$β$-dimensional sharp maximal function and applications
You-Wei Benson Chen, Alejandro Claros
TL;DR
This work extends the classical sharp maximal function framework to a beta-dimensional setting defined via the Hausdorff content $\mathcal{H}^\beta_\infty$ by introducing the $\beta$-dimensional sharp maximal operator $\mathcal{M}^{\#}_\beta$. The authors establish a Fefferman–Stein inequality and a Muckenhoupt–Wheeden type inequality in this Choquet–Hausdorff context using good-$\lambda$ and packing techniques, and they connect these sharp maximal estimates to fractional and Riesz potentials. A key contribution is the pointwise comparison $\mathcal{M}^{\#}_\beta(I_\alpha f) \sim \mathcal{M}_\alpha f$, enabling Adams-type Morrey-type implications and enabling $L^p(\mathcal{H}^\beta_\infty)$ control. They develop dyadic and continuous good-$\lambda$ estimates for Riesz potentials with respect to Hausdorff content, yielding sharp bounds and exponential decay. Finally, the results are applied to PDEs, proving local exponential integrability of gradient estimates for $p$-Laplace type equations with measure data in capacitary terms, highlighting the practical impact on nonlinear PDE analysis.
Abstract
In this paper, we study $β$-dimensional sharp maximal operator defined as \begin{align*} \mathcal{M}^{\#} _βf(x) := \sup_{Q} \inf_{c \in \mathbb{R}} χ_{Q}(x) \frac{1}{\ell(Q)^β} \int_Q |f-c| \; d \mathcal{H}^β_\infty, \end{align*} where the supremum is taken over all cubes in $\mathbb{R}^d$ with sides pararell to the coordinate axes, $\ell(Q)$ is the length side of $Q$ and $\mathcal{H}^β_\infty$ is the Hausdorff content. In particular, we prove Fefferman-Stein inequality for $\mathcal{M}^{\#} _βf$ by giving a good lambda estimate for $β$-dimensional sharp maximal operator in the context of Hausdorff content. Additionally, we prove the Muckenhoupt-Wheeden inequality in this framework by establishing a good lambda inequality of independent interest.
