We shall show that every differential operator of 2-nd order in a real separable Hilbert space can be decomposed into a regular and an irregular operator. Then we shall characterize irregular operators and differential operators satisfying the maximum principle. Results obtained for the Lévy laplacian in [3] will be generalized for irregular differential operators satisfying the maximum principle.

Let ${\sigma }_i$, i = 1,2,3, denote positive Borel measures on ℝⁿ, let denote the usual collection of dyadic cubes in ℝⁿ and let K: → [0,∞) be a map. We give a characterization of a trilinear embedding theorem, that is, of the inequality ${\sum }_{Q\in }K\left(Q\right){\prod }_{i=1}^3|{\int }_Q{f}_{i}d{\sigma }_i|\le C{\prod }_{i=1}^3\left|\right|f_i{\left|\right|}_{L^{p_i}\left(d{\sigma }_i\right)}$ in terms of a discrete Wolff potential and Sawyer’s checking condition, when 1 < p₁,p₂,p₃ < ∞ and 1/p₁ + 1/p₂ + 1/p₃ ≥ 1.

The spatial gradient of solutions to non-homogeneous and degenerate parabolic equations of $p$-Laplacean type can be pointwise estimated by natural Wolff potentials of the right hand side measure.