Properties and applications of partial multiple weights for fractional integrals
Wang Dinghuai, Yin Huicheng
TL;DR
This work introduces partial multiple weights and develops Rubio de Francia extrapolation within the partial Muckenhoupt framework, enabling robust two-weight and off-diagonal extrapolation for fractional operators. The authors prove that a commutator bound $\|[b,I_{\alpha}](f)\|_{L^{q}(u^{q}w^{q})}$ is equivalent to $b\in\mathrm{BMO}$ under precise partial-weight conditions, and they obtain weighted estimates for $I_{\alpha}$ and its commutator using novel factorizations and extrapolation tools. Key contributions include three new Rubio de Francia extrapolation theorems for partial weights, endpoint and off-diagonal estimates for fractional operators, and weighted CK–N inequalities and Fefferman–Phong-type inequalities in the partial-weight setting. The results yield a partial resolution to an open question by Cruz-Uribe on commutators and establish a versatile framework with potential applications in weighted PDEs and harmonic analysis under nonstandard weight structures.
Abstract
In this paper, through the introduction of partial multiple weights, we firstly study the related Rubio de Francia extrapolation theorem within the framework of partial Muckenhoupt classes and further obtain the corresponding extrapolation theorem for two types of off-diagonal estimates. Secondly, we establish some weighted estimates for fractional integrals associated with partial Muckenhoupt weights. As applications, several basic inequalities (including the Fefferman-Phong inequality, the degenerate Poincaré inequality and the Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg inequality) related to partial Muckenhoupt weights are derived. Meanwhile, our results can give the characterization of the commutators of fractional integrals, which yields a partial answer to an open question proposed by D. Cruz-Uribe in the paper [D. Cruz-Uribe, Two weight inequalities for fractional integral operators and commutators, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., Hackensack, NJ, 2017, 25-85].
