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(t ) = sup
(E)=t
inf
xE
f (x)
(0 <t <).
If 1 we use the notation f
(t ).
Let us consider the maximal function
m
f (x) = sup
Qx
(f
Q
)
_
|Q|
_
(0 < <1),
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where the supremum is taken over all cubes Q containing x,
Q
denotes the indicator
function of Q and |Q| denotes the Lebesgue measure of Q.
In [10,11], we have established several pointwise estimates involved m
(Mf )(x) c
,n
f
#
(x) +Mf (x) (0 < <1), (1)
m
(T
f )(x) c
,n
Mf (x) +T
(for satisfying A
Muckenhoupts condition)
and BLO-norm estimates, i.e., many classical results concerning the above-mentioned op-
erators.
The aim of this paper is to show that there are more exible pointwise estimates which,
in particular, imply (1) and (2). First of all we mention the following simple
Proposition 1. For any f L
1
loc
(R
n
) and all x R
n
,
m
f (x)
1
f
#
(x) +Mf (x) (0 < <1) (3)
and
Mf (x)
2
1
f
#
(x) +m
, B
>0 so that
m
f (x) A
g(x) +m
f (x) (6)
for all x R
n
. Assume also that A
. Then
(i) if f
(+) =0 and h
, h
L
p
_
c
p,
g
L
p
(0 <p <);
(ii) if g L
, then
max
_
m
f
BLO
, h
BLO
_
c
f <, then m
f BLO and
m
f
BLO
c
,n
f
(0 < <1).
Our main theorem states that inequalities exactly of the same type as (5) and (6) hold
for the CaldernZygmund operators. This gives a unied approach to the classical results
due to Cotlar [8, p. 56] and Coifman and Fefferman [3] which say about certain rela-
tions between maximal and singular integral operators. Recently these results have been
generalized by Grafakos and Torres [6] to the case of multilinear singular integrals. Esti-
mates (5) and (6) work in this case as well, and we will state our theorem in this context.
Let
f = (f
1
, . . . , f
m
). Denote by T (
f ) and T
(
f ) the m-linear CaldernZygmund and
maximal truncated operators, respectively (see [6] or Section 3 below for precise deni-
tions).
Theorem 4. Let T be an m-linear CaldernZygmund operator. Then for all
f in any
product of L
q
j
(R
n
) spaces, with 1 q
j
<, and for all x R
n
,
m
_
T (
f )
_
(x) c
1
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +T
(
f )(x) (0 < <1) (7)
and
T
(
f )(x) c
2
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +m
_
T (
f )
_
(x) (0 < <1) (8)
with constants c
i
independent of
f and x.
It is clear, by Chebyshevs inequality, that
m
f (x) =
_
m
_
|f |
__
1/
_
1
M
_
|f |
_
(x)
_
1/
( >0),
and therefore (8) easily implies a multilinear version of Cotlars inequality proved in [6]:
T
(
f )(x) c
m,n,
_
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +
_
M
_
T (
f )
_
(x)
_
1/
_
( >0).
On the other hand, (8) combined with (7) gives, by part (i) of Lemma 2, a multilinear
version of the CoifmanFefferman theorem [6]. Moreover, our approach gives L
p
bounds
for T
(
f ) and T (
f ) at once. Also we get the following BLO-estimate.
Corollary 5. For all
f in any product of L
q
j
L
(R
n
) spaces, with 1 q
j
<, T
(
f )
belongs to the space BLO, and
_
_
T
(
f )
_
_
BLO
c
m
j=1
f
j
.
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The paper is organized as follows. In Section 2 we establish several properties of the
function m
f (y)
dy
and
f
#
(x) = sup
Qx
1
|Q|
_
Q
f (y) f
Q
dy,
respectively, where f
Q
=(1/|Q|)
_
Q
f and the supremum is taken over all cubes Q con-
taining x.
Proof of Proposition 1. For any Q containing x we get
(f
Q
)
_
|Q|
_
_
(f f
Q
)
Q
_
_
|Q|
_
+|f
Q
|
1
|Q|
_
Q
|f f
Q
| +|f
Q
|
1
f
#
(x) +Mf (x),
which gives (3). To prove (4), we can assume that f 0, and then use the fact that
|f |
#
(x) 2f
#
(x). For any Q x,
f
Q
inf
yQ
_
f (y) f
Q
+f (y)
_
_
(f f
Q
)
Q
_
_
(1 )|Q|
_
+(f
Q
)
_
|Q|
_
1
1
f
#
(x) +m
f (x),
and this implies (4).
We recall also several well-known denitions used below.
The space BLO [4] consists of all functions f L
1
loc
(R
n
) such that
f
BLO
=sup
Q
_
f
Q
inf
Q
f
_
<.
A weight satises Muckenhoupts condition A
(Q).
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We will need some properties of the operator m
.
Lemma 6. For any measurable function f and for a.e. x R
n
,
f (x)
f (x)
inf
yE
f (y)
+ (f
Q
)
_
|Q|
_
+ m
f (x) +.
Letting 0 completes the proof.
Lemma 7. Let A
f )
(t ) f
f )
(t ) f
(t /3
n
). (10)
Next, the operator m
(f +g)(x) m
/2
f (x) +m
/2
g(x),
m
(fg)(x) m
/2
f (x)m
/2
g(x).
Proof. This lemma follows immediately fromthe simple properties of rearrangements (see
[2, p. 67])
(f +g)
(t ) f
(t /2) +g
(t /2)
and
(fg)
(t ) f
(t /2)g
(t /2).
In the next two lemmas we consider the composition of m
(m
f )(x) m
/9
nf (x) (0 < , <1).
Proof. Let Q be any cube containing x. For all y Q we get
m
f (y) =max
_
sup
Q
y, Q
3Q
(f
Q
)
_
|Q
|
_
, sup
Q
y, Q3Q
(f
Q
)
_
|Q
|
_
_
max
_
m
(f
3Q
)(y), m
/3
nf (x)
_
.
Hence, from this and (10) we obtain
_
(m
f )
Q
_
_
|Q|
_
max
__
m
(f
3Q
)
_
_
|Q|
_
, m
/3
nf (x)
_
max
_
(f
3Q
)
_
|Q|/3
n
_
, m
/3
nf (x)
_
max
_
m
/9
nf (x), m
/3
nf (x)
_
m
/9
nf (x).
Taking the upper bound over all Q x yields the lemma.
Lemma 11. For any f L
1
loc
(R
n
) and all x R
n
,
m
(Mf )(x) c
n,
Mf (x) (0 < <1), (11)
m
(f
#
)(x) c
n,
f
#
(x) (0 < <1). (12)
Proof. We prove only the rst inequality, since the proof of the second one is essentially
the same. Let Q be any cube containing x. For all y Q we get
Mf (y) =max
_
sup
Q
y, Q
3Q
1
|Q
|
_
Q
|f |, sup
Q
y, Q3Q
1
|Q
|
_
Q
|f |
_
max
_
M(f
3Q
)(y),
3
n
|3Q
|
_
3Q
|f |
_
M(f
3Q
)(y) +3
n
Mf (x).
Hence, by the weak type (1, 1) property of M,
_
(Mf )
Q
_
_
|Q|
_
_
M(f
3Q
)
_
_
|Q|
_
+3
n
Mf (x)
3
n
|Q|
_
3Q
|f | +3
n
Mf (x) (9
n
/ +3
n
)Mf (x).
Taking the upper bound over all Q x yields (11).
Remark 12. It is interesting to note that inequality (12) may be deduced from (11), using
the fact that f
#
(x) MM
#
f (x), where M
#
>0 so that
m
f (x) c
g(x) +f (x)
for all x R
n
, and let A
. Then
(i) there exists a constant c
>0 so that
f
(t ) c
(2t ) +f
(2t ) (t >0);
(iii) if f
c
p,
g
L
p
(0 <p <);
(iii) if g L
, then
f
BLO
cg
.
Proof of Lemma 2. Using (5), (6) and Lemmas 6, 9 and 10, we obtain
m
(m
f )(x) m
/9
nf (x) A
/9
ng(x) +h(x)
(A
/9
n +B
)g(x) +m
f (x) (13)
and
m
h(x) B
m
/2
g(x) +m
/29
nf (x) (B
+A
/29
n)m
/2
g(x) +h(x). (14)
Fromthis and (iii) of Lemma 13 we immediately obtain BLO-estimates. Further, by (9),
f
(+) =0 implies (m
f )
f
L
p
c
p,
g
L
p
.
To get L
p
-bound for h, we proceed exactly as in the proving of Lemma 13, that is, we
choose
c
p,
m
h h
L
p
,
whenever h
cm
/2
g
L
p
cg
L
p
.
The lemma is proved.
3. Proof of Theorem 4
Let K(x, y
1
, . . . , y
m
) be a locally integrable function dened off the diagonal x =y
1
=
=y
m
in (R
n
)
m+1
, which satises the size estimate
K(y
0
, y
1
, . . . , y
m
)
A
_
m
k,l=0
|y
k
y
l
|
_
mn
(15)
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and, for some >0, the regularity condition
K(y
0
, . . . , y
j
, . . . , y
m
) K(y
0
, . . . , y
j
, . . . , y
m
)
A|y
j
y
j
|
_
m
k,l=0
|y
k
y
l
|
_
mn+
, (16)
whenever 0 j m and |y
j
y
j
|
1
2
max
0km
|y
j
y
k
|.
Consider multilinear operators T initially dened on the m-fold product of Schwartz
spaces and taking values into the space of tempered distributions,
T : S(R
n
) S(R
n
) S
(R
n
).
We say that T is an m-linear CaldernZygmund operator if, for some 1 q
j
< , it
extends to a bounded multilinear operator fromL
q
1
L
q
m
to L
q
, where 1/q =1/q
1
+
+1/q
m
, and there is a kernel K satisfying (15) and (16) such that
T (f
1
, . . . , f
m
)(x) =
_
(R
n
)
m
K(x, y
1
, . . . , y
m
)f
1
(y
1
) . . . f
m
(y
m
) dy
1
. . . dy
m
, (17)
whenever f
1
, . . . , f
m
are C
(t )
c
t
m
m
j=1
f
j
1
. (18)
We will occasionally write y = (y
1
, . . . , y
m
),
f = (f
1
, . . . , f
m
). Given a point x
R
n
, set S
(x) = { y: max
1jm
|x y
j
| }, U
(x) = { y S
(x): |x y
1
|
2
+ +
|x y
m
|
2
>
2
}.
Following [6], dene the truncated and modied truncated operators by
T
(f
1
, . . . , f
m
)(x)
=
_
|xy
1
|
2
++|xy
m
|
2
>
2
K(x, y
1
, . . . , y
m
)f
1
(y
1
) . . . f
m
(y
m
) dy
1
. . . dy
m
and
(f
1
, . . . , f
m
)(x) =
_
y / S
(x)
K(x, y
1
, . . . , y
m
)f
1
(y
1
) . . . f
m
(y
m
) d y,
respectively, and the associated maximal operators by
T
(
f )(x) =sup
>0
(
f )(x)
and
(
f )(x) =sup
>0
(
f )(x)
.
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It is easy to see, by (15), that for any >0,
_
U
(x)
K(x, y
1
, . . . , y
m
)f
1
(y
1
) . . . f
m
(y
m
) d y
c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x),
and since
T
(
f )(x) =
_
U
(x)
K(x, y
1
, . . . , y
m
)f
1
(y
1
) . . . f
m
(y
m
) d y +
T
(
f )(x),
we have
T
(
f )(x) c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +
T
(
f )(x) (19)
and
(
f )(x) c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +T
(
f )(x). (20)
Let B = B(x, r) be an arbitrary ball centered at x with radius r. As in [6], we denote
f
0
j
=f
j
B
, f
j
=f
j
f
0
j
. Then
f
1
(y
1
) . . . f
m
(y
m
) =
m
j=1
_
f
0
j
(y
j
) +f
j
(y
j
)
_
=
1
,...,
m
{0,}
f
1
1
(y
1
) . . . f
m
m
(y
m
).
Lemma 14. Let z, B(x, r/2).
(i) Suppose that
j
1
= =
j
l
=0 for some {j
1
, . . . , j
l
} {1, . . . , m}, where 1 l <m.
Then
T
_
f
1
1
, . . . , f
m
m
_
(z)
c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x); (21)
(ii) If
1
= =
m
=, then
T
_
f
1
, . . . , f
m
_
(z) T
_
f
1
, . . . , f
m
_
()
c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x). (22)
This lemma is contained implicitly in [6].
Proof of Theorem 4. Let Q be an arbitrary cube containing the point x, and let B =
B(x, 2), where is the diameter of Q. Set f
0
j
=f
j
B
, f
j
=f
j
f
0
j
. Note that
T
_
f
1
, . . . , f
m
_
(x) =
T
2
(f
1
, . . . , f
m
)(x)
1
,...,
m
{0,}
T
_
f
1
1
, . . . , f
m
m
_
(x),
(23)
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where the sum extends over all
i
taking values {0, } except for the cases
1
= =
m
=0 and
1
= =
m
=. Hence, applying (21) and (20), we get
T
_
f
1
, . . . , f
m
_
(x)
c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +
T
(
f )(x) c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +T
(
f )(x).
From this and (22), for any z Q we have
T
_
f
1
, . . . , f
m
_
(z)
c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +
T
_
f
1
, . . . , f
m
_
(x)
c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +T
(
f )(x),
and therefore, using again (21), we obtain
T (
f )(z)
1
,...,
m
{0,}
T
_
f
1
1
, . . . , f
m
m
_
(z)
c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +
T
_
f
0
1
, . . . , f
0
m
_
(z)
T
_
f
1
, . . . , f
m
_
(z)
c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +
T
_
f
0
1
, . . . , f
0
m
_
(z)
+T
(
f )(x).
From this and the weak-type estimate (18) we get
_
T (
f )
Q
_
_
|Q|
_
_
T
_
f
0
1
, . . . , f
0
m
__
_
|Q|
_
+c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +T
(
f )(x)
c
(|Q|)
m
m
j=1
_
B(x,2)
f (y
j
)
dy
j
+c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +T
(
f )(x)
c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +T
(
f )(x).
Taking the upper bound over all Q x completes the proof of (7).
Let now B =B(x, ) and Q be the cube centered at x with diameter . Set f
0
j
=f
j
B
,
f
j
=f
j
f
0
j
. By (21)(23), for any z Q we have
(
f )(x)
c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +
T
_
f
1
, . . . , f
m
_
(x)
c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +
T
_
f
1
, . . . , f
m
_
(z)
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +
T
_
f
0
1
, . . . , f
0
m
_
(z)
T (
f )(z)
.
Taking the supremum over all > 0 and then inmum over all z Q, and using (18), we
obtain
(
f )(x) c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) + inf
zQ
_
T
_
f
0
1
, . . . , f
0
m
_
(z)
T (
f )(z)
_
c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +
_
T
_
f
0
1
, . . . , f
0
m
__
_
(1 )|Q|
_
+
_
T (
f )
Q
_
_
|Q|
_
c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +
c
((1 )|Q|)
m
m
j=1
_
B(x,)
f (y
j
)
dy
j
+m
_
T (
f )
_
(x)
c
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +m
_
T (
f )
_
(x).
From this and (19) we have (8). The theorem is proved.
4. Concluding remarks
In [1], it was proved that a non-negative function f belongs to BLO iff there are func-
tions h L
instead of M. We
have the following
Proposition 15. A non-negative function f belongs to BLO iff there are functions h L
g +h, (24)
where is any constant from the interval (0, 1).
Proof. If f has a representation as in (24), then f belongs to BLO by Corollary 3.
Conversely, if f BLO, then m
f +(f m
_
T
(
f )
_
(x) c
,m,n
m
j=1
Mf
j
(x) +T
(
f )(x) (0 < <1). (25)
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From this and Lemma 13 we have the following rearrangement inequality with respect to
A
:
_
T
(
f )
_
(t ) c
_
m
j=1
Mf
j
_
(2t ) +
_
T
(
f )
_
(2t ). (26)
Finally, we note that, by (19) and (20), Theorem 4 and inequalities (25) and (26) also
hold for the modied maximal operator
T
(
f ) instead of T
(
f ).
Note added in proof
The author was kindly informed by the editor about the paper by C. Prez and R.H. Tor-
res (Sharp maximal function estimates for multilinear singular integrals, Contemp. Math.
320 (2003) 323331), where somewhat analogous estimates were obtained by means of
the FeffermanStein sharp maximal function and some other multilinear operators were
introduced.
Acknowledgment
The author is grateful to the referee for numerous comments and suggestions.
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