Acta Mathematica Academiae Paedagogicae Nyı́regyháziensis 25(1) (2009), 85–104 www.emis.de/journals ISSN 1786-0091 LIPSCHITZ ESTIMATES FOR MULTILINEAR COMMUTATOR OF LITTLEWOOD-PALEY OPERATOR WANG MEILING AND LIU LANZHE Abstract. In this paper, we will study the continuity of multilinear commutator generated by Littlewood-Paley operator and Lipschitz functions on Triebel-Lizorkin space, Hardy space and Herz-Hardy space. 1. Introduction Let T be the Calderón-Zygmund operator, Coifman, Rochberg and Weiss (see [4]) proves that the commutator [b, T ](f ) = bT (f ) − T (bf )(where b ∈ BM O(Rn )) is bounded on Lp (Rn ) for 1 < p < ∞. Chanillo (see [2]) proves a similar result when T is replaced by the fractional operators. In [8, 16], Janson and Paluszynski study these results for the Triebel-Lizorkin spaces and the case b ∈ Lipβ (Rn ), where Lipβ (Rn ) is the homogeneous Lipschitz space. The main purpose of this paper is to discuss the boundedness of multilinear commutator generated by Littlewood-Paley operator and bj on Triebel-Lizorkin space, Hardy space and Herz-Hardy space, where bj ∈ Lipβ (Rn ). 2. Preliminaries and Definitions Throughout this paper, M (f ) will denote the Hardy-Littlewood maximal function of f , and write Mp (f ) = (M (f p ))1/p for 0 < p < ∞, RQ will denote a cube of Rn with side parallel to the axes. Let fQ = |Q|−1 Q f (x)dx and R f # (x) = supx∈Q |Q|−1 Q |f (y) − fQ |dy. Denote the Hardy spaces by H p (Rn ). It is well known that H p (Rn )(0 < p ≤ 1) has the atomic decomposition characterization(see [12][17][18]). For β > 0 and p > 1, let Ḟpβ,∞ (Rn ) be the homogeneous Tribel-Lizorkin space. The Lipschitz space Lipβ (Rn ) is the space 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. 42B20, 42B25. Key words and phrases. Littlewood-Paley operator; Multilinear commutator; TriebelLizorkin space; Herz-Hardy space; Herz space; Lipschitz space. 85 86 WANG MEILING AND LIU LANZHE of functions f such that ||f ||Lipβ = sup x,y∈Rn |f (x) − f (y)| < ∞. |x − y|β x6=y Lemma 1 ([16]). For 0 < β < 1, 1 < p < ∞, we have ¯¯ ¯¯ Z ¯¯ ¯¯ 1 ¯¯ ¯¯ ||f ||Ḟpβ,∞ ≈ ¯¯sup |f (x) − f |dx ¯¯ Q ¯¯ Q |Q|1+ nβ Q ¯¯ p L ¯¯ ¯¯ Z ¯¯ ¯¯ 1 ¯¯ ¯¯ ≈ ¯¯sup inf |f (x) − c|dx¯¯ . β 1+ c ¯¯ ·∈Q ¯¯ p |Q| n Q L Lemma 2 ([16]). For 0 < β < 1, 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞, we have Z 1 ||f ||Lipβ ≈ sup |f (x) − fQ |dx β Q |Q|1+ n Q ¶1/p µ Z 1 1 p ≈ sup |f (x) − fQ | dx . β |Q| Q Q |Q| n Lemma 3 ([2]). For 1 ≤ r < ∞ and β > 0, let !1/r à Z 1 |f (y)|r dy , Mβ,r (f )(x) = sup βr 1− x∈Q |Q| n Q suppose that r < p < n/β, and 1/q = 1/p − β/n, then ||Mβ,r (f )||Lq ≤ C||f ||Lp . Lemma 4 ([5]). Let Q1 ⊂ Q2 , then |fQ1 − fQ2 | ≤ C||f ||Lipβ |Q2 |β/n . Definition 1. Let 0 < p ≤ 1. A function a(x) on Rn is called a H p -atom , if 1) supp a ⊂ B(x0 , r) for some x0 and for some r > 0 (or for some r ≥ 1), −1/p 2) ||a|| , R L∞ ≤ γ|B(x0 , r)| 3) Rn a(x)x dx = 0 for all γ with 0 ≤ |γ| ≤ [n(1/p − 1)]. Lemma 5. (see [14][15]) Let 0 < p ≤ P 1. A distribution f on Rn is in H p (Rn ) the distributional sense, if and only if f can be written as f = ∞ j=−∞ λj aj in P∞ p where each aj is H -atom and λj are constants with j=−∞ |λj |p < ∞. Moreover, à ∞ !1/p X ||f ||H p = inf |λj |p , j=−∞ where the infimum take over all decompositions of f as above. Definition 2. Let 0 < p, q < ∞, α ∈ R, Bk = {x ∈ Rn , |x| ≤ 2k }, Ak = Bk \Bk−1 and χk = χAk for k ∈ Z. LIPSCHITZ ESTIMATES . . . 87 1) The homogeneous Herz space is defined K̇qα,p (Rn ) = {f ∈ LqLoc (Rn \{0}) : ||f ||K̇qα,p < ∞}, where " ||f ||K̇qα,p = ∞ X #1/p 2kαp ||f χk ||pLq ; k=−∞ 2) The nonhomogeneous Herz space is defined by Kqα,p (Rn ) = {f ∈ LqLoc (Rn ) : ||f ||Kqα,p < ∞}, where ||f ||Kqα,p = "∞ X #1/p 2kαp ||f χk ||pLq + ||f χB0 ||pLq . k=1 Definition 3. Let α ∈ R, 0 < p, q < ∞. (1) The homogeneous Herz type Hardy space is defined by H K̇qα,p (Rn ) = {f ∈ S 0 (Rn ) : G(f ) ∈ K̇qα,p (Rn )}, and ||f ||H K̇qα,p = ||G(f )||K̇qα,p ; (2) The nonhomogeneous Herz type Hardy space is defined by HKqα,p (Rn ) = {f ∈ S 0 (Rn ) : G(f ) ∈ Kqα,p (Rn )}, and ||f ||HKqα,p = ||G(f )||Kqα,p ; where G(f ) is the grand maximal function of f , that is G(f )(x) = sup sup |f ∗ ϕt (y)|, ϕ∈Km |x−y|<t where Km = {ϕ ∈ S(Rn ) : supx∈Rn ,|α|≤m (1 + |u|)m+n |Dα ϕ(u)| ≤ 1}, ϕt (x) = t−n ϕ(x/t) for t > 0, m is a positive integer and S(Rn ) is the Schwartz class (see [17, p. 88]). The Herz type Hardy spaces have the atomic decomposition characterization. Definition 4. Let α ∈ R, 1 < q < ∞. A function a on Rn is called a central (α, q)-atom (or a central (a, q)-atom of restrict type), if 1) supp a ⊂ B(0, r) for some r > 0 (or for some r ≥ 1), 2) ||a|| r)|−α/n , R Lq ≤ |B(0, η 3) Rn a(x)x dx = 0 for all η with |η| ≤ [α − n(1 − 1/q)]. 88 WANG MEILING AND LIU LANZHE Lemma 6 ([6, 15]). Let 0 < p < ∞, 1 < q < ∞ and α ≥ n(1 − 1/q). A temperate distribution f belongs to H K̇qα,p (Rn ) (or HKqα,p (Rn )) if and only if there exist central (α, q)-atoms (or central (α,Pq)-atoms of restrict type) aj p supported on Bj = B(0, 2j ) and constants λj , j |λj | < ∞ such that f = P∞ P∞ 0 n j=−∞ λj aj (or f = j=0 λj aj ) in the S (R ) sense, and à !1/p X . ||f ||H K̇qα,p ( or ||f ||HKqα,p ) ≈ |λj |p j Definition 5 ([7]). Let α ∈ R, 1 < p, q < ∞. 1) A measure function f is said to belong to homogeneous weak Herz space W K̇qα,p (Rn ), if ||f ||W K̇qα,p = sup λ( λ>0 +∞ X 2kαp |{x ∈ Ek : |f (x)| > λ}|p/q )1/p < ∞; −∞ 2) A measure function f is said to belong to inhomogeneous weak Herz space W Kqα,p (Rn ), if +∞ X 2kαp |{x ∈ Ek : |f (x)| > λ}|p/q ||f ||W Kqα,p = sup λ( λ>0 k=1 +|{x ∈ B0 : |f (x) > λ|p/q }|)1/p < ∞. Definition 6. Let µ > 1, n > δ > 0 and ψ be a fixed function which satisfies the following properties: R 1) Rn ψ(x)dx = 0, 2) |ψ(x)| ≤ C(1 + |x|)−(n+1−δ) , 3) |ψ(x + y) − ψ(x)| ≤ C|y|(1 + |x|)−(n+2−δ) when 2|y| < |x|. Given a positive integer m and the locally integrable function bj (1 ≤ j ≤ m). The multilinear commutator of Littlewood-Paley operator is defined by #1/2 "Z Z µ ¶nµ dydt t ~b ~b |Ft (f )(x, y)|2 n+1 , gµ,δ (f )(x) = n+1 t + |x − y| t R+ where "m Y Z ~ Ftb (f )(x, y) = Rn # (bj (x) − bj (z)) ψt (y − z)f (z)dz. j=1 When m = 1, set "Z Z b gµ,δ (f )(x) = µ n+1 R+ t t + |x − y| ¶nµ dydt |Ftb (f )(x, y)|2 n+1 t #1/2 , LIPSCHITZ ESTIMATES . . . where 89 Z Ftb (f )(x, y) = (b(x) − b(z))ψt (y − z)f (z)dz Rn and ψt (x) = t−n+δ ψ(x/t) for t > 0. Set Ft (f )(x) = f ∗ ψt (x), we also define that "Z Z #1/2 ¶nµ µ dydt t gµ,δ (f )(x) = |Ft (f )(y)|2 n+1 , n+1 t + |x − y| t R+ which is the Littlewood-Paley [18]). n operator (see o RR Let H be the space H = h : ||h|| = ( Rn+1 |h(y, t)|2 dydt/tn+1 )1/2 < ∞ , + then, for each fixed x ∈ Rn Ft (f )(x) may be viewed as a mapping from [0, +∞) to H, and it is clear that ° °µ ¶nµ/2 ° ° t ° ° gµ,δ (f )(x) = ° Ft (f )(y)° ° ° t + |x − y| and °µ ° ¶nµ/2 ° ° t ~b ~b ° ° gµ,δ (f )(x) = ° Ft (f )(x, y)° . ° t + |x − y| ° ~ b Note that when b1 = · · · = bm , gµ,δ is just the m order commutator. It is well known that commutators are of great interest in harmonic analysis and have been widely studied by many authors (see [1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 9, 11, 16]). Our main purpose is to establish the boundedness of the multilinear commutator on Triebel-Lizorkin space, Hardy space and Herz-Hardy space. Lemma 7 ([9]). Let 0 < δ < n, 1 < p < n/δ, 1/q = 1/p − δ/n and w ∈ A1 . Then gµ,δ is bounded from Lp (w) to Lq (w). Given some functions bj (j = 1, . . . , m) and a positive integer m and 1 ≤ Q m j ≤ m, we set ||~b||Lipβ = m j=1 ||bj ||Lipβ and denote by Cj the family of all finite subsets σ = {σ(1), . . . , σ(j)} of {1, . . . , m} of j different elements. For σ ∈ Cjm , set σ c = {1, . . . , m} \ σ. For σ = {σ(1), . . . , σ(j)} ∈ Cjm , set ~bσ = (bσ(1) , . . . , bσ(j) ), bσ = bσ(1) . . . bσ(j) and ||~bσ ||Lipβ = ||bσ(1) ||Lipβ . . . ||bσ(j) ||Lipβ . 3. Theorems and Proofs Theorem 1. Let 0 < β < min(1, 1/2m), µ > 3 + 1/n − 2δ/n,1 < p < ∞, ~b bj ∈ Lipβ (Rn ) for 1 ≤ j ≤ m and gµ,δ be the multilinear commutator of Littlewood-Paley operator as in Definition 6. Then ~ b (a) gµ,δ is bounded from Lp (Rn ) to Ḟpmβ,∞ (Rn ) for 1 < p < n/δ and 1/p − 1/q = δ/n. ~b (b) gµ,δ is bounded from Lp (Rn ) to Lq (Rn ) for 1/p − 1/q = (mβ + δ)/n and 1/p > (mβ + δ)/n. 90 WANG MEILING AND LIU LANZHE Proof. (a). Fixed a cube Q = (x0 , l) and x̃ ∈ Q. Set ~bQ = ((b1 )Q , . . . , (bm )Q ), R −1 where (bj )Q = |Q| b (y)dy, 1 ≤ j ≤ m. Write f = f χQ + f2 = f χRn \Q = Q j f1 + f2 , we have Z ~ Ftb (f )(x, y) = m X X m Y = (−1) j=0 σ∈Cjm [(bj (x) − (bj )Q ) − (bj (z) − (bj )Q )] ψt (y − z)f (z)dz Rn j=1 m−j Z (~b(z) − ~bQ )σc ψt (y − z)f (z)dz (~b(x) − ~bQ )σ Rn = (b1 (x) − (b1 )Q ) . . . (bm (x) − (bm )Q )Ft (f )(y) +(−1)m Ft ((b1 − (b1 )Q ) . . . (bm − (bm )Q )f )(y) Z m−1 X X m−j ~ ~ + (−1) (b(x) − bQ )σ (~b(z) − ~bQ )σc ψt (y − z)f (z)dz j=1 σ∈Cjm ~n R = (b1 (x) − (b1 )Q ) . . . (bm (x) − (bm )Q )Ft (f )(y) +(−1)m Ft ((b1 − (b1 )Q ) . . . (bm − (bm )Q )f1 )(y) +(−1)m Ft ((b1 − (b1 )Q ) . . . (bm − (bm )Q )f2 )(y) m−1 X X cm,j (~b(x) − ~bQ )σ Ft ((~b − ~bQ )σc f )(y), + j=1 σ∈Cjm then ~ b |gµ,δ (f )(x) − gµ,δ (((b1 )Q − b1 ) . . . ((bm )Q − bm ))f2 )(x0 )| °µ ¶nµ/2 ° t ~ ° ≤° Ftb (f )(x, y) ° t + |x − y| ° ¶nµ/2 µ ° t ° Ft (((b1 )Q − b1 ) . . . ((bm )Q − bm )f2 )(y)° − ° t + |x0 − y| °µ ° ¶nµ/2 ° ° t ° ° ≤° (b1 (x) − (b1 )Q ) . . . (bm (x) − (bm )Q )Ft (f )(y)° ° t + |x − y| ° ° ° µ ¶nµ/2 m−1 ° X X ° t ° ° + (~b(x) − ~bQ )σ Ft ((~b − ~bQ )σc f )(y)° ° ° ° t + |x − y| j=1 σ∈Cjm °µ ° ¶nµ/2 ° ° t ° ° +° Ft ((b1 − (b1 )Q ) . . . (bm − (bm )Q )f1 )(y)° ° t + |x − y| ° LIPSCHITZ ESTIMATES . . . 91 °µ ¶nµ/2 m ° Y t ° +° Ft ( (bj − (bj )Q )f2 )(y) ° t + |x − y| j=1 ° ¶nµ/2 µ m ° Y t ° − Ft ( (bj − (bj )Q )f2 )(y)° ° t + |x0 − y| j=1 = I1 (x) + I2 (x) + I3 (x) + I4 (x). Thus, Z 1 ~ b |gµ,δ (f )(x) − gµ,δ ((b1 )Q − b1 ) . . . ((bm )Q − bm )f2 )(x0 )|dx Q Z Z 1 1 ≤ I1 (x)dx + I2 (x)dx |Q|1+mβ/n Q |Q|1+mβ/n Q Z Z 1 1 I3 (x)dx + I4 (x)dx + 1+mβ/n |Q| |Q|1+mβ/n Q Q = I + II + III + IV. |Q|1+mβ/n For I, by using Lemma 2, we have Z 1 I≤ sup |b1 (x) − (b1 )Q | . . . |bm (x) − (bm )Q | |gµ,δ (f )(x)|dx |Q|1+mβ/n x∈Q Q Z 1 ≤ C||~b||Lipβ |Q|mβ/n |gµ,δ (f )(x)|dx 1+mβ/n |Q| Q ≤ C||~b||Lip M (gµ,δ (f ))(x̃). β For II, taking 1 < r < p < q < n/δ, 1/q 0 + 1/q = 1, 1/s0 + 1/s = 1, 1/q = 1/p − δ/n, ps = r by using the Hölder’s inequality and the boundedness of gµ,δ from Lp to Lq and Lemma 2, we get Z m−1 X X 1 |(~b(x) − ~bQ )σ ||gµ,δ ((~b − ~bQ )σc f )(x)|dx II ≤ 1+mβ/n |Q| Q j=1 σ∈C m j ≤C m−1 X X j=1 σ∈Cjm 1 |Q|mβ/n µ 1 |Q| Z 0 |(~b(x) − ~bQ )σ |q dx Q µ ¶1/q Z 1 q ~ ~ × |gµ,δ ((b − bQ )σc f χQ )(x)| dx |Q| Rn m−1 X X 1 ~bσ ||Lip |Q||σ|β/n 1 × ≤C || β |Q|mβ/n |Q|1/q j=1 σ∈C m µZ j |(~b(x) − ~bQ )σc f (x)χQ (x)| dx p × Rn ¶1/p ¶1/q0 × 92 WANG MEILING AND LIU LANZHE ≤C m−1 X X j=1 σ∈Cjm µ × ≤C m−1 X 1 |Q| 1 |Q|mβ/n 0 ||~bσ ||Lipβ |Q||σ|β/n |Q|(−1/q)+(1/ps )+(1−δps/n)/ps × Z X j=1 σ∈Cjm 0 |(~b(x) − ~bQ )σc |ps dx Q 1 |Q|mβ/n ¶1/ps0 µ 1 |Q|1−δps/n ¶1/ps Z ps |f (x)| dx Q c ||~bσ ||Lipβ |Q||σ|β/n ||~bσc ||Lipβ |Q||σ |β/n Mδ,r (f )(x̃) ≤ C||~b||Lipβ Mδ,r (f )(x̃). For III, we choose 1 < r < p < q < n/δ, 1/q = 1/p − δ/n, r = ps, by the boundness of gµ,δ from Lp (Rn ) to Lq (Rn ) and Hölder’s inequality with 1/s + 1/s0 = 1, we have à !1/q Z m Y 1 1 III ≤ C |gµ,δ ( (bj − (bj )Q )f χQ )(x)|q dx |Q|mβ/n |Q| Rn j=1 ÃZ !1/p m Y 1 1 | (bj (x) − (bj )Q )|p |f (x)χQ (x)|p dx ≤C |Q|mβ/n |Q|1/q n R j=1 à !1/ps0 Z Y m (−1/q)+1/ps0 +(1−(δps/n)/ps) 1 |Q| 0 | (bj (x) − (bj )Q )|ps dx × ≤C mβ/n |Q| |Q| Q j=1 µ ¶1/ps Z 1 ps × |f (x)| dx |Q|1−δps/n Q ≤ C||~b||Lip Mδ,r (f )(x̃). β For IV , by the Minkowski’s inequality and by the inequality a1/2 − b1/2 ≤ (a − b)1/2 for a ≥ b ≥ 0, we have °µ ¶nµ/2 m ° Y t ° Ft ( (bj − (bj )Q )f2 )(y) ° ° t + |x − y| j=1 ° µ ¶nµ/2 m ° Y t ° − Ft ( (bj − (bj )Q )f2 )(y)° ° t + |x0 − y| j=1 ¯µ ÃZ "Z Z ¶nµ/2 µ ¶nµ/2 ¯¯ ¯ t t ¯ ¯ ≤ − ¯ ¯ n+1 ¯ t + |x0 − y| (Q)c ¯ t + |x − y| R+ 1/2 !2 m Y dydt × |bj (z) − (bj )Q ||ψt (y − z)||f (z)|dz tn+1 j=1 LIPSCHITZ ESTIMATES . . . Z ≤C tnµ/2 |x − x0 |1/2 n+1 R+ Qc ≤C à Z Z dydt × n+1 t Z Y m 93 Qm |bj (z) − (bj )Q ||ψt (y − z)||f (z)| (t + |x − y|)(nµ+1)/2 ¸1/2 dz ÃZ Z |bj (z) − (bj )Q ||f (z)||x − x0 | Qc j=1 t−n dydt × (t + |y − z|)2n+2−2δ ¶1/2 µ 1/2 n+1 R+ t t + |x − y| ¶nµ+1 × dz. Set B = B(x, t), then ¶nµ+1 dy t t t + |x − y| (t + |y − z|)2n+2−2δ n ÃRZ ! ¶nµ+1 µ dy t ≤ t−n t + |x − y| (t + |y − z|)2n+2−2δ B(x,t) Ã∞ Z ! µ ¶nµ+1 X t dy +t−n t + |x − y| (t + |y − z|)2n+2−2δ k k−1 B k=1 2 B\2 µZ 22n+2−2δ dy −n ≤ Ct 2n+2−2δ B(x,t) (2t + |y − z|) ! µ ¶nµ+1 ∞ Z X t 2(k+1)(2n+2−2δ) dy + t + 2k−1 t (2k+1 t + |y − z|)2n+2−2δ k k−1 B k=1 2 B\2 µZ dy −n ≤ Ct 2n+2−2δ B(x,t) (t + |x − z|) ! Z ∞ k(2n+2−2δ) X 2 dy + 2(1−k)(nµ+1) 2n+2−2δ 2k B (t + |x − z|) k=1 à ! ∞ X 1 ≤ Ct−n tn + 2−k(nµ+1) 2k(2n+2−2δ) (2k t)n (t + |x − z|)2n+2−2δ k=1 à ! ∞ X 1 ≤C 1+ 2k(3n−nµ+1−2δ) (t + |x − z|)2n+2−2δ k=1 Z µ −n ≤ !2 j=1 C (t + |x − z|)2n+2−2δ × 94 WANG MEILING AND LIU LANZHE and notice that |x − z| ∼ |x0 − z| for x ∈ Q and z ∈ Rn \Q. We obtain Z Y m |bj (z) − (bj )Q ||f (z)||x − x0 |1/2 × Qc j=1 ÃZ Z !1/2 t−n dydt × dz n+1 (t + |y − z|)2n+2−2δ R+ µZ ∞ ¶1/2 Z Y m dt 1/2 |bj (z) − (bj )Q ||f (z)||x − x0 | ≤C dz (t + |x − z|)2n+2−2δ Qc j=1 0 ∞ Z m X Y ≤C |x0 − x|1/2 |x0 − z|−(n+1/2−δ) |f (z)| |bj (z) − (bj )Q |dz ≤C 2−k/2 µ ≤C ∞ X ¶nµ+1 j=1 k=1 × t t + |x − y| 2k Q\2k−1 Q k=1 ∞ X µ 1 |2k Q|1−δ/n 1 |2k Q|1−δ/n ¯ ¯r0 1/r0 Z m ¯Y ¯ ¯ ¯ × ¯ (bj (y) − (bj )Q )¯ dy ¯ 2k Q ¯ j=1 ¶1/r Z r |f (y)| dy 2k Q 2k(mβ−1/2) ||~b||Lipβ |Q|mβ/n Mδ,r (f )(x̃) k=1 ≤ C||~b||Lipβ |Q|mβ/n Mδ,r (f )(x̃), so IV ≤ C||~b||Lipβ Mδ,r (f )(x̃). We put these estimates together, by using Lemma 1 and taking the supremum over all Q such that x̃ ∈ Q, we obtain ~ b ||gµ,δ (f )||Ḟqmβ,∞ ≤ C||~b||Lipβ (||M (gµ,δ (f )) + Mδ,r (f )| |Lq ) ≤ C||~b||Lipβ (||M (gµ,δ (f ))||Lq + ||Mδ,r (f )| |Lq ) ≤ C||~b||Lipβ (||gµ,δ (f )||Lq + ||Mδ,r (f )| |Lq ) ≤ C||~b||Lipβ ||f ||Lp . This completes the proof of (a). (b). By some argument as in proof of (a), we have Z 1 ~b |gµ,δ (f )(x) − gµ,δ (((b1 )Q − b1 ) . . . ((bm )Q − bm )f2 )(x0 )|dx |Q| Q Z Z Z Z 1 1 1 1 ≤ I1 (x)dx + I2 (x)dx + I3 (x)dx + I4 (x)dx |Q| Q |Q| Q |Q| Q |Q| Q = V1 + V2 + V3 + V4 . LIPSCHITZ ESTIMATES . . . 95 For V1 , taking 1/s = 1/r − δ/n, by the boundedness of gµ,δ from Lr (Rn ) to Ls (Rn ), so we have Z 1 sup |b1 (x) − (b1 )Q | . . . |bm (x) − (bm )Q | |gµ,δ (f )(x)|dx V1 ≤ |Q| x∈Q Q µ ¶1/s Z 1 ≤ C||~b||Lipβ |Q|mβ/n |gµ,δ (f )(x)|s dx |Q| Q µZ ¶1/r mβ/n−1/s r ~ ≤ C||b||Lipβ |Q| |f (x)| dx µ = C||~b||Lipβ Q 1 |Q|1−(mβ+δ)r/n ¶1/r Z r |f (x)| dx Q ≤ C||~b||Lipβ Mmβ+δ,r (f )(x̃). For V2 , taking 1/s0 + 1/s = 1,1/s = 1/r − δ/n, by using the Hölder’s inequality and the boundedness of gµ,δ from Lr (Rn ) to Ls (Rn ), we get V2 ≤ m−1 X j=1 ≤C X 1 Z |(~b(x) − ~bQ )σ ||gµ,δ ((~b − ~bQ )σc f )(x)|dx |Q| Q σ∈C m j m−1 X j=1 ¶1/s0 X µ 1 Z s0 ~ ~ |(b(x) − bQ )σ | dx × |Q| Q m σ∈C j µ ¶1/s Z 1 s ~ ~ × |gµ,δ ((b − bQ )σc f χQ )(x)| dx |Q| Rn ¶1/s0 µ Z m−1 X X 1 0 −1/s s |(~b(x) − ~bQ )σ | dx × ≤C |Q| |Q| Q m j=1 σ∈C j µZ |(~b(x) − ~bQ )σc f (x)χQ (x)| dx ¶1/r r × Rn ≤C m−1 X X j=1 σ∈Cjm µ c |Q|−1/s+1/r ||~bσ ||Lipβ |Q||σ|β/n ||~bσc ||Lipβ |Q||σ |β/n × ¶1/r Z 1 r × |f (x)| dx |Q| Q µ ¶1/r Z 1 r ~ ≤ C||b||Lipβ |f (x)| dx |Q|1−(mβ+δ)r/n Q ≤ C||~b||Lip Mmβ+δ,r (f )(x̃). β 96 WANG MEILING AND LIU LANZHE For V3 , by the boundness of gµ,δ from Lr (Rn ) to Ls (Rn ) and Hölder’s inequality we get à !1/s Z m Y 1 V3 ≤ C |gµ,δ ( (bj − (bj )Q )f χQ )(x)|s dx |Q| Rn j=1 !1/r ÃZ m Y | (bj (x) − (bj )Q )|r |f (x)χQ (x)|r dx ≤ C|Q|−1/s Rn ≤ C|Q| −1/s |Q| j=1 mβ/n |Q| µ 1/r ||~b||Lipβ 1 |Q| ¶1/r Z r |f (x)| dx Q ≤ C||~b||Lipβ Mmβ+δ,r (f )(x̃). For V4 , similar to the proof of IV in (a), we get Z m Y |bj (z) − (bj )Q ||f (z)||x − x0 |1/2 × (Q)c j=1 ÃZ Z × µ n+1 R+ Z ≤C |x0 − x| t t + |x − y| 1/2 |x0 − z| ¶nµ+1 t−n dydt (t + |y − z|)2n+2−2δ −(n+1/2−δ) |f (z)| (Q)c ≤C ∞ X k=1 µ × µ ≤C dz |bj (z) − (bj )Q |dz j=1 2−k/2 m Y !1/2 Z 1 |2k Q|1−δ/n 1 k |2 Q|1−δ/n ¯m ¯r0 1/r0 ¯Y ¯ ¯ ¯ × ¯ (bj (y) − (bj )Q )¯ dy ¯ 2k Q ¯ j=1 ¶1/r Z r |f (y)| dy 2k Q 1 |2k Q|1−(mβ+δ)r/n ¶1/r Z r |f (y)| dy 2k Q ||~b||Lipβ ≤ C||~b||Lipβ Mmβ+δ,r (f )(x̃). So we have Z 1 ~b |gµ,δ (f )(x) − gµ,δ (((b1 )Q − b1 ) . . . ((bm )Q − bm )f2 )(x0 )|dx |Q| Q ≤ C||~b||Lip Mmβ+δ,r (f )(x̃). β Thus, ~b (gµ,δ (f ))# ≤ C||~b||Lipβ Mmβ+δ,r (f ). By using Lemma 3 and the boundedness of gµ,δ , we have LIPSCHITZ ESTIMATES . . . 97 ~ ~ b b ||gµ,δ (f )||Lq ≤ C||(gµ,δ (f ))# ||Lq ≤ C||~b||Lipβ ||Mmβ+δ,r (f )||Lq ≤ C||~b||Lipβ ||f ||Lp . ¤ This completes the proof of (b) and the theorem. Theorem 2. Let 0 < β ≤ 1, µ > 3 + 1/n − 2δ/n, n/(n + mβ) < p ≤ 1, ~ 1/q = 1/p − (mβ + δ)/n, bj ∈ Lipβ (Rn ) for 1 ≤ j ≤ m. Then gµb , δ is bounded from H p (Rn ) to Lq (Rn ). Proof. It suffices to show that there exists a constant C > 0 such that for every H p -atom a, ~ b ||gµ,δ (a)||Lq ≤ C. Let a be a HRp -atom, that is that a supported on a cube Q = Q(x0 , r), ||a||L∞ ≤ |Q|−1/p and Rn a(x)xγ dx = 0 for |γ| ≤ [n(1/p − 1)]. When m = 1 see [9]. Now, consider the case m ≥ 2. Write ¶1/q µZ ~b ~b q ||gµ,δ (a)(x)||Lq ≤ |gµ,δ (a)(x)| dx |x−x0 |≤2r µZ + |x−x0 |>2r ~b |gµ,δ (a)(x)dx|q ¶1/q = I + II. For I, choose 1 < p1 < n/(mβ +δ) and q1 such that 1/q1 = 1/p1 −(mβ +δ)/n. ~b By the boundedness of gµ,δ from Lp1 (Rn ) to Lq1 (Rn ) (see Theorem 1), the size condition of a and Hölder’s inequality, we get ~b I ≤ C||gµ,δ (a)||Lq1 rn(1/q−1/q1 ) ≤ C||~b||Lipβ ||a||Lp1 rn(1/q−1/q1 ) ≤ C||~b||Lipβ rn(−1/p+1/p1 ) rn(1/q−1/q1 ) ≤ C||~b||Lipβ . For II, let τ, τ 0 ∈ N such that τ + τ 0 = m, and τ 0 6= 0. We get ~ |Ftb (a)(x, y)| ≤ Z (ψt (y − z) − ψt (y − x0 ))a(z)dz| ≤ |(b1 (x) − b1 (x0 )) . . . (bm (x) − bm (x0 )) + m X X Z |(~b(x) − ~b(x0 ))σc Z ≤ C||~b||Lipβ |x − x0 |mβ · |ψt (y − z) − ψt (y − x0 )||a(z)|dz Z X 0 τβ |z − x0 |τ β |ψt (y − z)||a(z)|dz |x − x0 | B τ +τ 0 =m ≤ C||~b||Lipβ (~b(z) − ~b(x0 ))σ ψt (y − z)a(z)dz| B j=1 σ∈Cjm +C||~b||Lipβ B |x − x0 |mβ t (t + |y − x0 |)n+2−δ B Z |x0 − z||a(z)|dz B 98 WANG MEILING AND LIU LANZHE X t |x − x0 | (t + |y − x0 |)n+1−δ τ +τ 0 =m +C||~b||Lipβ Z 0 |z − x0 |τ β |a(z)|dz τβ B t · r1+n(1−1/p) · |x − x0 |mβ (t + |y − x0 |)n+2−δ X t 0 +C||~b||Lipβ · rτ β+n(1−1/p) · |x − x0 |τ β . n+1−δ (t + |y − x0 |) τ +τ 0 =m ≤ C||~b||Lipβ Thus, ~ b |gµ,δ (a)(x)| ≤ ÃZ µ ∞ ≤ C||~b||Lipβ 0 ÃZ +C||~b||Lipβ × X rτ t (t + |x − x0 |)n+2−δ ∞ µ 0 ¶2 dt t t (t + |x − x0 |)n+1−δ 0 β+n(1−1/p) !1/2 · r1+n(1−1/p) · |x − x0 |mβ ¶2 dt t !1/2 × · |x − x0 |τ β τ +τ 0 =m ≤ C||~b||Lipβ |x − x0 |−(n+1−δ) · r1+n(1−1/p) · |x − x0 |mβ X 0 +C||~b||Lipβ |x − x0 |−(n−δ) · rτ β+n(1−1/p) · |x − x0 |τ β , τ +τ 0 =m so ¶1/q µZ II ≤ C||~b||Lipβ · r1+n(1−1/p) +C||~b||Lipβ · X |x − x0 | |x−x0 |>2r r −(n+1−δ−mβ)q dx ¶1/q µZ τ 0 β+n(1−1/p) |x − x0 | −(n−δ−τ β)q dx |x−x0 |>2r τ +τ 0 =m = J1 + J2 , we get J1 ≤ C||~b||Lipβ · r1+n(1−1/p) Ã∞ Z X k=1 ≤ C||~b||Lipβ · r1+n(1−1/p) Ã∞ X !1/q (2k r)−(n+1−δ−mβ)q dx 2k+1 Q\2k Q !1/q 2−kq(n+1−δ−mβ) r−q(n+1−δ−mβ) 2(k+1)n rn dx k=1 ≤ C||~b||Lipβ ∞ X k=1 ≤ C||~b||Lipβ . 2−k(n+1−δ−mβ−n/q) r1+n(1−1/p)−(n+1−δ−mβ)+n/q LIPSCHITZ ESTIMATES . . . 99 For J2 , similar to J1 , we have J2 ≤ C||~b||Lipβ . Combining the estimates for I and II, then leads to the desired result. ¤ Theorem 3. Let 0 < β ≤ 1, µ > 3 + 1/n − 2δ/n, 0 < p < ∞, 1 < q1 , q2 < ∞, 1/q1 − 1/q2 = (mβ + δ)/n, n(1 − 1/q1 ) ≤ α < n(1 − 1/q1 ) + ε, ε < min(1, mβ), ~b is bounded from H K̇qα,p (Rn ) to bj ∈ Lipβ (Rn ) for 1 ≤ j ≤ m. Then gµ,δ 1 K̇qα,p (Rn ). 2 P∞ Proof. By Lemma 7, let f ∈ H K̇qα,p (Rn ) and f = λ a , supp aj ⊂ 1 P∞ j=−∞ p j j j Bj = B(0, 2 ), aj be a central (α, q1 )−atom, and j=−∞ |λj | < ∞. à k−2 !p ∞ X X ~b ~b (aj )χk ||Lq2 (f )||pK̇ α,p ≤ C 2kαp |λj |||gµ,δ ||gµ,δ q2 j=−∞ k=−∞ ∞ X +C à 2kαp k=−∞ ∞ X !p ~b |λj |||gµ,δ (aj )χk ||Lq2 = I + II. j=k−1 ~ b For II, by the boundedness of gµ,δ on (Lq1 , Lq2 ) (see Theorem 1), we have II ≤ C||~b||pLipβ ≤ C||~b||pLipβ ∞ X kαp 2 k=−∞ ∞ X ( ∞ X |λj |||aj ||Lq1 )p j=k−1 ( ∞ X |λj | · 2(k−j)α )p k=−∞ j=k−1 ≤ C||~b||pLipβ j+1 ∞ P P (k−j)αp p |λ | 2 , 0<p≤1 j j=−∞ k=−∞ j+1 j+1 ∞ P P (k−j)αp0 /2 p/p0 P p (k−j)αp/2 ( |λ | · 2 )( 2 ) , 1<p<∞ j j=−∞ k=−∞ ≤ C||~b||pLipβ ∞ X k=−∞ |λj |p . j=−∞ For I, we have ~ |Ftb (aj ))(x, y)| ≤ Z ≤ |(b1 (x) − b1 (0)) · · · (bm (x) − bm (0)) + ∞ X X Z |(~b(x) − ~b(0))σc j=1 σ∈Cjm ≤ C||~b||Lipβ |x|mβ (ψt (y − z) − ψt (y))aj (z)dz| Bj (~b(z) − ~b(0))σ ψt (y − z)aj (z)dz| Bj Z |ψt (y − z) − ψt (y)||aj (z)|dz Bj 100 WANG MEILING AND LIU LANZHE Z X +C||~b||Lipβ |x| 0 τβ |z|τ β |ψt (y − z)||aj (z)|dz Bj τ +τ 0 =m mβ |x| t · 2j(1+n(1−1/q1 )−α) n+2−δ (t + |y|) X |x|τ β t 0 +C||~b||Lipβ · 2j(τ β+n(1−1/q1 )−α) . n+1−δ (t + |y|) τ +τ 0 =m ≤ C||~b||Lipβ Thus, ~ b (aj )(x) ≤ gµ,δ ≤ C||~b||Lipβ |x| ÃZ mβ j(1+n(1−1/q1 )−α) ·2 · |x|τ β · 2j(τ ∞ × 0 µ t (t + |x|)n+1−δ ¶2 t (t + |x|)n+2−δ 0 β+n(1−1/q )−α) 1 τ +τ 0 =m ÃZ µ 0 X +C||~b||Lipβ ∞ dt t ¶2 dt t !1/2 × !1/2 ≤ C||~b||Lipβ |x|mβ |x|−(n+1−δ) · 2j(1+n(1−1/q1 )−α) X 0 +C||~b||Lipβ |x|τ β |x|−(n−δ) · 2j(τ β+n(1−1/q1 )−α) , τ +τ 0 =m and ~ b ||gµ,δ (aj )χk ||Lq2 ≤ ÃZ ≤ C||~b||Lipβ · 2j(1+n(1−1/q1 )−α) · +C||~b||Lipβ X τ +τ 0 =m !1/q2 |x|−(n−(mβ+δ)+1)q2 dx Bk \Bk−1 j(τ 0 β+n(1−1/q 2 1 )−α) ÃZ !1/q2 |x|−(n−τ β−δ)q2 dx · Bk \Bk−1 ≤ C||~b||Lipβ (2j(1+n(1−1/q1 )−α)−k(1+n(1−1/q1 )) X 0 0 + 2j(τ β+n(1−1/q1 )−α)−k(τ β+n(1−1/q1 )) ) τ +τ 0 =m ¡ ¢ ≤ C||~b||Lipβ 2−kα 2(j−k)(1+n(1−1/q1 )−α) + 2(j−k)(mβ+n(1−1/q1 )−α) , so LIPSCHITZ ESTIMATES . . . ∞ X I ≤ C||~b||pLipβ à !p k−2 X |λj | · 2(j−k)(1+n(1−1/q1 )−α) j=−∞ k=−∞ à ∞ X + C||~b||pLipβ When 0 < p ≤ 1, I≤ à ∞ X à ∞ X ∞ X ≤ C||~b||pLipβ + |λj | ≤ C||~b||pLipβ p(j−k)(1+n(1−1/q1 )−α) |λj | · 2 ! k−2 X |λj |p · 2p(j−k)(mβ+n(1−1/q1 )−α) p ∞ X 2p(j−k)(1+n(1−1/q1 )−α) k=j+2 ∞ X |λj |p j=−∞ p j=−∞ j=−∞ ∞ X |λj | · 2(j−k)(mβ+n(1−1/q1 )−α) ! k−2 X k=−∞ à !p j=−∞ k=−∞ +C||~b||pLipβ k−2 X j=−∞ k=−∞ C||~b||pLipβ 101 ! 2p(j−k)(mβ+n(1−1/q1 )−α) k=j+2 ∞ X |λj |p . j=−∞ When p > 1, I ≤ C||~b||pLipβ Ã × Ã ∞ X k=−∞ k−2 X × × !p/p0 0 2p (j−k)(1+n(1−1/q1 )−α)/2 ∞ X +C||~b||pLipβ à k=−∞ k−2 X |λj |p 2p(j−k)(1+n(1−1/q1 )−α)/2 j=−∞ j=−∞ à ! k−2 X k−2 X ! |λj |p 2p(j−k)(mβ+n(1−1/q1 )−α)/2 j=−∞ !p/p0 0 2p (j−k)(mβ+n(1−1/q1 )−α)/2 j=−∞ ≤ C||~b||pLipβ ∞ X |λj |p . j=−∞ From I and II, we have ~b ||gµ,δ (f )||K̇qα,p 2 à ≤ C||~b||Lipβ ∞ X j=−∞ !1/p |λj |p ≤ C||f ||H K̇qα,p 1 × . 102 WANG MEILING AND LIU LANZHE This completes the proof of Theorem 3. ¤ When α = n(1 − 1/q1 ) + ε, ε < min(1, mβ), this kind of boundedness fails. Now, we give an estimate of weak type. Theorem 4. Let 0 < β ≤ 1, 0 < p ≤ 1, 1 < q1 , q2 < ∞ 1/q2 = 1/q1 − (mβ + ~b n(1−1/q1 )+ε,p δ)/n, bj ∈ Lipβ (Rn ) for 1 ≤ j ≤ m. Then gµ,δ maps H K̇q1 (Rn ) n(1−1/q1 )+ε,p continuously into W K̇q2 (Rn ), where 0 < ε < min(1, mβ). P Proof. We write f = ∞ λk ak , where each ak is a central (n(1−1/q1 )+ε, q1 ) k=−∞P p atom supported on Bk and ∞ k=−∞ |λk | < ∞. Write ~ b ||gµ,δ ||W K̇ n(1−1/q1 )+ε,p ≤ q2 ∞ X ≤ sup λ{ λ>0 l(n(1−1/q1 )+ε)p 2 ∞ X ~b |gµ,δ ( λk ak )(x)| k=l−3 |{x ∈ El : l=−∞ + sup λ{ λ>0 ∞ X l(n(1−1/q1 )+ε)p 2 |{x ∈ El : ~b |gµ,δ ( l=−∞ l−4 X > λ/2}|p/q2 }1/p λk ak )(x)| > λ/2}|p/q2 }1/p k=−∞ = G1 + G2 . ~ b By the (Lq1 , Lq2 ) boundedness of gµ,δ and an estimate similar to that for I1 in Theorem 3, we get Gp1 ≤C ∞ X lp(n(1−1/q1 )+ε) 2 l=−∞ ∞ X ~b λk ak )(x)χl ||pq2 ||gµ,δ ( k=l−3 ≤ C||~b||pLipβ ∞ X |λk |p . k=−∞ To estimate G2 , let us now use the estimate ~b gµ,δ (ak )(x) ≤ C||~b||Lipβ |x|mβ |x|−(n+1−δ) · 2k(1+n(1−1/q1 )−α) X 0 +C||~b||Lipβ |x|τ β |x|−(n−δ) · 2k(τ β+n(1−1/q1 )−α) , τ +τ 0 =m which we get in the proof of Theorem 3. Note that when x ∈ El , α = n(1 − 1/q1 ) + ε, λ<2 l−4 X ~ b |λk ||gµ,δ (ak )(x)| ≤ k=−∞ ≤ C||~b||Lipβ l−4 X ˙ l )mβ+δ−n−1 |λk |(2 k=−∞ +C||~b||Lipβ l−4 X k=−∞ l−4 X (2k )1+n(1−1/q1 )−α k=−∞ |λk | X l τ β+δ−n (2 ) τ +τ 0 =m l−4 X (2k )τ k=−∞ 0 β+n(1−1/q )−α 1 LIPSCHITZ ESTIMATES . . . ≤ C||~b||Lipβ l−4 X 103 ˙ l )mβ+δ−n−ε |λk |(2 k=−∞ ≤ C||~b||Lipβ 2l(mβ+δ−n−ε) ( ∞ X |λk |p )1/p , k=−∞ for λ > 0, let lλ be the maximal positive integer satisfying ∞ X lλ (n+ε−mβ−δ) −1 ~ 2 ≤ C||b||Lipβ λ ( |λk |p )1/p , k=−∞ then if l > lλ , we have |{x ∈ El : l−4 X ~b |gµ,δ ( λk ak )| k=−∞ > λ/2}| = 0, so we obtain G2 ≤ sup λ{ λ>0 lλ X 2l(n(1−1/q1 )+ε)p (2l )np/q2 }1/p l=−∞ ≤ sup λ{ λ>0 lλ X (2l )(n+ε−mβ−δ) } l=−∞ lλ ((n+ε−mβ−δ) ≤ sup λ2 λ>0 ≤ C||~b||Lipβ ( ∞ X |λk |p )1/p . k=−∞ Now, combining the above estimates for G1 and G2 , we obtain ∞ X ~b ~ ||gµ,δ (f )||W K̇ n(1−1/q1 )+ε,p ≤ C||b||Lipβ ( |λk |p )1/p . q2 k=−∞ Theorem 4 follows by taking the infimum over all central atomic decompositions. ¤ Acknowledgement The authors would like to express their gratitude to the referee for his comments. 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