Weighted norms inequalities and indices (Q2369471)

The authors study boundedness of the Hardy operator (and its variants) on weighted Lorentz spaces applying a unified approach based on indices techniques. By this method they obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for Hardy-type operators, namely for \(P_{1-\lambda}^{(q)}f(t):=\big(\frac1{t^{1-\lambda}}\int_0^t | f(x)| ^q \frac{dx}{x^\lambda}\big)^{1/q}\), \(Q_{\lambda}^{(q)}f(t):=\big(\frac1{t^{\lambda}}\int_t^\infty | f(x)| ^q \frac{dx}{x^{1-\lambda}}\big)^{1/q}\), \(q\in(0,\infty)\), \(\lambda\in[0,1)\), to be bounded on spaces \(\Lambda_p(w)\) (\,\(\| f\| _{\Lambda_p(w)}:=\big(\int_0^\infty f^*(x)^p\,w(x)\,dx\big)^{1/p}\), where \(f^*\) is the non-increasing rearrangement of \(f\)), \(\Lambda_{p,\infty}(w)\) (\,\(\| f\| _{\Lambda_{p,\infty}(w)} :=\sup_{0<t<\infty}f^*(x)\,\big(\int_0^\infty w(x)\,dx\big)^{1/p}\)), \[ \Gamma_p(w) (\| f\| _{\Gamma_p(w)}:=\big(\int_0^\infty f^{**}(x)^p\,w(x)\,dx\big)^{1/p}, \] where \(f^{**}(t):=\frac1t\int_0^tf^*\)) and \(\Gamma_{p,\infty}(w) (\| f\| _{\Gamma_{p,\infty}(w)} :=\sup_{0<t<\infty}f^{**}(x)\,\big(\int_0^\infty w(x)\,dx\big)^{1/p}).\) The results extend and simplify those available in the literature. The authors also prove a version of Gehring's lemma in the context of rearrangement invariant spaces.