Best possible results in a class of inequalities. II (Q1343963)

The authors give a sufficient condition on a lower triangular infinite matrix \(A\) with non-negative entries, and a positive sequence \(b= (b_ n)\), for an inequality of the form \(\| A(b| x|)\|_ p\leq K\| x\|_ p\), \(x\in \ell_ p\), to be best possible, in the sense that there is no positive sequence \(d= (d_ n)\) such that \((d_ n b^{-1}_ n)\) is a monotone unbounded sequence, and an inequality of the form above holds with \(b\) replaced by \(d\). This condition permits easy proofs of ``best possible'' theorems that generalize a previous result concerning Hardy's inequality. [For part I see Pac. J. Math. 103, No. 2, 433-436 (1982; Zbl 0523.40001)].