A new way of looking at distributional estimates; application for the bilinear Hilbert transform (Q854503)

This paper provides expository background for the restricted weak-type estimates that the authors obtained for the bilinear Hilbert transform in [J. Geom. Anal. 16, No. 4, 563--584 (2006; Zbl 1112.42005)]. In particular, a general distributional inequality along the lines of good-lambda inequalities, but exploiting characteristic functions, is established and used as a vehicle for refining the restricted weak-type \(L^1\) inequality for the Hilbert transform \(H\) in the sense of showing exponential decay of \(| \{x:H(\chi_F)(x)>\lambda\}| \) as \(\lambda\to\infty\). The rest of the paper outlines the methods used in the work cited above.