A rigidity phenomenon for the Hardy-Littlewood maximal function

Stefan Steinerberger

Studia Mathematica (2015)

  • Volume: 229, Issue: 3, page 263-278
  • ISSN: 0039-3223

Abstract

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The Hardy-Littlewood maximal function ℳ and the trigonometric function sin x are two central objects in harmonic analysis. We prove that ℳ characterizes sin x in the following way: Let f C α ( , ) be a periodic function and α > 1/2. If there exists a real number 0 < γ < ∞ such that the averaging operator ( A x f ) ( r ) = 1 / 2 r x - r x + r f ( z ) d z has a critical point at r = γ for every x ∈ ℝ, then f(x) = a + bsin(cx+d) for some a,b,c,d ∈ ℝ. This statement can be used to derive a characterization of trigonometric functions as those nonconstant functions for which the computation of the maximal function ℳ is as simple as possible. The proof uses the Lindemann-Weierstrass theorem from transcendental number theory.

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Stefan Steinerberger. "A rigidity phenomenon for the Hardy-Littlewood maximal function." Studia Mathematica 229.3 (2015): 263-278. <http://eudml.org/doc/285673>.

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