Rearrangement-function inequalities and interpolation theory (Q1867521)

Using the tools of real interpolation theory, the authors develop a general method for proving rearrangement-function inequalities for some important classes of operators, which gives a unified approach to various known and new relations between the rearrangements of measurable functions, the rearrangements of their sharp-functions, and the rearrangements of their maximal functions. The tools of real interpolation theory used by the authors include the real interpolation theory for some weak-type classes developed by the authors in [ibid. 110, 236-260 (2001; Zbl 0987.41003); J. Funct. Anal. 188, 75-110 (2002; Zbl 1003.41003)]. To be precise, the authors give the explicit formulae for calculation of \(K\) and \(E\) functionals in such classes and use them in the \(L(p,q)\) scale to generalize some classical inequalities, which are known for BMO spaces.