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Iterated commutators of multilinear fractional operators with rough kernels
Journal of Inequalities and Applications volume 2012, Article number: 80 (2012)
Abstract
Let Ω ∈ Ls(smn-1) for some s > 1 be a homogeneous function of degree zero on Rmn. We obtain the iterated commutator of multilinear fractional operator is bounded from to Lp and also is bounded from to Lp(vp), when and , respectively. Similarly results still hold for its corresponding maximal operator .
2000 Mathematics Sub ject Classification: 42B20; 42B25.
1. Introduction
Let 0 < α < n, the classical fractional integral operator (or the Riesz potential) T α is defined by
which plays important roles in many fields such as PDE and so on. For the classical results for T α please see [1–3], and see [4, 5] for T α with rough kernels. When b ∈ BMO, Chanillo [6] proved the commutator T α, b is bounded from Lp(Rn) into Lq(Rn)(p > 1, 1/q = 1/p - α/n > 0), where T α, b f(x) = b(x)T α f(x) - T α (bf)(x).
The study of multilinear singular integral operator has recently received increasing attention. It is not only motivated by a mere quest to generalize the theory of linear operators but rather by their natural appearance in analysis. In recent years, the study of these operators has made significant advances, many results obtained parallel to the linear theory of classical Calderón-Zygmund operators. As one of the most important operators, the multilinear fractional type operator has also been attracted more attentions. In 1999, Kenig and Stein [7] studied the following multilinear fractional operator I α , 0 < α < mn,
where, and throughout this article, we denote by , and the nonnegative integers with m ≥ 1 and n ≥ 2.
Theorem 1.1. [7] Let m ∈ N,
with 0 < α < mn, 1 ≤ r i ≤ ∞, then
(a) If eachr r i > 1,
(b) If r i = 1 for some i,
Obviously, in the case m = 1, I α is the classical fractional integral operator T α . The inequality is the multi-version of the well-known Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev inequality for T α , i.e., , where and r1 > 1.
We say a locally integrable nonnegative function w on Rn belongs to A(p, q)(1 < p, q < ∞) if
where Q denotes a cube in Rn with the sides parallel to the coordinate axes and the supremum is taken over all cubes, be the conjugate index of p.
Muckenhoupt and Wheede [2] showed that , where and w ∈ A(p, q).
García-Cuerva and Martell [8] proved that, when 0 < α < n, 1 < p < q < ∞,
hold for weights (u, v), if there exists r > 1 such that for each cube Q in Rn,
Motivated by this observation, Shi and Tao [9] pursued the results bellow parallel to the above two estimates.
Theorm 1.2. [9] Let 0 < α < mn, suppose that with 1 < p i < mn/α(i = 1, 2,..., m) and , where 1/q i = 1/p i - α/mn. If let
then there is a constant C > 0 independent of f i such that
for , i= 1,..., m.
Theorem 1.3. [9] Let 0 < α < mn, (u, v) is a pair of weights. If for every i = 1, 2,..., m, 1 < p i < mp < ∞, there exist r i > 1 such that for every cube Q in Rn,
then for every, there is a constant C> 0 independent of f i such that
Before stating our main results, let's recall some definitions. For 0 < α < n, suppose Ω is homogeneous of degree zero on Rn and Ω ∈ Ls(Sn-1)(s > 1), where Sn-1denotes the unit sphere in Rn. Then the fractional operator TΩ,αand its corresponding maximal operator MΩ,αcan be defined, respectively, by
The higher order commutators associated with TΩ, αand MΩ, αare defined as
For ν a nonnegative locally integrable function on Rn , a function b is said to belong to BMO(ν), if there is a constant C > 0 such that
hold for any cube Q in Rn with its sides parallel to the coordinate axes, where .
When b(x) ∈ BMO(ν), Ding and Lu [10] studied the (Lp (up), Lq (vq)) boundedness of the higher order commutators and .
Segovia and Torrea [11] gave the weighted boundedness of higher order commutator for vector-valued integral operators with a pair of weights using the Rubio de Francia extrapolation idea for weighted norm inequalities. As an application of this result, they obtained (Lp (up), Lq (vq)) boundedness for .
Theorem 1.4. [11] Suppose that 0 < α < n, 1 < p < n/α, 1/q = 1/p - α/n. Then for b ∈ BMO(ν), u(x), v(x) ∈ A(p, q) and u(x)v(x)- 1= νm , there is a constant C > 0, independent of f, such that satisfies
Let s > 1, Ω ∈ Ls(Smn- 1) be a homogeneous function of degree zero on Rmn. Assume that is a collection of locally integrable functions. In this article, we study the iterated commutator of multilinear fractional integral operator and its corresponding maximal operator defined by
Remark 1.5. If m = 1, is the homogeneous fractional commutator ; If m = 1 and Ω ≡ 1, is the classical fractional commutator for T α .
Inspired by the above results, one may naturally ask the following questions: Whether the conclusions in [6] can be extended to and . Can we obtain similar results as in [10] for the iterated commutators and .
The following theorems will give positive answers to the above questions.
Theorem 1.6. Let with s'∈ ℕ and .
Then for functions, we have
(i) is bounded from to Lp(Rn), that is
(ii) is bounded from to Lp(Rn), that is
where C is a positive constant independent of f i , for i = 1,..., m.
Theorem 1.7. Let with s'∈ ℕ, and with and . Then for functions , we have
(i) is bounded from to Lp(vp)(Rn), that is
(ii) is bounded from to Lp(vp)(Rn), that is
where C is a positive constant independent of f i , for i = 1,..., m.
Remark 1.8. Theorem 1.6 extend some of the result in [6] significantly. Theorem 1.7 is the multi-version of Theorems 1 and 3 in [10].
Throughout this article, the letter C always remains to denote a positive constant that may vary at each occurrence but is independent of all essential variables.
2. Proof of the main results
To prove Theorems 1.6 and 1.7, we need the following lemmas.
Lemma 2.1. Let , assume that the function with 1 ≤ p i < ∞(i = 1, 2,..., m), then there exists a constant C > 0 such that for any x ∈ Rn,
Proof. Since Ω ∈ Ls(Smn- 1), by Hölder's inequality, we get
This completes our proof. □
Lemma 2.2. Let for 1 < p i < ∞(i = 1, 2,..., m). For any 0 < ∊ < min{α, mn - α}, there exists a constant C > 0 such that for any x ∈ Rn,
Proof. Fix x ∈ Rn and 0 < ∊ < min{α, mn - α}, for any δ > 0 we have
For I, we have
For II, we have
So we get
Now, we choose δ, such that
This implies Lemma 2.2. □
Now let's prove Theorem 1.6.
Proof. We prove conclusion (i) first. Since each p i > s' , by Theorem 1.4, Hölder's inequality and Lemma 2.1, we have
where .
To prove (ii), we choose a small positive number ∊ with . One can then see from the condition of Theorem 1.6 that and , and let
Now if each p i > s', then conclusion (i) implies that
Noting that . Using Lemma 2.2, Hölder's inequality and the above inequalities, we have
Thus, this complete the proof of Theorem 1.6. □
Lemma 2.3. [10] Suppose that 0 < α < n, 1 ≤ s' < p < n/α, 1/q = 1/p -α/n and that u(x)s', v(x)s' ∈ A(p/s', q/s'). Then there is an ∊ > 0 such that
and u(x)s', v(x)s' ∈ A(p/s', q ∈ /s'), hold at the same time, where .
The proof of Theorem 1.7.
Proof. We prove conclusion (i) first. It is easy to see that u i (x)s', v i (x)s' ∈ A(p i /s', q i /s'). By Lemma 2.1 and Theorem 1.4, we have
Now we prove (ii), note that under the condition of Theorem 1.7, by Lemma 2.3, there is an ∊ > 0 such that
and u i (x)s', v i (x)s' ∈ A(p i /s', qi∈/s'), hold at the same time, where . Let
The boundedness of implies
Now by Lemma 2.2, Hölder's inequality and the inequalities above, we get
Thus, Theorem 1.7 is proved. □
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Y. Shi was supported by the Foundation of Zhejiang Pharmaceutical College under Grant ZPCSR2010013. The authors thank the Referees for some valuable suggestions, which have improved this article.
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Si, Z., Shi, Y. Iterated commutators of multilinear fractional operators with rough kernels. J Inequal Appl 2012, 80 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1029-242X-2012-80
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