Generalized Morrey spaces -- revisited (Q509943)

Summary: The generalized Morrey space \({\mathcal M}_{p,\phi}({\mathbb R}^n)\) was defined by \textit{T. Mizuhara} [in: Harmonic Analysis. Proceedings of a conference held in Sendai, Japan, August 14-18, 1990. Tokyo: Springer-Verlag. 183--189 (1991; Zbl 0771.42007)] and \textit{E. Nakai} [Math. Nachr. 166, 95--103 (1994; Zbl 0837.42008)]. It is equipped with a parameter \(0 < p < \infty\) and a function \(\phi:{\mathbb R}^n \times (0,\infty) \rightarrow (0,\infty)\). Our experience shows that \({\mathcal M}_{p,\phi}({\mathbb R}^n)\) is easy to handle when \(1 < p < \infty\). However, when \(0 < p \leq 1\), the function space \({\mathcal M}_{p,\phi}({\mathbb R}^n)\) is difficult to handle as many examples show. We propose a way to deal with \({\mathcal M}_{p,\phi}({\mathbb R}^n)\) for \(0 < p \leq 1\), in particular, to obtain some estimates of the Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator on these spaces. Especially, the vector-valued estimates obtained in the earlier papers are refined. The key tool is the weighted dual Hardy operator. Much is known on the weighted dual Hardy operator.