On the triangle inequality in quasi-Banach spaces.
The properties of rare maximal functions (i.e. Hardy-Littlewood maximal functions associated with sparse families of intervals) are investigated. A simple criterion allows one to decide if a given rare maximal function satisfies a converse weak type inequality. The summability properties of rare maximal functions are also considered.
We present a version of Opial's inequality for time scales and point out some of its applications to so-called dynamic equations. Such dynamic equations contain both differential equations and difference equations as special cases. Various extensions of our inequality are offered as well.
We prove some new Opial type inequalities on time scales and employ them to prove several results related to the spacing between consecutive zeros of a solution or between a zero of a solution and a zero of its derivative for second order dynamic equations on time scales. We also apply these inequalities to obtain a lower bound for the smallest eigenvalue of a Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problem on time scales. The results contain as special cases some results obtained for second order differential...
We find the norm of the Hardy operator minus the identity acting on the cone of radially decreasing functions on minimal Lorentz spaces (restricted type estimates).