Two-weight norm inequalities for potential type and maximal operators in a metric space (Q2636749)

Let \((X; \rho)\) denote a quasi-metric space with a doubling measure \(\mu\) (\textit{space of homogeneous type}). The author investigates two-weight weak and strong type estimates for the \textit{fractional maximal operator} \(M_{\mu,\gamma}\) defined by \[ M_{\mu,\gamma}f(x):=\sup\limits_{B}\frac{\chi_{B}(x)}{\mu(B)^{1-\gamma}}\int\limits_{B}|f|\, d\mu, \quad x\in X, \quad 0\leq \gamma <1 \] and operators of \textit{potential type} \[ T(f\, d\sigma)(x)=\int\limits_{X}K(x,y)f(y)\, d\sigma(y), \quad x\in X, \] where the kernel \(K: X\times X\to [0,\infty]\) is a non-negative function which satisfies the following monotonicity conditions: For every \(k_2>1\) there exists \(k_1>1\) such that \[ K(x,y)\leq k_1 K(x',y)\quad \text{whenever \(\rho (x',y)\leq k_2\rho (x,y)\)}, \] \[ K(x,y)\leq k_1 K(x,y')\quad \text{whenever \(\rho (x,y')\leq k_2\rho (x,y)\)}. \] The results are proved ``in a space of homogeneous type with no additional geometric assumptions, such as group structure or non-empty annulus property, which appeared in earlier works on the subject'' (from author's abstract). The proofs are based on the recovery of operators from suitably defined dyadic model operators. ``One of the new ingredients in the proof is the use of a finite collection of adjacent dyadic systems'' (from author's abstract).