A maximal function on harmonic extensions of \(H\)-type groups (Q2469440)

Let \(N\) be an \(H\)-type group and \(S=N\times\mathbb{R}^+\) be its harmonic extension. Let \(\rho\) be a fixed right invariant measure on \(S.\) For \(f\in L^1_{\text{loc}}(\rho)\) the author studies the left invariant Hardy-Littlewood type maximal operator \[ M_\rho^{\mathcal{F}}f(x)= \sup_{F\in\mathcal{F}} \frac{1}{\rho(xF)} \int_{xF}| f| \,d\rho, \] where \(\mathcal{F}\) is an appropriately defined family of open subsets of \(S\) containing the identity \(e\in S.\) The main result of the paper says that the maximal operator \(M_\rho^{\mathcal{F}}\) is bounded from \(L^1(\rho)\) to \(L^{1,\infty}(\rho).\)