Variable Weak Hardy Spaces $W\!H_L^{p(\cdot)}({\mathbb R}^n)$ Associated with Operators Satisfying Davies-Gaffney Estimates

Abstract

Let $p(\cdot):\ \mathbb R^n\to(0,1]$ be a variable exponent function satisfying the globally log-H\"older continuous condition and $L$ a one to one operator of type $\omega$ in $L^2({\mathbb R}^n)$, with $\omega\in[0,\,\pi/2)$, which has a bounded holomorphic functional calculus and satisfies the Davies-Gaffney estimates. In this article, the authors introduce the variable weak Hardy space $W\!H_L^{p(\cdot)}(\mathbb R^n)$ associated with $L$ via the corresponding square function. Its molecular characterization is then established by means of the atomic decomposition of the variable weak tent space $W\!T^{p(\cdot)}(\mathbb R^n)$ which is also obtained in this article. In particular, when $L$ is non-negative and self-adjoint, the authors obtain the atomic characterization of $W\!H_L^{p(\cdot)}(\mathbb R^n)$. As an application of the molecular characterization, when $L$ is the second-order divergence form elliptic operator with complex bounded measurable coefficient, the authors prove that the associated Riesz transform $\nabla L^{-1/2}$ is bounded from $W\!H_L^{p(\cdot)}(\mathbb R^n)$ to the variable weak Hardy space $W\!H^{p(\cdot)}(\mathbb R^n)$. Moreover, when $L$ is non-negative and self-adjoint with the kernels of $\{e^{-tL}\}_{t>0}$ satisfying the Gauss upper bound estimates, the atomic characterization of $W\!H_L^{p(\cdot)}(\mathbb R^n)$ is further used to characterize the space via non-tangential maximal functions.