on
C
j~O,
p,n, and r
This lemma, and the next
one, will be proved at the end of the section. To prove Theorem 3a we need another lemma. 1
LEMMA 2.
Suppose 1.h!!,
Q E L\Rn)
... E k
C
,
j ~0 '
r>
n(p - l),p g E K1 ,
n
p'
=j +2
dx .s 1 ,
<J
ls*Qjdx)p2kn(l-p).scllsiiP
1
Kn(p - 1), p 1
Ak
'
depends only £!l r, p, and n •
PROOF OF THEOREM 3a.
(6.5)
satisfies
JIQI
where
0
Assume that
sup 11&6 11
li >0
0
1
•
n(-- l),p Kl p
We may assume that
1 •
~
1.h!!,
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
46 This implies that
11£0 11 1 ~ 1
for every
llmll.., ~ 1
and hence that
& ,
L
and also
II f -II 1 ~ II f -II
(6.6)
J L
<
1
n(-p- l),p-
J
-.. <j<
1 ,
Kl
We shall prove that when
(6.7)
a
satisfies (6.3)
ilfll
< c
1
n(-- l),p-
Kl p
1
Recall that in
Lp ,
tion of
f = (m!)y •
Since
this will give (6.2) with Hp
Kn(p- l),p 1
LP
is continuously included
in place of
HP •
The characteriza-
in terms of iterated Riesz transforms will then enable us to
finish the proof. To prove (6. 7) ,
llmll,. ~ 1 •
where we have used Next, assume
(6.9)
dx
we first observe that
k;:::2 •
~
E
j
=-CD
From (6.4) we have
JA
1f
.*b.l J J
-k+ 1 E
dx =
j=-
+
0 E
j=-k+2
+
E
j=l
k+j
By (6.6) and Le11111a 1 we have j < 0 •
Hence
llfjll 1 L
S
1
and
llbjll 1 :S C 2j(N+ l) L
for
47
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn) -k+l ak ~
E
II fj*bj II L
-CD
1 :S c
CD
"'
CD
aP 2 kn(l- p) < C E 2 -kp(N+ 1) + kn(l- p) :S C , k=2 k k=2 E
( 6. 10)
N+ 1
since
-k+l 2 j(N+ 1) :S C 2 -k(N+ 1) ~
1
> n(p- -
1) •
Next
~
~
E
f3p 2 kn(l-p)< E 2 kn(l-p) k=2 k -k=2
0
a>
E
I:
J =-CD
2kn(l-p)
k=-j+2
<J '\.+j
jf.*b.j dx)p J J
0 E j
=-CD
By lemma 1, the function of le11111a 2 (for
j = 0)
when
c 2
- j(N+ 1)
j :SO
and
c
b.(x) J
satisfies the hypothesis
is small enough.
So, le11111a 2
and (6.6) give
0
E
(6. ll) j
2-nj(l- p) 2jp(N+ 1) :S C
=-CD
Similarly
By lemma 1, small and
j;:::, 0 •
c b /x)
satisfies the hypothesis of Lemma 2 when
Lemna 2 and (6. 6) give
c
is
48
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER OD
OD
E y~2kn(l-p):::; E 2 -j(l-p)n :::; k=2 j=l
(6.12)
c
From ( 6. 9) - ( 6. 12) we see that
. E
k=2
<J I fj
dx)P 2kn(l- p) :::; C
~
Which, with (6.8), shows that (6.7) holds. In particular, we have proved that when (6.5) holds
II (mll)"'!l
(6.13)
P :::; C , L
for every p-atom
a .
We want this inequality to hold with Fix a multi-index
t3
and a number
Hp
e>O.
Let
norm instead of
Lp
norm.
R be the function with
Fourier transform
Then
R*g ,
an iterated Riesz
g E L
2
,
tran~form
is a constant multiple of the Poisson integral of of
g •
Write
f = (mil)"
We have
R*f
Write ; (s)
( 6. 14)
= R(s)
m(s) •
= ( (Rm) ll)"'
We claim that
again •
49
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR HP(Rn)
Then, using (6.5) and (6.13) applied to IIR*fll P
:S
C(f3) •
; ,
From the characterization of
it will follow that
Hp
in terms of iterated
L
Riesz transforms [FS, §§8, ll] , it follows from this that
llfll P
:S
as
C.
H
required. To prove (6.14), note that
cp E
where
c~
satisfies
cp= 1
on
i :S lsi :S
4 ,
1
cp= 0
B~
off
ld
~ 8
Thus
Q(t;)
where
independently of cQ
that 6
and
e
R(8~) .
= cp(S) c
p =1
6 •
So, for fixed
y
we have n
r
> P'
satisfies the hypothesis of Lemma 2 (with
\\D Y &II.., ~ C( y, 13) ,
there exists j = 0) ,
c
such
for every
(6.14) now follows from Lemma 2.
PROOF OF THEOREM 3B. Now
and
For multi-indices
We continue with the notation of the preceding proof.
and we shall assume
(6.15)
,
... -2 I: w(k) 1
< .., ,
and normalize by
1 .
Then
The 1-atom
a
is assumed to satisfy (6.3).
as before, so we only need to show that
The estimate (6.8) follows
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
50
dx
( 6. 17)
~
C •
By (6.4) we have
0 E
... E
+
= A(x) +
B(x)
j = 1
j =-<XI
Now
0
J
( 6. 18)
I:
IACx>l dx:S
l!f.*b.l! 1 j = -oo J J L
Rn
0
:sc
j
E
2j(N+ 1)
j + 2
If J*b .1
= -oo
:sc,
by (6.16) and Lemma 1. Next,
(6.19)
J I xl
>4
I B(x) I dx ~
... E j =1
J
I xj > 2
...
...
E j=1
Fix
j
and
k
with
k ::::_ j+2,
dx
J
s
I
E f.*b.l k=j+2 ~ J J
j::::_1 ,
and suppose that
x E
~.
Write
f.*b.(x) = J
J
rIYl < 2k - 1
..
f.(y) b.(x-y) dy + (f.x J
J
J
+J
where
~
= ~ _1
U
~
U
~+
1 •
Take
r
=
~
)*b.(x) J
IYl > 2
k+ 2 f.(y) b.(x-y) dy J J
n+ 1
in Lemma 1 •
Then
,
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR HP(Rn)
51
IY,1>2k+2
•
Hence, using (6.16),
*b.)(x)l l(f.J J
~ cz-k(n+l) + If jX- * ) b (>I jx'
t\
and so
= cz -k
+ c
k+ l t J(.t,,mlb.n 1 .{,=k-1 JL
where
J(k,j)
=J
t\
lf.l J
•
Thus, by (6.19),
J Ixj > 4 Since
w(k)t ,
"'
"'
!B(x)ldx~C+C
I: j
=1
I:
k
=j + 1
J(k,j)llb.ll 1 J L
it follows from (6.16) that
~ 1 I: J(k,j) ~w(j) k=j+l
1 I: w(k) J(k,j) ~w(j), k=j+l m
j~O.
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
52 Hence
.
""
~C+C
1 ) 1/2 (E llb.ll2 )1/2 ( E-j=lw(j) 2 j=l JLl
We claim that
(6.20)
With the previous inequality and (6,18), (6.17), atoms
a
and all
this will give for all
m satisfying (6,15)
(6.21)
The proof of (6,20) is postponed temporarily. H1
go from (6.21) to the Let
R(s) =
2J.. e-elsl
inequality we need. where
e >0
and
Is I
Then
IIR*all 1 ~ C
We will show now how to
j E
P, ... , n}
is fixed.
By the atomic decomposition, there exist 1-atoms
H
and constants
A.j
with
EIA.jl
~c
and
""
R*a = E A.. a. 1 J J
with convergence in
Since
mE 1""
s'
.
Formally, we have
and Fourier transformation is an isomorphism on
s' ,
the
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn) series on the right converges to
R*f
in
But
S' •
53
II (mij)"ll
1
!::
C ,
by
L
(6.21),
L1 •
so in fact the series converges in
... \IR*fll 1 !:: L
Hence
1\f\1 1 !:: C ,
c
E
1
Ift)
Moreover
!:: c
by the Riesz transform characterization of
H1
H
This completes the proof of Theorems Ja and Jb, modulo Lemmas 1 and 2 and (6.20).
PROOF OF ( 6. 20).
where
(6.22)
Also
where
Recall that
supp a c
< 1)
and
I a(x) I !:: 1 •
We have
54
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
Hence
Combined with (6.23), this gives
so that
(6.24)
= C
n
n
E i .. 1
I:
2.t
Jlx.l .t= 0 ].
2
la(x)l
dx~C,
t (x- 2j
y) dy .
which, with (6.22), gives (6.20) •
PROOF OF LEMMA 1 •
We have
(6.25)
(a) Suppose that formula gives
b. (x) = J J
j <0.
IYl
a(y)
<1
Let
r>O
be given.
For fixed
x
Taylor's
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR HP(Rn)
~ (x-
When
IYl
,
E
2j y) =
IPI :SN
the facts that
t
55
ct3 /' + R(y)
has rapid decrease and
j:::! 0
to the estimate
From (6.25) it follows that
Ib.<x> I J
IJ
a(y) R(y) dyl
I Yl
:S C 2j(N+l)(1+lxl)-r,
<1
as required. (b) Suppose that
j
;:::o •
b.(x) = 2-nj J
Since
Ia(x) I :S 1 and
lit II
1
Rewrite (6.25) as
r oJ
IYl
a(2-j y) t<x-y) dy.
< 2j
:S 1 we have
L
suppose that
since
t
1xl
> 2J + 1
has rapid decrease.
Then
lead
56
BAERNS TE IN AND SAWYER
PROOF OF LEMMA 2 •
j ~0 •
Fix
( 6, 26)
We may assume
11811 K n(lp
1 •
1),p
1
k~j + 2
Suppose that
8*Q(x) =
k-2 E
J
x E
and
~
•
Write
Q(x- y) 8(Y) dy + (8
x.... ) * Q(x) A.c_
A.e,
.f.= _..,
CD
+
where
~ = ~ _ 1
U ~ U ~+ 1 •
IQ(x-y)l ~ 2-r(k- 1 ) , Write
J(.(..) =
J
If
181 dx •
x E ~ ,
.f,~k+2
while i f
E .(..=k+2
J
Q(x- y) 8(Y) dy
A.c,
.f, ~ k - 2 ,
y E A.(, ,
then
then
IQ(x-y)l ~ 2-.(..(k- 1) .
Then
A.f.
I8*Q(x)l::; 2-r(k-1)
J
k-2 "' E J(.(..) + 1<8 X- )*Q(x)l + !: 2-r(t-1) J(.(..)' t= -... ~ .(..=k+2
I 8*QI dx ::; C 2nk- rk +
~
::; c
where we have used
using (6,26),
2
!1811
nk-~
1::;
L
k+ 1 "' I: J(t) + C I: 2°k- r.(.. J(t) t=k-1 t=k+2
+ c
"' nk r• I: J(t} 2 - ..., .f,=k-1
11811 n(l _ 1),p K p 1
1
and
,
n
r>p->n.
Hence,
.
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn)
J
1: ( k=j+2 ~
..
E
2k(n-pr) + C
k=j+2
~ C+ C
.
E
.(, = j+ 1
..
t+l
t=j+l
k=j+2
E
J(t)P 2tn(l-p) ~
E
c
J(t)P ln-rtp
57
7.
BEST POSSIBLE NATIJRE OF THEOREMS 3
We begin with two lemmas.
satisfies
~
(7.1)
lxl
>
2 •
g E Ko:,q 2
LEMMA 2.
e(k) ,
suppose k2_1 ,
!l!!!.
n
r>-p,
satisfies
(7.2)
O
e(k) 2, e(k+ 1) 2, 0
llgll
K(e,p)
~ C(r,n,b,p)
K(e, p)
"' llsll
1
L
+
~
.!£!!. ~
e (2k) 2, b e (k) ,
lls*QII
Q satisfies(7.1),
b>O •
llgll K(e,p)
I: k=O
58
and
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR HP(~ 0 )
~~
The proofs follow the lines of the proof of lemma 2 in §6.
In the
proof of this lemma 2 one also uses the inequalities
for some M > 0 ,
which follows from (7. 2) , .(,
ko E 2 k=l
(7.3)
t, M
\k) :S
and
o.t C(M,o) 2
M>O ,
,
i
which follows from the inequalities
li >0 ,
i<2 k-
if
The following theorem illustrates the sharpness of Theorem 3a.
THEOREM Sa.
Suppose that
sequence with h E HP
such
O
0
:S
< p < 1 .!!!!,!! e(k) •
~
e (k)
There~
m
and
.!.!!.!!.
for every
(7.4)
(7.5)
sup
o
By §2,
ME L"'(Rn)
1\!\1\
<
<»,
K(e,p)
an equivalent formulation of (7.4) is
and by (1.6), the function
m also satisfies
q>p ,
.!!!!,!!
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
60 sup
q>p
•
6
PROOF OF THEOREM Sa.
f ( ) 0 X
Define
f0
by
= 2 -kn/p
k-1/p ,
=0
otherwise
,
Q E C,.,
Take
Then Q(O)
k = 2, 4, 6, ••• ,
>0 ,
Q E c""
1\Q\1 1 = 1 ,
and
supp
II xl ~ t1
> n(~ +
t>
IQ(x) I ~
satisfies
Q
C
Ixl-r
For fixed
for some
C ,
and so
c >0 •
Hence
satisfies the hypothesis of Leoma 1 for some
=e
f(x)
ix 1
1
(fo*Q)(x) E
unless
l .
m=
1
8 ~6 ~8
•
Then
supp me
n
Let
for every
Q
= cl],
h = ~ •
CX> 0 ,
~ 21
n(p - 2),q
K2
i t follows that
1
K2
The inverse Fourier transform of 1 1
These functions form a bounded set in Leoma 1 with
1} ~lsi
and
m6 (g)
m(!lg)
is
h E
n
by Corollary 1 of §2.
We have
.,
= m = f •
6
8 ~6 ~
m satisfies (7.4).
p>O
= m(6E;) -n
1
when
Then
so
cQ
n(p - 2),q
q>p
Define
Q2:,0 ,
.
Qc
L
r
satisfying
8
T)(S)
f(6
-1
=0
x).
From
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn) Since
f E L
Take
x E
(f0 *Q)(x)
1
~
to show
,
,
it
even.
k
k 2:. 2
J
=
f ~ HP
Then
~
<2
Q(x- y) f 0 (y) dy
+J
k+2Q(x-y)fo(y)dy.
IYI Since
IQ(x)l
SC
lxl-r,
r >.!!
Since
the middle integral is
it follows that for all sufficiently large
p
(f 0 *Q)(x) 2:. c 2
fo*Q ~ Lp ,
Hence
and
-nk/p
f ~ LP ,
I:
e (k) < .., •
k
-1/p
2:.
-nk/p -1/p c 2 k •
k
,
as required.
Next, we construct the function for which
>2
the first and third integrals are
Q(O) > 0
Since
f ~ LP
suffices to show
k _ 1 Q(x- y) f 0 (y) dy + J
IYI
61
Take a subsequence
M •
S c 2 z+
Define
k ES
2-nk/p
X
Q be as in the construction of
e(k)
above show that If does.
e (k)
s ,
m and define
M=g.
g(x)
If
k E
E ~
otherwise.
0 ,
Let
'
satisfies (7.2), then Lemma 2 and an analysis like the one M satisfies (7.5) but that
(Mh)¥
~ Hp
does not satisfy ( 7. 2) we replace it with a sequence
We may suppose
e ( 1)
=1
•
Define inductively integers
.t j
,
whi.:l: :
z: ~
62
by
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
t0 = 0 ,
and
tj + 1
1 ~(2tj) ~(2tj+l)~-2 ~ ~
Then Construct
B(k) ~
De f"1ne
and
M using
is the smallest positive integer for which
B(k)
k~1 ,
8 (k) ,
bY
satisfies ( 7. 2) •
8(k) •
Also,
8(k)
~
e (k) •
Then
sup I!M6 11
6>0
~ sup IIM6 11 6>0
K(e,p)
<• , K(8,p)
and the proof of Theorem 5a is complete. Now we consider the case
p
=1
and demonstrate the sharpness of
Theorem 3b.
THEOREM 5b.
Suppose
(7.6)
lh!l
k~
w(k) ,
l~w(k)t
as
1 ,
kt ,
satisfies
w(2k)
~
C w(k) ,
...
.!!!!!, t w(k) - 2 1
sup
6 >0
\1616\1
<.., K(w)
,. .. 1 (mh) ~ H •
Moreover,
for every
q
>0 .
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER .THEORE~5 FOR Hp(~n) As we pointed out in §3,
2: w(k)
with m =0 •
-2
= "'
63
there exists a nondecreasing sequence
such that the only
m
satisfying
Thus, some supplementary hypothesis such as
11m :1
sup
6 >0 " 6' K(w)
S C w(k)
w(2k)
w(k)
'"'
is
is needed
for the theorem to hold.
PROOF.
Choose a set
S = \k 1 , k 2 ,
="',
lim (ki+l- ki)
~ 3 , .•.
!c
z+
with
ki < ki+l,
and
i-tm
2:
w(k)
-2
= .., •
kES
k 1 ?. 10
We also assume that
~ E c~
~
,
'!
0 ,
with
supp
Yc
I: k ES
Then k E S
m
and
Define
.
WrLte
li
(S) = 0
unless
2k- 3 soS2k+ 3
f 0 = ..
k
6 = 2 e ,
k k m(2 (sli- 2 el))
is
F(x)
!lsi< 1\ .
for
i ?_1
Take
Define
1 w(k)
2k- 3 S li S 2k+ 3
for some
k ES •
For fixed
we have
and fix
where
ki + 1 - ki ?. 10
and
1
r
>n •
B S e S8
Then
f0
satisfies
The inverse Fourier transform of
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
64 which satisfies
IF(x)l ~ C 2
(7.7)
C which depends on
for some
-2kn
r
all x
,
but not
E •
An argument like the one used to prove Lemma 2 of §6 shows that the
F*~
functions
also satisfy (7.7)
1 ,.. (F*T]) w(k)
¥
m~
Since
= --
v
it follows
that
< 1 6\~(x)l v -
(7.8)
C _1_ 2-2kn w(k) '
I616 (X) I <- C _1_ w(k)
all
2 2k(r- n)
x ,
lx 1-r
,
Hence
"" E t=l
(7.9)
<J
1£~1 dx) w(.f,) ~ C
A.r,
v
2k E t=l
w(.f,) 2-Zkn 2n.f, w(k)
"" I:
+ C
~ 2 2k(r-n) 2 (n-r)t
.f,= 2k+ 1
The hypotheses (7.6) imply that
(7.10)
for some C >0 •
w(.f,) S cw(k)
t\M w(.f,) S C ( k) w(k) ,
for
l~tS2k
t>k ,
Thus, the right hand side of (7.9) is majorized by
C + C 2 2k(r- n)
~
(i)M
.f, = 2k \k;
•
w(k)
2 (n- r)t
and also
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(R 0 ) 0(2(n- r) 2 k).
The last sum is easily shown to be side of (7.9) is
0(1) ,
uniformly in
5 ,
11£511
sup 5 >0
65
Hence, the left hand
and we have shown that
<
ao •
K(w)
Also, from (7.8) it follows that
for every
since
>0 ,
q
w(k) ;::: 1 It remains to construct the function
h •
Choose
k 1 < k 2 <...
such that
1S
E
w(k)
-2
<2 ,
j=l,2, •••
kES(j)
where
S(j) = !k ES: kj Sk
Define
cp , A. : S ... z+
by
j
cp(k)
-1
if
k E S(j)
_KU
A.(k) - w(k)
Then
E A. (k) k ES
Take Define
g 0 E c~
with
2
<• ,
supp g 0 c
U!0..w(k) -
E k ES
II sI < 1J
,
go =
'"' •
1
1
on
IsI < 2 .
in
S
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
66
h =
g.
Then
for every
CX>O ,
1 h E H ,
so
by Corollary 1 of §2 •
We have
m(~) g(~)
= (mg)"(x)
f(x)
where
f
0
=t
•
f(x)
(7.11)
Fix
Write
k ES •
'E
.tES .t
+
E
+
.tES .t=k
t
.tES .t>k
= f 1 (x) +
f 2 (x)
Notice that
(7. 12)
Here
c>O
Next, since
where
k"
since
+f,
V E C~ and
0 •
lf 0 (x)l ~ C,
denotes the successor of
k
in
S •
Hence
+
f 3 (x)
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(R 0 )
J~ I f31
(7.13)
I f 0 (x) I
Finally, since
dx
< -
b7
C L(U 2n(k- k") w(k)
~ C I~~-r
for
I xl
k ES
6>0 ,
>1 ,
x E ~
if
then
(7 .14)
We claim that, for any
and
E A.!..Q 21\.L < C(li) A.ill 21\k .f- E 8 w(.(.) w(k)
(7. 15)
.(.~k
Assume (7.15) for the moment. predecessor of
k
in
S •
l fl(x)l
<
-
Return to (7.14) and let
Then, with
o= r
- n
and
k'
k'
be the
in place of
k
C ~2-rk 2(r-n)k' w(k') '
Hence
(7. 16)
r .J
~
If I dx < C ~ 2(n-r)(k-k') 1 w(k')
Using(7.10)andthefactthat
ki+l-ki .....
easy to show that the right hand side of (7.16) is (7.13) it follows that
So, from (7.11) and (7.12) it follows that
for
kiES,
A.ill
o(w(k))
itis
From this and
68
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
k ES ,
for some
c>0 •
r:
f
~
1
L ,
PROOF OF (7.15).
t..ill
S
= ...
'
and therefore
If \l)(k) = 1
follows from (7,10) and (7.3). element of
large,
Since
k E S w(k)
we see that
k
then
;\(.t) = w(.t)
Assume
\1) (k)
-1
1
S2.
for Let
.tSk
k0
such that
Since cp (k)
so that for some
-1
- cp (k0 )
-1
S (k- k0 ) ,
we have
C = C(M, 6)
( 7. 17)
Here
M is the number in (7.10) •
.!.{ll_ -2 (k'2M 6(ko-k) w(k)2 ~ c w(k) ko) 2
(7.18)
Using
From (7.17) follows
~
S 1,
(7,10)
and
(7.3) ,
we obtain
and (7.15)
be the largest
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn) I:
liU
.C.ES
w(.C.)
26-C. =
L: .C.ES
.(.~k
2~-e.
p(.C.)2 w(.C.)
=
.(.~ k
~
°+
6k C w(k0 ) -z 2
~ C w(k)
.C.~k0
2
k
+
I: -L=k0 +1
cf.'P (k) w(k) - 2 z 6 k
6 ko
-2 .- k, ZM
\k)
I:
69
+
2 C f.'P(k) w(k)-
6k 2
•
0
By (7.18), the first term in the last expression is A(k) w(k)-l
z6k,
and the proof of (7.15) is complete.
=
8.
LOWER MAJORANT THEOREM
We shall prove the following result.
For
p= 1 ,
case (See [Z,
n= 1
this is a theorem of Hardy- Littlewood in the periodic
p. 287]).
Coifman and Weiss [CW,
decomposition to give a new proof for
H1 (R)
p. 584] used the atomic
Weiss [W,
p. 199] raised the
question of whether this "lower majorant property" would hold for Theorem 6, which states that for every
p E (0,1] ,
HP(Rn)
H\Rn)
has the lower majorant property
was proved by the authors during the early stages of
this project (See Abstracts of the AMS, 1(1980), p. 444).
A similar proof
was found independently by A.B. Alexandrov [A] • The analogous problem for
has an interesting history.
The interested reader is referred to [LS] •
PROOF OF THEOREM 6.
By the atomic decomposition (see §6) it suffices to con-
sider the case when
f
up to order
is a unit p-atom, that is
has vanishing moments
N and satisfies
(8.1)
supp f c
Let
f
Q = [0,1]
n
II xl
.S 1} ,
denote the closed unit cube.
70
For
~ E Zn
define
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp~hn) a(.t)
=
sup 1£<~+-t)l
71
.
sEQ
£
The key property of
is the. inequality
(8.2)
This inequality has been discovered independently by (at least) SleddStegenga [SS],
J. Stewart [St] , Alexandrov [A] and the present authors.
We also need the fact that (8.1) implies
(8.3)
f
To see this, note that variables.
is an entire function of
n
complex
Expand it in Taylor series around the origin
The vanishing moments condition shows that
c
f3 = 0
for
If31 :::
N ,
while
and (8.3) easily follows. Take 1
1
<2, · · ·, 2)
q> E C~
with
q>= 1
and sidelength
1) 2
supp q>C
on Q ,
23 Q
(the cube with center
Define
E a(.t) q>(!; + .t)
where the sum is taken over all the origin.
Take
contain the origin.
1jt
E C~ Let
n
.t E Z
such that
1jt
for which
=1
Q+ .t
does not contain
on all the cubes
Q + .t
which do
72
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
where this
C is the same one as in ( 8. 3) •
Then
From (8.2) it follows that
for every CX>O , If for
and hence
l\G 1!1
N is odd then G2 E C~ 1
CX
above that
1!62 11
Choosing
P •
p ~ C,
by Corollary 1 of §2.
H
and (8.4) holds with 1
1
a E (n(p - 2) ,
G2 1
N+l+ 2n),
in place of
G1
it follows as
Thus, the conclusion of Theorem 6 holds, with
H
In case
N is even, one can use standard methods of Fourier analysis,
like those in [S, chapter 3] ,
to prove that
(8. 5)
so that (8.4) again holds for follows as in the case
1
CX
and the proof of Theorem 6
N odd.
Here is another proof for the case
N even, which avoids (8.5).
A be a constant such that
Define, with
C the constant of (8.3)
G3 (s)
n
= AC
I:
i
S· _l
= 1 Is I
N+l
S· l
y(g) •
Let
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn) Since
,.N_ +1 ':>1.
·~T E C000
>
73
it follows as
above that
ll<s~+ 1 t>"ll for that g =
i= 1 , ••• , n •
I\G 31l
p ~ C, H
Gl + G3 •
p H
~c
Since Riesz transforms are bounded on
Hp
it follows
so that the conclusion of Theorem 6 holds with
9.
Suppose satisfying
q> 1 , b1 = 1
ON A THEOREM OF PIGNO AND SMITH
I b j I~
and let
be a sequence of positive numbers
and
b.
1
--l±...!. > b. - q '
(9. 1)
J
Pigno and Smith [PS 1], see also [PS2], assumed that
q2;:2
and used
the method of Cohen-Davenport to prove the following theorem about Given an analytic function
f E H1 (n)
there are measures
~·
J
H1 (n)
E M(n)
satisfying
f(.t)
j = 1, 2, •.• '
.(, E Z ,
and
We are going to use the atomic decomposition to prove an analogous result for
Hp(Rn),
O
Suppose that
q>l
and that
jb
j
!..,- ..
is a
strictly increasing sequence of positive numbers satisfying (9.1) for every j E Z •
THEOREM 7. sequence
f.!?£ each f E Hp (Rn) , jfjJ:..,
in
Hp(Rn)
0 < p~ 1 ,
n 2: 1 ,
~ ~ .!
such that
f.
j EZ ,
J
74
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR HP(Rn)
75
and
C>=C(p,q,n)
where
depends.Q!l q
butnotQ_!!
!h.! • J
where
Examples of the form supp cp c ! IS I < 1} '
nHP
which belong to
by Corollary 1
O
1\f.!lr
for any
of §2,
suggest that
PROOF.
An easy argument shows it suffices to prove the theorem when
J Hp
r<2
f
unit p-atom, that is, one satisfying (8. 1) • Let
jO
be the integer such that
and write
For
j
> jO choose cpj
E C~
satisfying
cpj , 1
on
b j :;_I g I :;_ b j + 1 ,
and
(9.2)
where
does not depend on the
C(t3, n) Define
F., cp. J
J
£
and let
b .. J
Take
From (9.2) and Corollary 1 of §2 it follows that
s E
z+
with
is a
76
BAERNS TE IN AND SAWYER
Since C(q)
bj+l~qbj'
of the
Bj .
each
s
with
1sl >
1
2
can belong to at most
Hence
(9.3)
Next we consider the case
s
I I
<1
,
t c
supp
\1 sI < 2! •
j
~
jO - 1 •
Choose
t
...
E c0
with
t
=1
on
Define
., and let
fj = Fj •
shows that i f
for any
6Sl
The proof of Lemma lain §6 uses only that the Fourier transform
h
of
l(6g) t(s)
t E S
and
satisfies
r>O lf<s>l S CI s IN+ 1 ,
Also, since by (8.3)
Choosing
1
A
1
0: E (n(p- 2>,
n
N+1+ 2>
and
we have
r>O:+n,
Corollary 1 of §2
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(Rn) shows that
llhll P ::; C6
N+ 1
{,
•
H
Letting
6
=bj + 1
,
we have 1
llf.ll J Hp 1
where e = N+ 1- n(p- 1) >0.
n(l- -) =b. J
+1
p
llhll HP::; C beJ"+l'
Hence
(9.4)
2e ::; Cbj ::; C •
0
Theorem 7 follows from (9.3), (9,4),
and the choice
f.
Jo
=
f •
10.
EXTENSION OF A THEOREM OF OBERLIN
A theorem of D.M. Oberlin [0] asserts that for
f E H1 (Rn) ,
.., E k
where
= -..,
dcr
sup 2k.::;, r.::;, 2k + l
J
IS I = l
lfl dcr(g).::;, cllfll 1 , H
is surface measure on
jxj = l •
We will extend this result in two ways - by replacing the n- l dimensional spheres with circles and the
THEOREM 8. ~
Suppose that
1.::;,q
and
.!&!
sk ,
the following property:
L1
norms by
Lq
norms,
~~constants
n;:::2 • k E Z ,
be
~
C(n,q)
sequence£.!. circles
ill Rn with center .!! the origin ,!m! ~ between 2k ,!!!.!! 2k+ 1 •
Then
( 10. l)
As a corollary, we obtain the inequality
E k= - ...
The theorem and corollary are false for
q
="" • A counterexample is
furnished by
...
~
k
=l
1
k
- q>(g- 2 e )
k
78
l
EMBEDDING AND MULTIPLIER THEOREMS FOR Hp(R 0
cp E C~ ,
where
supp cp c
cp(O) = l •
,
Corollary 1 of §2 shows
f E H1 •
that
p<1
For
a proof like the one of 'Theorem 8 leads to the inequality
But here the case
co
(10.2)
~
k
If
79
)
q
=co
holds too,
2 -kn(l-p)
=-co
The proof of (10.2) is left to the reader. It extends the inequality 1 n(ll' - 1) (t;) ~ P which we have used earlier. H
cl sI
I
II £11
PROOF OF THEOREM 8. satisfied.
f
is a unit 1-atom, so that (8.1) is
By H'older's inequality, we may also assume
lf<s>l
we have
We may assume
~
clsl ,
q2:2 •
By (8.3)
so that 0
( 10. 3)
~
k
=-co
To analyze the case
k2: 1
we introduce the unit cube
Q
and the
numbers
a(t)
as in §8. length
~
Let C(n) ,
.s:k
=
= It E zn so
sup sEQ
:
n
If <s + t) I ,
Q+ t
meets
tEZ ,
sk
l .
Each intersection has arc
80
BAERNSTEIN AND SAWYER
By
~older's
I: ( k= 1
inequality, with
1 1 q+ qt =
1,
J
sk
~ C(
!:
2 -kq I /q) 1/q I
k=l
Now each q;:::2 •
.{,
belongs to at most two of the
(
. !:
I:
k= 1
.t,Etk
tk ,
a(.(,) q) 1/q
and we are assuming
Hence
where we have used (8.2).
This inequality, with (10.3), proves Theorem 8 •
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