Extending recent work for the linear Poisson problem for the Laplacian in the framework of Sobolev-Besov spaces on Lipschitz domains by Jerison and Kenig [16], Fabes, Mendez and Mitrea [9], and Mitrea and Taylor [30], here we take up the task of developing a similar sharp theory for semilinear problems of the type Δu - N(x,u) = F(x), equipped with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions.

We establish the following sharp local estimate for the family ${R_j}_{j=1}^d$ of Riesz transforms on ${ℝ}^d$. For any Borel subset A of ${ℝ}^d$ and any function $f:{ℝ}^d\to ℝ$, ${\int }_A|R_{j}f\left(x\right)|dx\le C_p{\left|\right|f\left|\right|}_{L^p\left({ℝ}^d\right)}{\left|A\right|}^{1/q}$, 1 < p < ∞. Here q = p/(p-1) is the harmonic conjugate to p, $C_p={[2^{q+2}\Gamma (q+1)/{\pi }^{q+1}{\sum }_{k=0}^{\infty }{(-1)}^k/{(2k+1)}^{q+1}]}^{1/q}$, 1 < p < 2, and $C_p={[4\Gamma (q+1)/{\pi }^q{\sum }_{k=0}^{\infty }1/{(2k+1)}^q]}^{1/q}$, 2 ≤ p < ∞. This enables us to determine the precise values of the weak-type constants for Riesz transforms for 1 < p < ∞. The proof rests on appropriate martingale inequalities, which are of independent interest.

Sharp $L^p-L^q$ estimates are obtained for averaging operators associated to hypersurfaces in $R^n$ given as graphs of homogeneous functions. An application to the regularity of an initial value problem is given.

We prove sharp weighted inequalities of the form$${\int }_{{\mathbf{R}}^n}|f\left(x\right){|}^{p}v\left(x\right)dx\le C{\int }_{{\mathbf{R}}^n}|q\left(D\right)\left(f\right)\left(x\right){|}^{p}N\left(v\right)\left(x\right)dx$$where $q\left(D\right)$ is a differential operator and $N$ is a combination of maximal type operator related to $q\left(D\right)$ and to $p$.

In the context of the spaces of homogeneous type, given a family of operators that look like approximations of the identity, new sharp maximal functions are considered. We prove a good-λ inequality for Muckenhoupt weights, which leads to an analog of the Fefferman-Stein estimate for the classical sharp maximal function. As a consequence, we establish weighted norm estimates for certain singular integrals, defined on irregular domains, with Hörmander conditions replaced by some estimates which do...

We consider an abstract non-negative self-adjoint operator L acting on L²(X) which satisfies Davies-Gaffney estimates. Let $H_L^p\left(X\right)$ (p > 0) be the Hardy spaces associated to the operator L. We assume that the doubling condition holds for the metric measure space X. We show that a sharp Hörmander-type spectral multiplier theorem on $H_L^p\left(X\right)$ follows from restriction-type estimates and Davies-Gaffney estimates. We also establish a sharp result for the boundedness of Bochner-Riesz means on $H_L^p\left(X\right)$.

We study sharp weak-type inequalities for a wide class of Fourier multipliers resulting from modulation of the jumps of Lévy processes. In particular, we obtain optimal estimates for second-order Riesz transforms, which lead to interesting a priori bounds for smooth functions on ℝd. The proofs rest on probabilistic methods: we deduce the above inequalities from the corresponding estimates for martingales. To obtain the lower bounds, we exploit the properties of laminates, important probability measures...

In 1968, Gohberg and Krupnik found a Fredholm criterion for singular integral operators of the form aP + bQ, where a,b are piecewise continuous functions and P,Q are complementary projections associated to the Cauchy singular integral operator, acting on Lebesgue spaces over Lyapunov curves. We extend this result to the case of Nakano spaces (also known as variable Lebesgue spaces) with certain weights having finite sets of discontinuities on arbitrary Carleson curves.

Let χ be a space of homogeneous type. The aims of this paper are as follows.i) Assuming that T is a bounded linear operator on L2(χ), we give a sufficient condition on the kernel of T such that T is of weak type (1,1), hence bounded on Lp(χ) for 1 &lt; p ≤ 2; our condition is weaker then the usual Hörmander integral condition.ii) Assuming that T is a bounded linear operator on L2(Ω) where Ω is a measurable subset of χ, we give a sufficient condition on the kernel of T so that T is of weak type...