Some weighted Hardy-type inequalities and applications (Q4356451)

For \(r\in [1,\infty]\) and a weight \(w\) on \((0,\infty)\) put \[ L_{r,w}= L_{r,w}(0,\infty)= \{f; fw\in L_r(0,\infty)\}; \] define \(r'\) by \(1/r+ 1/r'= 1\). Assume that \(n\in\mathbb{N}\) and \(a_k: (0,\infty)\to\mathbb{C}\), \(k= 0,\dots,n\). Let \(1< p\leq q\leq\infty\) and let \(u\), \(v\) be weights on \((0,\infty)\). Assume, moreover, that \(\int^r_0 u^{-p'}(x)dx< \infty\) for all \(r\in(0, \infty)\) and that there exists a constant \(D\) such that for all \(r\in (0,\infty)\), \[ \int^{2r}_0 x^{(n- 1)p'} u^{-p'}(x)dx\leq D\int^r_0 x^{(n- 1)p'} u^{-p'}(x) dx. \] Then the following three assertions are equivalent: \[ \Biggl|\sum^n_{k= 0} a_k(x) \int^x_0 t^kf(t) dt\Biggr|_{L_{q,v}}\leq c|f|_{p, u},\quad\forall f\in L_{p,u},\tag{i} \] \[ \Biggl|a_k(x) \int^x_0 t^k f(t)dt\Biggr|_{L_{q,v}}\leq c_k|f|_{p, u},\quad\forall f\in L_{p,u},\quad k=0,\dots, n,\tag{ii} \] \[ \sup_{t>0} \Biggl(\int^\infty_t|a_k(x)v(x)|^q dx\Biggr)^{1/q} \Biggl(\int^r_0 x^{-kp'} u^{-p'}(x) dx\Biggr)^{1/p'}< \infty,\quad k=0,\dots, n.\tag{iii} \] This is the main result of the paper and it is used to get estimates of differential operators (with variable coefficients) acting on weighted Sobolev spaces. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0868.00019].