$L^p$--$L^q$ estimates for Shimorin-type integral operators
Yuerang Li, Zipeng Wang, Kenan Zhang
TL;DR
This work characterizes the $L^p$–$L^q$ boundedness of Shimorin-type integral operators $T_\nu$ on the unit disk via a new critical index $c_\nu$ that captures how the measure $\nu$ concentrates near 1. A two-fold approach is developed: (i) kernel-norm estimates and a coefficient-multiplier analysis yield sharp interior $L^p$–$L^q$ bounds and a precise boundary line $\frac{1}{q}=\frac{1}{p}+\frac{1}{c_\nu}-1$, with endpoint weak-type/BMO behavior, and (ii) the operator is shown to be a $2/c_\nu$-Bergman–CZ operator under Carleson-type or hyperbolic integrability conditions, enabling standard Bergman-type estimates. The results establish a complete Bergman-space–style picture for Shimorin-type operators, including sufficiency/necessity, weak-type endpoints, and Bloch/BMO dual endpoints, and connect these estimates to multiplier growth $m_n$ via $m_n\sim (n+1)^{-s_0}$ with $s_0=2/c_\nu'$. Overall, the paper provides a sharp, measure-dependent L^p-L^q theory that generalizes classical Forelli–Rudin-type operators to Shimorin kernels.
Abstract
Let $ν$ be a positive measure on $[0,1]$. A Shimorin-type operator $T_ν$ is an integral operator on the unit disk given by \[ T_νf(z) = \int_{\mathbb{D}} \frac{1}{1 - z\overlineλ} \left( \int_0^1 \frac{dν(r)}{1 - r z \overlineλ} \right) f(λ) \, dA(λ), \] which originates from Shimorin's work on Bergman-type kernel representations for logarithmically subharmonic weighted Bergman spaces. In this paper, we study $L^p$--$L^q$ estimates for $T_ν$. Unlike classical Bergman-type operators, the critical line on the $(1/p,1/q)$-plane that separates the boundedness and unboundedness regions of $T_ν$ is not immediately evident. Moreover, even along this line, new phenomena arise. In the present work, by introducing a quantity $c_ν$, \begin{itemize} \item we first determine the critical boundary in the $(1/p,1/q)$-plane for bounded $T_ν$; \item furthermore, on this critical line, we establish necessary and sufficient conditions for $T_ν$ which have standard Bergman-type $L^p$--$L^q$ estimates, meaning that it is bounded in the interior of the region and admits weak-type and BMO-type estimates at endpoints. \end{itemize}
