Volume 2010, Article ID 837951, 14 pagesdoi:10.1155/2010/837951 Research Article On Boundedness of Weighted Hardy Operator in Aziz Harman1 and Farman Imran Mamedov1, 2 1 Education Facult
Trang 1Volume 2010, Article ID 837951, 14 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/837951
Research Article
On Boundedness of Weighted Hardy Operator in
Aziz Harman1 and Farman Imran Mamedov1, 2
1 Education Faculty, Dicle University, 21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey
2 Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of National Academy of Science, Azerbaijan
Correspondence should be addressed to Farman Imran Mamedov,m.farman@dicle.edu.tr
Received 22 September 2010; Accepted 26 November 2010
Academic Editor: P J Y Wong
Copyrightq 2010 A Harman and F I Mamedov This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
We give a new proof for power-type weighted Hardy inequality in the norms of generalized
Lebesgue spaces L p·Rn Assuming the logarithmic conditions of regularity in a neighborhood
of zero and at infinity for the exponents p x ≤ qx, βx, necessary and sufficient conditions are proved for the boundedness of the Hardy operator Hfx |y|≤|x| f ydy from L p·
|x| β·Rn into
L q·
|x| β ·−n/p·−n/q·RN Also a separate statement on the exactness of logarithmic conditions at zero
and at infinity is given This shows that logarithmic regularity conditions for the functions β, p at
the origin and infinity are essentially one
1 Introduction
The object of this investigation is the Hardy-type weighted inequality
|x| β ·−n/p·−n/q· Hf
L q· Rn≤ C|x| β·f
L p· Rn, Hf x
|y|≤|x| f
in the norms of generalized Lebesgue spaces L p·Rn This subject was investigated in the papers1 7 For the one-dimensional Hardy operator in 1, the necessary and sufficient
condition was obtained for the exponents β, p, q We give a new proof for this result in
more general settings for the multidimensional Hardy operator Also we prove that the logarithmic regularity conditions are essential one for such kind of inequalities to hold In that proposal, we improve a result sort of8 since, there is an estimation by the maximal function|x| −n Hf x ≤ CMfx.
Trang 2At the beginning, a one-dimensional Hardy inequality was considered assuming the the local log condition at the finite interval 0, l Subsequently, the logarithmic condition
was assumed in an arbitrarily small neighborhood of zero, where an additional restriction
p x ≥ p0 was imposed on the exponent In 3,9 it was shown that it is sufficient to assume the logarithmic condition only at the zero point In10 the case of an entire semiaxis was
considered without using the condition px ≥ p0 However, a more rigid condition β <
1− 1/p− was introduced for a range of exponents The exact condition was found in 1 They proved this result by using of interpolation approaches In this paper, we use other approaches, analogous to those in10, based on the property of triangles for px-norms and
binary decomposition near the origin and infinity We consider the multidimensional case,
and the condition βx const is not obligatory, while the necessary and sufficient condition
is obtained by a set of exponents p, q, β without imposing any preliminary restrictions on their
valuesTheorems3.1and3.2 InTheorem 3.3, it has been proved that logarithmic conditions
at zero and at infinity are exact for the Hardy inequality to be valid in the case q p.
Problems of the boundedness of classical integral operators such as maximal and singular operators, the Riesz potential, and others in Lebesgue spaces with variable exponent,
as well as the investigation of problems of regularity of nonlinear equations with nonstandard growth condition have become of late the arena of an intensive attack of many authorssee
11–18
2 Lebesgue Spaces with a Variable Exponent
As to the basic properties of spaces L p·, we refer to19 Throughout this paper, it is assumed
that px is a measurable function in Ω, where Ω ∈ R nis an open domain, taking its values from the interval1, ∞ with p supx∈Rn p < ∞ The space of functions L p·Ω is introduced
as the class of measurable functions f x in Ω, which have a finite I p f : Ω|fx| p x
dx-modular A norm in L p·Ω is given in the form
f
L p· Ω inf
λ > 0 : I p
f λ
For p−> 1, p< ∞ the space L p·Ω is a reflexive Banach space
Denote byΛ a class of measurable functions f : R n → R satisfying the following conditions:
∃m ∈
0,1
2
, ∃f0 ∈ R, sup
x ∈B0,m
f x − f0 ln 1
|x| < ∞, 2.2
∃M > 1, ∃f∞ ∈ R, sup
x ∈R n \B0,M
f x − f∞ ln|x| < ∞. 2.3
For the exponential functions βx, px, and qx, we further assume β, p, q ∈ Λ.
We will many times use the following statement in the proof of main results
Trang 3Lemma 2.1 Let s ∈ Λ be a measurable function such that −∞ < s−, s < ∞ Then the condition
2.2 for the function sx is equivalent to the estimate
C−13 |x| s0≤ |x| s x ≤ C3|x| s0 2.4
when |x| ≤ m and the condition 2.3 for sx is equivalent to the estimate
C4−1|x| s∞ ≤ |x| s x ≤ C4|x| s∞ 2.5
when |x| ≥ M Where the constants C3, C4> 1 depend on s 0, s∞, s−, s, s 0, s∞, m, M, C1,
C2.
To proveLemma 2.1, for example2.4, it suffices to rewrite the inequality 2.4 in the form
and pass to logarithmic in this inequalitysee also, 1,7,17
For 1 < p < ∞, p denotes the conjugate number of p, p p/p − 1 It is further assumed that p ∞ for p 1, and p 1 for p ∞, 1/∞ 0, 1/0 ∞ We denote by C, C1, C2
various positive constants whose values may vary at each appearance Bx, r denotes a ball with center at x and radius r > 0 We write u ∼ v if there exist positive constants C3, C4such
that C3u x ≤ vx ≤ C4u x By χ E , we denote the characteristic function of the set E.
3 The Main Results
The main results of the paper are contained in the next statements The theorem below gives
a solution of the two-weighted problem for the multidimensional Hardy operator in the case
of power-type weights
Theorem 3.1 Let qx ≥ px and βx be measurable functions taken from the class Λ Let the
following conditions be fulfilled:
0 < p−≤ px, q x ≤ q < ∞, −∞ < β−≤ βx ≤ β< ∞. 3.1
p 0 > 1, p∞ > 1, β 0 < n
1− 1
, β ∞ < n
1− 1
We have the following analogous result for the conjugate Hardy operator Hf x
|y|≥|x| f ydy.
Trang 4Theorem 3.2 Let qx ≥ px and βx be measurable functions taken from the class Λ Let the
operator Hf is fulfilled if and only if
p 0 > 1, p∞ > 1, β 0 > n
1− 1
, β ∞ > n
1− 1
In the next theorem, we prove that the logarithmic conditions near zero and at infinity are essentially one
Theorem 3.3 If condition 2.2 or 2.3 does not hold, then there exists an example of functions p, β,
and a sequence f below index k violating the inequality
|x| β ·−n Hf
L p· Rn ≤ C|x| β·f
4 Proofs of the Main Results
Sufficiency Let fx ≥ 0 be a measurable function such that
|x| β·f
We will prove that
|x| β ·−n/p·−n/q· Hf
L q· Rn≤ C5. 4.2
Assume that 0 < δ < m is a sufficiently small number such that n/px > n/p0 − ε for all x ∈ B0, δ, where ε n/p0−β0/2 Let, furthermore, M < N < ∞ be a sufficiently large number such that n/px > n/p∞−δ1for all x∈ Rn \B0, N, where δ1 n/p∞−
β ∞/2.
By Minkowski inequality, for px-norms, we have
|x| β ·−n/p·−n/q· Hf
L q· Rn≤|x| β ·−n/p·−n/q· Hf
L q·B0,δ
|x| β ·−n/p·−n/q· Hf
L q·B0,N\B0,δ
|x|β ·−n/p
·−n/q·
{t:|t|<N} f tdt
L q· Rn \B0,N
|x|β ·−n/p
·−n/q·
{t:N<|t|<|x|} f tdt
L q· RN \B0,N
: i1 i2 i3 i4.
4.3
Trang 5The estimate near zero i1.
By Minkowski inequality, we have the inequalities
i1≤
|x|β ·−n/p
·−n/q·∞
k0
{t:2 −k−1 |x|<|t|<2 −k |x|}f tdt
L q·B0,δ
≤∞
k0
|x|β ·−n/p
·−n/q·
{t:2 −k−1 |x|<|t|<2 −k |x|} f tdt
L q·B0,δ
.
4.4
Denote B x,k {y ∈ R n : 2−k−1 |x| < |y| < 2 −k |x|} and p−
x,k minpx, inf y ∈B x,k p y.
By2.2 andLemma 2.1, for x ∈ B0, δ, t ∈ B x,k, we have|x| β x ∼ 2kβ0t β t To prove this equivalence, we use that|t| ∼ |x|2 −k , |x| β x ∼ |x| β0and|t| β t ∼ |t| β0 Therefore, and due to
Holder’s inequality, for x ∈ B0, δ, we get
|x| β x−n/px−n/qx
B x,k
f tdt
≤ C62kβ0|x| −n/px−n/qx
B x,k
|t| β t f tdt
≤ C62kβ0|x| −n/p0−n/qx
B x,k
|t| β t f tp x,k−
dt
1/p−
x,k
2−k |x|n/ p−x,k
.
4.5
a If p−
x,k / px, then by 2.2 andLemma 2.1,
2−k |x|n/ p x,k−
∼ t n/pt ∼ t n/p0∼ 2−kn/p 0|x| n/p0∼ 2−kn/p 0|x| n/px 4.6
Demonstrate details in proof of4.6 For t ∈ B x,k and x ∈ B0, δ, we have 2 −k−1 |x| <
|t| ≤ 2 −k |x| Then
2−k |x|n/ p x,k−
∼ |t| n/ p−
x,k
By hypothesisa, p−
x,k attains in the interval B x,k , because there exists a point y ∈ B x,kwhere
p−x,k ∼ py Obviously, the point y depends on x, k Then |t| n/ p−
x,k ∼ |t| n/py By virtue of
2−k−1 |x| < |y| ≤ 2 −k−1 |x|, we have |t|/2 < |y| ≤ 2|t| Hence, |t| n/py ∼ |y| n/py, byLemma 2.1,
|y| n/py ∼ |y| n/p0∼ |t| n/p0
b If p−
x,k px, then by choice of δ,
2−k |x|n/ p−x,k
∼ 2−kn/px |x| n/px≤ 2−kn/p0εk |x| n/px; x ∈ B0, δ. 4.8
Trang 6Applying estimate4.8 to both hypotheses a and b, by choosing of ε and δ, the right-hand
part of4.5 is less than
C7|x| −n/qx2−kε
B x,k
|t| β t f tp−x,k
dt
1/p−
x,k
Simultaneously,
B x,k
|t| β t f tp−x,k
dt
≤
B x,k ∩{t∈R n:|t|β t f t≥1}
|t| β t f tp t dt
B x,k
dt≤ 1 2−kn δ n C8.
4.9
By4.5 and 4.9, we have
I q;B 0,δ |x| β ·−n/p·−n/q·
B x,k
f tdt
≤ C92−kεq−
B 0,δ |x| −n
B x,k
|t| β t f tp x,k−
dt
q x/p−
x,k
dx
≤ C9C8q/p−−12−kεq−
B 0,δ B x,k
|t| β t f tp t 1
dt
|x| −n dx
4.10
which, due to Fubini’s theorem, yields
≤ C9C q8/p−−12−kεq−
{t:|t|<2 −k δ}
f t|t| β tp t
B0,2 k1|t|\B0,2 k |t||x|
−n dx
dt
C102−kεq−ln 2
{t:|t|<2 −k δ}
f t|t| β tp t
1
4.11
Therefore,
|x|β ·−n/p
·−n/q·
B x,k
f tdt
L q·B0,δ
≤ C122−kεq−/q. 4.12
By4.12 and 4.4, we get
∞
k0
2−kεq−/q C13< ∞. 4.13
Trang 7Put f N t ftχ |t|>N Analogously to the case of4.4, we have
k0
|x|β ·−n/p
·−n/q·
{t:2 −k−1 |x|<|t|<2 −k |x|} f N tdt
L q· Rn \B0,N
By|t| ∼ |x|2 −k, condition2.3 andLemma 2.1for x∈ Rn \ B0, N, t ∈ B x,k, we have
|x| β x ∼ |x| β∞∼ 2kβ∞t β∞∼ 2kβ∞t β t 4.15 Therefore, by virtue of Holder’s inequality,
|x| β x−n/px−n/qx
B x,k
f N tdt
≤ C142kβ∞|x| −n/px−n/qx
B x,k
|t| β t f N tdt
≤ C142kβ∞|x| −n/px−n/qx
B x,k
|t| β t f N tp−x,k
dt
1/p−
x,k
2−k |x|n/ p−x,k
.
4.16
i If p−
x,k / px and t ∈ B x,k, by2.3 andLemma 2.1, we have
2−k |x|n/ p−x,k
∼ t n/pt ∼ t n/p∞ ∼ 2−kn/p ∞|x| n/p∞∼ 2−kn/p ∞|x| n/px 4.17
ii If p−
x,k px, then by choice of δ1,
2−k |x|n/ p−x,k
∼ 2−kn/px |x| n/px≤ 2−kn/p∞δ1k |x| n/px 4.18
In both hypothesesi and ii by choosing of δ1, we have
|x| β x−n/px−n/qx
B x,k
f N tdt ≤ C15|x| −n/qx2−kδ1
B x,k
|t| β t f N tp−x,k
dt
1/p−
x,k
. 4.19
On the other hand,
B x,k
|t| β t f tp x,k−
B x,k ∩{t∈R n:|t|β t f t≥Gt}
|t| β t f t
p−
x,k
G t p−x,k dt
B x,k
G t p−dt,
4.20
Trang 8where Gt 1/1 t2 Hence,
≤
B x,k
f N t|t| β tp t
G t p−x,k −pt
B x,k
By2.3, for t ∈ B x,k, we have
G t p−x,k −pt≤1 t2p t−p−
x,k
Then4.21 implies
B x,k
|t| β t f N tp−x,k
Therefore,
I q;Rn \B0,N |x| β x−n/px−n/qx
B x,k
f N tdt
≤ C q17/p−2−kδ1q−
Rn \B0,N |x| −n
B x,k
|t| β t f N tp t dt
dx,
4.24
by Fubini’s theorem,
≤ C q/p−−1
17 2−kδ1q−ln 2
{t:|t|>2 −k N}
f N t|t| β tp t
dt ≤ C182−kδ1q−. 4.25
From4.25 and expansion 4.14, we get
∞
k0
We have
i2
|x|β ·−n/p
·−n/q·
{t∈R n:|t|<|x|}f tdt
L q·B0,N\B0,δ
≤
B 0,N f tdt
|x| β ·−n/p·−n/q·
L q·B0,N\B0,δ
≤ C20
B 0,N f tdt,
4.27
Trang 9from which, by virtue of Holder’s inequality, for px-norms, we obtain the estimate
B 0,N f tdt ≤|t| β·f t
L p·B0,N
|t| −β·
L p·B0,N 4.27
Using t −βtpt ∼ t −β0p 0 by Lemma 2.1for t ∈ B0, N and taking the condition β0 <
n/p0 into account, we find
I p;B0,N
|t| −β·
B 0,N |t| −βtpt dt ≤ C21
B 0,N |t| −β0p0dt C22. 4.28 From4.27 and 4.28, it follows that
Furthermore, we have
i3≤
B 0,N f tdt
|x| β x−n/px−n/qx
L q· Rn \B0,δ
The boundedness of the first term follows by4.27 Due to 2.3 andLemma 2.1, for x ∈
Rn \ B0, N, we have
|x| βx−n/pxqx−n ∼ |x| β∞−n/p∞qx−n 4.31 Applying condition4.31, we get
I q;Rn /B 0,N
|x| β ·−n/p·−n/q·
≤ C24
Rn \B0,N |x| −n−2δ1dx C25. 4.32
Then
test function
f τ t t −n/pt−βt χ B 0,δ/τ\B0,δ/2τ t. 4.34
Trang 10We come to a contradiction
I p
|t| β·f τ
B 0,δ/τ\B0,δ/2τ |x| −n dx C0ln 2 < ∞,
I q |t| β ·−n/p·−n/q·
B 0,t f τ
dy
≥
B 0,1\B0,δ/τ |t| βt−n/pt−n/qtqt
B 0,δ/τ\B0,δ/2τ
y −n/p0−β0
dy
q t
dt
≥
δ
2τ
n/p0−β0q−
B 0,1\B0,δ/τ |t| β0−n/p0qt−n dt−→ ∞
4.35
as τ → ∞
If 0 < p0 ≤ 1, then by virtue of inequalities 4.35 and 3.2 we obtain
I q |t| β t−n/pt−n/qt
B 0,t f τ
dy
Also,
I p
|t| β t f τ t C0ln 2, 4.37
and we come to a contradiction
If β∞ ≥ n/p∞, then, using condition 2.3 andLemma 2.1assuming 0 < τ < 1, we
again obtain
I p
|t| β t f τ t C0ln 2,
I q |t| β t−n/pt−n/qt
B 0,t f τ tdy
≥
Rn \B0,δ/τ |t| βt−n/ptqt−n
B 0,δ/τ\B0,δ/2τ
y −n/p∞−β∞ dy
dt
≥
δ
2τ
n/p∞−β∞q
Rn \B0,δ/τ |t| β∞−n/p∞qt−n dt−→ ∞
4.38
Trang 11as τ → ∞ If β∞ n/p∞, then from 4.38 we have
I q |t| β t−n/pt−n/qt
B 0,t f τ tdy
From4.38 and 3.2, we derive, as above, the necessity of the condition p∞ > 1.
This completes the proof ofTheorem 3.1
The proof ofTheorem 3.2easily follows fromTheorem 3.1by using the equivalence of inequalities
|x| β x−n/px−n/qx Hf x
L q· Rn≤ C|x| β x f x
L p· Rn,
|z| n −βz−2n/qz Hf x
L q· Rn≤ C|z| −βz−2n/pz f z
L p· Rn,
4.40
where px, qx, and βx stand for the functions px/|x|2, qx/|x|2, and βx/|x|2, respectively The equivalence readily follows from the equality
g
L p· Rn|z| −2n/pz g
for any function g :Rn → R, where gz gz/|z|2, which easily can be proved by changing
of variable x z/|z|2in the definition of px-norm.
5 Exactness of the Logarithmic Conditions
β x β0 Define the function p : 0, ∞ → 1, ∞ as
p x
⎧
⎨
⎩
p0, x ∈ B0, 2δ k \ B0, δ k ,
p k , x ∈ B0, 4δ k \ B0, 2δ k , k ∈ N 5.1
where p0 > 1, p k p0 α k , β0 ∈ R, and {α k} is an arbitrary sequence of positive numbers satisfying the condition
... Trang 6Applying estimate4.8 to both hypotheses a and b, by choosing of ε and δ, the right-hand
part...
Trang 9from which, by virtue of Holder’s inequality, for px-norms, we obtain the estimate
B... 4.37
and we come to a contradiction
If β∞ ≥ n/p∞, then, using condition 2.3 andLemma 2.1assuming < τ < 1, we
again obtain
I