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Let $T$ be an $L^2$-bounded operator having an $\omega$-Calder\'on--Zygmund kernel $K$ with a modulus of continuity $\omega$. If $\omega$ satisfied the Dini condition $\int_0^1\omega(t)\ud t/t<\infty$, then $T$ satisfies the $A_2$ theorem…

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