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Antti V. Vähäkangas

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arXiv2018

A maximal function approach to two-measure Poincaré inequalities

This paper extends the self-improvement result of Keith and Zhong in [16] to the two-measure case. Our main result shows that a two-measure $(p,p)$-Poincaré inequality for $1 0$ under a balance condition on the measures. The corresponding result for a maximal Poincaré inequality is also considered. In this case the left-hand side in the Poincaré inequality is replaced with an integral of a sharp maximal function and the results hold without a balance condition. Moreover, validity of maximal Poincaré inequalities is used to characterize the self-improvement of two-measure Poincaré inequalities. Examples are constructed to illustrate the role of the assumptions. Harmonic analysis and PDE techniques are used extensively in the arguments.

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arXiv2017

Fractional Hardy-Sobolev type inequalities for half spaces and John domains

As our main result we prove a variant of the fractional Hardy-Sobolev-Maz'ya inequality for half spaces. This result contains a complete answer to a recent open question by Musina and Nazarov. In the proof we apply a new version of the fractional Hardy-Sobolev inequality that we establish also for more general unbounded John domains than half spaces.

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arXiv2017

Maximal function estimates and self-improvement results for Poincaré inequalities

Our main result is an estimate for a sharp maximal function, which implies a Keith-Zhong type self-improvement property of Poincaré inequalities related to differentiable structures on metric measure spaces. As an application, we give structure independent representation for Sobolev norms and universality results for Sobolev spaces.

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arXiv2017

Muckenhoupt $A_p$-properties of distance functions and applications to Hardy-Sobolev -type inequalities

Let $X$ be a metric space equipped with a doubling measure. We consider weights $w(x)=\operatorname{dist}(x,E)^{-α}$, where $E$ is a closed set in $X$ and $α\in\mathbb R$. We establish sharp conditions, based on the Assouad (co)dimension of $E$, for the inclusion of $w$ in Muckenhoupt's $A_p$ classes of weights, $1\le p<\infty$. With the help of general $A_p$-weighted embedding results, we then prove (global) Hardy-Sobolev inequalities and also fractional versions of such inequalities in the setting of metric spaces.

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arXiv2015

Self-improvement of uniform fatness revisited

We give a new proof for the self-improvement of uniform p-fatness in the setting of general metric spaces. Our proof is based on rather standard methods of geometric analysis, and in particular the proof avoids the use of deep results from potential theory and analysis on metric spaces that have been indispensable in the previous proofs of the self-improvement. A key ingredient in the proof is a self-improvement property for local Hardy inequalities.

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arXiv2015

Beyond local maximal operators

We obtain (essentially sharp) boundedness results for certain generalized local maximal operators between fractional weighted Sobolev spaces and their modifications. Concrete boundedness results between well known fractional Sobolev spaces are derived as consequences of our main result. We also apply our boundedness results by studying both generalized neighbourhood capacities and the Lebesgue differentiation of fractional weighted Sobolev functions.

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arXiv2015

In between the inequalities of Sobolev and Hardy

We establish both sufficient and necessary conditions for the validity of the so-called Hardy-Sobolev inequalities on open sets of the Euclidean space. These inequalities form a natural interpolating scale between the (weighted) Sobolev inequalities and the (weighted) Hardy inequalities. The Assouad dimension of the complement of the open set turns out to play an important role in both sufficient and necessary conditions.

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arXiv2014

Fractional Hardy inequalities and visibility of the boundary

We prove fractional order Hardy inequalities on open sets under a combined fatness and visibility condition on the boundary. We demonstrate by counterexamples that fatness conditions alone are not sufficient for such Hardy inequalities to hold. In addition, we give a short exposition of various fatness conditions related to our main result, and apply fractional Hardy inequalities in connection to the boundedness of extension operators for fractional Sobolev spaces.

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arXiv2014

Aspects of local to global results

We establish local to global results for a function space which is larger than the well known BMO space, and was also introduced by John and Nirenberg.

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arXiv2014

Local maximal operators on fractional Sobolev spaces

In this note we establish the boundedness properties of local maximal operators $M_G$ on the fractional Sobolev spaces $W^{s,p}(G)$ whenever $G$ is an open set in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $0<s<1$ and $1<p<\infty$. As an application, we characterize the fractional $(s,p)$-Hardy inequality on a bounded open set $G$ by a Maz'ya-type testing condition localized to Whitney cubes.

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arXiv2013

On improved fractional Sobolev-Poincaré inequalities

We prove a certain improved fractional Sobolev-Poincaré inequality on John domains; the proof is based on the equivalence of the corresponding weak and strong type inequalities. We also give necessary conditions for the validity of an improved fractional Sobolev-Poincaré inequality, in particular, we show that a domain having a finite measure and satisfying this inequality, and a `separation property', is a John domain.

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arXiv2013

Characterizations to the fractional Sobolev inequality

We characterize the fractional Sobolev inequality with fractional isocapacitary and isoperimetric inequalities. We give a sufficient condition and examples so that the fractional capacity of the closure of an open set is bounded above by the fractional perimeter of its interior.

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arXiv2013

Characterizations for fractional Hardy inequality

We provide a Maz'ya type characterization for a fractional Hardy inequality. As an application, we show that a bounded open set $G$ admits a fractional Hardy inequality if and only if the associated fractional capacity is quasiadditive with respect to Whitney cubes of $G$ and the zero extension operator acting on $C_c(G)$ is bounded in an appropriate manner.

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arXiv2013

On the Local $Tb$ Theorem: A Direct Proof under Duality Assumption

We give a direct proof of the local $Tb$ Theorem, in the Euclidean setting, and under the assumption of dual exponents. This Theorem provides a flexible framework for proving the boundedness of a Calderón-Zygmund operator, supposing the existence of systems of local accretive functions. We assume that the integrability exponents on these systems of functions are of the form $1/p+1/q\le 1$, and provide a direct proof. The principal point of interest is in the use of random grids and the corresponding construction of the corona. We also utilize certain twisted martingale transform inequalities.

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arXiv2013

Non-Homogeneous Local $T1$ Theorem: Dual Exponents

We provide an alternative proof of a (local) T1 theorem for dual exponents in the non-homogeneous setting of upper doubling measures. This previously known theorem provides necessary and sufficient conditions for the L^p-boundedness of Calderón-Zygmund operators in the described setting, and the novelty lies in the method of proof.

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