We study the mapping properties of fractional maximal operators in Sobolev and Campanato spaces in metric measure spaces. We show that, under certain restrictions on the underlying metric measure space, fractional maximal operators improve the Sobolev regularity of functions and map functions in Campanato spaces to Hölder continuous functions. We also give an example of a space where fractional maximal function of a Lipschitz function fails to be continuous.

Given an equibounded (₀)-semigroup of linear operators with generator A on a Banach space X, a functional calculus, due to L. Schwartz, is briefly sketched to explain fractional powers of A. Then the (modified) K-functional with respect to $(X,D\left({(-A)}^{\alpha }\right))$, α > 0, is characterized via the associated resolvent R(λ;A). Under the assumption that the resolvent satisfies a Nikolskii type inequality, ${\left|\right|\lambda R(\lambda ;A)f\left|\right|}_Y{\le c\phi (1/\lambda )\left|\right|f\left|\right|}_X$, for a suitable Banach space Y, an Ulyanov inequality is derived. This will be of interest if one has good control...

We study the notion of fractional $L^p$-differentiability of order $s\in (0,1)$ along vector fields satisfying the Hörmander condition on ${ℝ}^n$. We prove a modified version of the celebrated structure theorem for the Carnot-Carathéodory balls originally due to Nagel, Stein and Wainger. This result enables us to demonstrate that different $W^{s,p}$-norms are equivalent. We also prove a local embedding $W^{1,p}\subset W^{s,q}$, where q is a suitable exponent greater than p.

Let K be a compact Hausdorff space, $C_p\left(K\right)$ the space of continuous functions on K endowed with the pointwise convergence topology, D ⊂ K a dense subset and $t_p\left(D\right)$ the topology in C(K) of pointwise convergence on D. It is proved that when $C_p\left(K\right)$ is Lindelöf the $t_p\left(D\right)$-compact subsets of C(K) are fragmented by the supremum norm of C(K). As a consequence we obtain some Namioka type results and apply them to prove that if K is separable and $C_p\left(K\right)$ is Lindelöf, then K is metrizable if, and only if, there is a countable and dense...

Recent work has studied the fragmentability and σ-fragmentability properties of Banach spaces. Here examples are given that justify the definitions that have been used. The fragmentability and σ-fragmentability properties of the spaces ${\ell }^{\infty }$ and ${\ell }_c^{\infty }\left(\Gamma \right)$, with Γ uncountable, are determined.

We prove that if a Banach space X admits a Lipschitz β-smooth bump function, then (X ∗ , weak ∗ ) is fragmented by a metric, generating a topology, which is stronger than the τβ -topology. We also use this to prove that if X ∗ admits a Lipschitz Gateaux-smooth bump function, then X is sigma-fragmentable.

The purpose of this note is two-fold: firstly, to give a new and interesting result concerning separate and joint continuity, and secondly, to give a stream-lined (and self-contained) proof of the fact that "tame" CHART groups are topological groups.

We construct wavelet-type frames associated with the expansive matrix dilation on the Anisotropic Triebel-Lizorkin spaces. We also show the a.e. convergence of the frame expansion which includes multi-wavelet expansion as a special case.

The class of elements of locally finite closed descent in a commutative Fréchet algebra is introduced. Using this notion, those commutative Fréchet algebras in which the algebra ℂ[[X]] may be embedded are completely characterized, and some applications to the theory of automatic continuity are given.

We describe all those commutative Fréchet algebras which may be continuously embedded in the algebra ℂ[[X]] in such a way that they contain the polynomials. It is shown that these algebras (except ℂ[[X]] itself) always satisfy a certain equicontinuity condition due to Loy. Using this result, some applications to the theory of automatic continuity are given; in particular, the uniqueness of the Fréchet algebra topology for such algebras is established.

We consider Fréchet algebras which are subalgebras of the algebra 𝔉 = ℂ [[X]] of formal power series in one variable and of 𝔉ₙ = ℂ [[X₁,..., Xₙ]] of formal power series in n variables, where n ∈ ℕ. In each case, these algebras are taken with the topology of coordinatewise convergence. We begin with some basic definitions about Fréchet algebras, (F)-algebras, and other topological algebras, and recall some of their properties; we discuss Michael's problem from 1952 on the continuity of characters...