A regularity result for Calderón commutators (Q372818): Difference between revisions

Let \(\mathcal{H}\) be the Hilbert transform. Recently, when dealing with water waves, \textit{A. Constantin} and \textit{E. Varvaruca} [Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 199, No. 1, 33--67 (2011; Zbl 1229.35203)] proved that if \(u\) is a \(C^{1,\alpha}\) periodic function and \(v\) is a \(C^\alpha\) periodic function, then the commutator \([u,\mathcal{H}]v\) is again a \(C^{1,\delta}\) periodic function, where \(\delta\in (0,\alpha)\). In the paper under review, the author generalizes the aforementioned regularity result by using moduli of continuity instead of Hölder regularity. Let \(\omega\) be an increasing function, that maps \( (0, \pi]\) to \([0,\infty)\), and satisfies \(\lim_{t\to0}\omega(t)=0\), \(\frac{\omega(t)}{t}\) is decreasing on \((0,\infty)\), and \[ \int_{0}^\pi \frac{\omega(t)}{t}\,dt<\infty. \] Let \(C^{2\pi}_\omega\) denote the set of periodic functions \(f\) on \([-\pi,\pi]\), which are of \(\omega\)-modulus of continuity, i.e., \(|f(x)-f(y)|\leq C\omega(|x-y|)\). The author shows that, if \(u,v\in C^{2\pi}_\omega\), then \([u,\mathcal{H}]v\in C^{2\pi}_{\omega_0}\), where \(\omega_0\) is determined by \(\omega\) as \(\omega_0(t)=\omega(t)|\log t|+\int_0^t\frac{\omega(s)}{s}\,ds\). Further, if \(u\) is differentiable with \(u'\in C^{2\pi}_{\omega}\), and \(v\in C^{2\pi}_{\omega}\), then \([u,\mathcal{H}]v\) is differentiable with \(([u,\mathcal{H}]v)'\in C^{2\pi}_{\omega_0}\).