Weighted \(L^q\)-Helmholtz decompositions in infinite cylinders and in infinite layers. (Q1413014)

The aim of this paper is to present a new joint approach to the Helmholtz decomposition in infinite cylinders and in infinite layers \(\Omega=\Sigma\times \mathbb{R}^{k}\) in the function space \(L^{q}(\mathbb{R}^{k};L^{r}(\Sigma))\) using even arbitrary Muckenhoupt weights with respect to \(x'\in\Sigma\subset \mathbb{R}^{n-k}\) and, if possible, exponential weights with respect to \(x''\in \mathbb{R}^{k}, 1\leq k \leq n-1, n\geq 2\). For \(n=2\) one gets the Helmholtz decomposition for a strip, for \(n=3\) in an infinite cylinder or an infinite layer and for \(n>3\) in some (non-physical) unbounded domains of cylinder or layer type. The proof based on a weak Neumann problem uses a partial Fourier transform and operator-valued multiplier functions, the \(R\)-boundedness of the family of multiplier operators and an extrapolation property in weighted \(L^{q}-\) spaces.