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We investigate weighted inequalities for fractional maximal operators and fractional integral operators.We work within the innovative framework of “entropy bounds” introduced by Treil–Volberg. Using techniques developed by Lacey and the second author, we are able to efficiently prove the weighted inequalities.

We investigate weighted norm inequalities for the commutator of a fractional integral operator and multiplication by a function. In particular, we show that, for $\mu ,\lambda \in A_{p,q}$ and α/n + 1/q = 1/p, the norm $\left|\right|[b,I_{\alpha }]:L^p\left({\mu }^p\right)\to L^q\left({\lambda }^q\right)\left|\right|$ is equivalent to the norm of b in the weighted BMO space BMO(ν), where $\nu =\mu {\lambda }^{-1}$. This work extends some of the results on this topic existing in the literature, and continues a line of investigation which was initiated by Bloom in 1985 and was recently developed further by the first author, Lacey, and Wick.