The maximal operator in weighted variable spaces \(L^{p(\cdot)}\) (Q2474633)

Summary: We study the boundedness of the maximal operator in the weighted spaces \(L^{p(\cdot)}(\rho)\) over a bounded open set \(\Omega\) in the Euclidean space \(\mathbb R^n\) or a Carleson curve \(\Gamma\) in a complex plane. The weight function may belong to a certain version of a general Muckenhoupt-type condition, which is narrower than the expected Muckenhoupt condition for variable exponent, but coincides with the usual Muckenhoupt class \(A_p\) in the case of constant \(p\). In the case of Carleson curves there is also considered another class of weights of radial type of the form \(\rho(t)= \prod_{k=1}^m w_k(|t-t_k|)\), \(t_k\in\Gamma\), where \(w_k\) has the property that \(r^{\frac{1}{p(t_k)}} w_k(r)\in\Phi_1^0\), where \(\Phi_1^0\) is a certain Zygmund-Bari-Stechkin-type class. It is assumed that the exponent \(p(t)\) satisfies the Dini-Lipschitz condition. For such radial type weights the final statement on the boundedness is given in terms of the index numbers of the functions \(w_k\) (similar in a sense to the Boyd indices for the Young functions defining Orlicz spaces).