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Endpoint gradient bounds for centered convex maximal operators and probability kernels

Abstract

We establish the endpoint gradient estimate for centered homothetic maximal averages in every dimension $d\ge2$ over each fixed convex body with $C^{1,θ}$ boundary, $0<θ\le1$. In particular, the centered ball maximal operator satisfies the $W^{1,1}$ gradient bound in every dimension. Neither strict convexity nor a lower bound on the support gap is required. The geometric argument combines concentration in gradient values with nonhomogeneous calibrated rows and a summable radial correction. It extends the scalar refinement, direction-history construction and global assembly of the planar centered-disk proof of OpenAI. A separate transfer theorem gives sharp singular-derivative identities for bounded compact probability kernels once local BV output is known, and gradient continuity under an additional spatial-tail condition. Quantitative contact and translation estimates yield further profile and kernel examples. The estimates retain the fixed body's regularity data; the endpoint for arbitrary $C^1$ and nonsmooth convex bodies remains open here.

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Zhouyu Long. 2026-10-26. Endpoint gradient bounds for centered convex maximal operators and probability kernels. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.35760

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