Modular estimates of integral operators with homogeneous kernels in Orlicz type classes (Q1174610)

The authors study some estimates of the integral operators with homogeneous kernel with respect to modular functionals in the Orlicz classes or Musielak-Orlicz classes and in the space of the functions with \(\varphi\)-bounded variation in the sense of Musielak-Orlicz. Let \(\varphi\) be a convex function non-decreasing on \(R_ 0^ +\) with \(\varphi(0)=0\) and \(\varphi(u)>0\) for \(u>0\), denote \({\mathcal V}_ \varphi\) the space of Lebesgue measurable functions \(x\) on \(R^ +\) with finite \(\varphi\)-variation \(V_ \varphi[x,R^ +]=\sup_ D \sum\varphi(| x(t_ i)-x(t_{i-1})|)\). Let \(K: R^ +\times R^ +\to R_ 0^ +\) be such that \(({\mathcal K}x)(t)=\int_ 0^ \infty K(t,s)x(s)ds<\infty\) for every \(x\in{\mathcal V}_ \varphi\). Denote \(A_ i(t)=\int_ 0^ \infty K(t,z)z^{-(i+\gamma)}dz\) (\(i=1,2\)), \(\rho(x)=\int_ 0^ \infty\varphi(| x(t)|)dt\) for \(x\in X\) and let \(L_ 0^ \varphi=\{x\in X\): \(\rho(x)<\infty\}\) be the Orlicz class generated by \(\rho\). If \(K(t,s)\) is homogeneous of degree \(\gamma\in R\), then the following implications hold: (i) If \(0<A_ 1(1)<\infty\) and \(A(\cdot)^{\gamma+1}x(\cdot)\in{\mathcal V}_ \varphi\), then \(V_ \varphi[{\mathcal K}x,R^ +]\leq V_ \varphi[A(\cdot)^{\gamma+1}x,R^ +]\). In particular, \(V_ \varphi[{\mathcal K}x,R^ +]\leq V_ \varphi[A(1)x]\). (ii) If \(0< A_ i(1)<\infty\) for \(i=1,2\) and \(A_ 1(\cdot)^{1+\gamma}x\in L_ 0^ \varphi\), then \(\phi({\mathcal K}x)\leq (A_ 2(1)/A_ 1(1))\rho(A_ 1(\cdot)^{1+\gamma}x)\). In particular, \({\mathcal K}x\in L_ 0^ \varphi\). (iii) If \(0<A_ 2(1)<\infty\), \(\int_ 0^ \infty K(t,s)ds=M\) for all \(t>0\) and \(Mx\in L_ 0^{\varphi,\gamma+1}\) where \(L_ 0^{\varphi,\alpha}=\{x\in X\): \(\rho_ \alpha(x)<\infty\}\), \(\rho_ \alpha(x)=\int_ 0^ \infty \varphi(| x(t)|)t^ \alpha dt\), then \({\mathcal K}x\in L_ 0^ \varphi\) and \(\rho({\mathcal K}x)\leq A_ 2(1)M^{-1}\rho_{\gamma+1}(Mx)\). An extension to the case of generalized Orlicz classes is then given.