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On the maximum principle for the Riesz transform

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2017-01-18 v1

Abstract

Let μ\mu be a measure in Rd\mathbb R^d with compact support and continuous density, and let Rsμ(x)=yxyxs+1dμ(y),  x,yRd,  0<s<d. R^s\mu(x)=\int\frac{y-x}{|y-x|^{s+1}}\,d\mu(y),\ \ x,y\in\mathbb R^d,\ \ 0<s<d. We consider the following conjecture: supxRdRsμ(x)CsupxsuppμRsμ(x),C=C(d,s). \sup_{x\in\mathbb R^d}|R^s\mu(x)|\le C\sup_{x\in\text{supp}\,\mu}|R^s\mu(x)|,\quad C=C(d,s). This relation was known for d1s<dd-1\le s<d, and is still an open problem in the general case. We prove the maximum principle for 0<s<10< s<1, and also for 0<s<d0<s<d in the case of radial measure. Moreover, we show that this conjecture is incorrect for non-positive measures.

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@article{arxiv.1701.04500,
  title  = {On the maximum principle for the Riesz transform},
  author = {Vladimir Eiderman and Fedor Nazarov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.04500},
  year   = {2017}
}
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