Hilbert transforms along curves. I: Nilpotent groups (Q1076273)

In modern complex analysis there is an interesting but complicated topic to investigate the properties of general integral operators involving singular kernels supported on submanifolds of arbitrary manifolds. For references and applications see \textit{E. M. Stein} [Singular integrals and differentiability properties of functions (1970; Zbl 0207.135); Invent. Math. 74, 63-83 (1983; Zbl 0522.43007)], and \textit{E. M. Stein} and \textit{S. Wainger} [Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 84, 1239-1295 (1978; Zbl 0393.42010)]. The main result of the paper under review is the following theorem concerning nilpotent groups. For any homogeneous nilpotent group G and any exponent \(1<p<\infty\) there exists \(C=C(p,G)<\infty\) such that \(\| M_{\gamma}f\|_{L^ p}\leq C \| f\|_{L^ p}\) for any odd homogeneous curve and \(\gamma\in G\) and for all \(f\in L^ p\). Here \[ M_{\gamma}f(x)=\sup r^{-1}\int_{| t| \leq r}| f(x\cdot \gamma (t)^{-1})| dt \] is a maximal function along \(\gamma\). Moreover for the Hilbert transform along \(\gamma\) (with some definition of principal-value of integral) \[ H_{\gamma}f(x)=principal- value\int^{\infty}_{-\infty}f(x\cdot \gamma (t)^{-1})t^{-1\quad} dt \] the inequality \(\| H_{\gamma}f\|_ p\leq C \| f\|_ p\) holds.