Weak type (1,1) estimates for some integral operators related to rough maximal functions (Q1817276)

Main result of the paper is a weak (1,1) estimate of rough maximal operators restricted to radial functions in the two-dimensional case. The common multi-dimensional case is considered in another paper of the same authors [Rev. Mat. Iberoam. 13, No. 1, 1-18 (1997; Zbl 0880.42010)]. The rough maximal operators \(M_\Omega\) and \(M^*_\Omega\) are modifications of the standard maximal operator defined, respectively, as \[ M_\Omega f(x)=\sup_{r>0}{1\over r^n}\int_{| y| <r} \Omega\Biggl( {y\over | y| }\Biggr)| f(x-y)| dy; \] and \[ M^*_\Omega=\int_{S^{n-1}}\Omega(\omega)M_\omega f(x)dx, \] where \[ M_\omega f(x)=\sup_{r>0}{1\over r}\int^r_0| f(x-t\omega)| dt. \] In both cases \(\Omega \in L^1(S^{n-1})\). Without the restriction to radial functions it is still unknown if the operator \(M_\Omega\) is of weak-(1,1) type, and it is known that the operator \(M^*_\Omega\) is not of weak-(1,1) type [see \textit{R. Fefferman}, Adv. Math. 30, 171-201 (1978; Zbl 0441.42019)]. While proving the main result, the boundedness from \(L^1(R)\) into \(L^{1,\infty}(R^2_+,y dx dy)\) for some operators \[ Tf(x,y)=\tfrac 1y G(y.)*f(x) \] was obtained.