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In a celebrated paper, Burkholder, Gundy, and Silverstein used Brownian motion to derive a maximal function characterization of H^p spaces for 0 < p < infinity. In this paper, we show that their method extends to higher dimensions and yields a dimension-free weak type (1,1) estimate for a conjugate function on the N-dimensional torus.
In this paper the theory of evolution semigroups is developed and used to provide a framework to study the stability of general linear control systems. These include time-varying systems modeled with unbounded state-space operators acting on Banach spaces. This approach allows one to apply the classical theory of strongly continuous semigroups to time-varying systems. In particular, the complex stability radius may be expressed explicitly in terms of the generator of a (evolution) semigroup. Examples are given to show that classical formulas for the stability radius of an autonomous Hilbert-space system fail in more general settings. Upper and lower bounds on the stability radius are provided for these general systems. In addition, it is shown that the theory of evolution semigroups allows for a straightforward operator-theoretic analysis of internal stability as determined by classical frequency-domain and input-output operators, even for nonautonomous Banach-space systems
Let B denote an arbitrary Banach space, G a compact abelian group with Haar measure $μ$ and dual group $Γ$. Let E be a Sidon subset of $Γ$ with Sidon constant S(E). Let r_n denote the n-th Rademacher function on [0, 1]. We show that there is a constant c, depending only on S(E), such that, for all $α> 0$: c^{-1}P[| \sum_{n=1}^Na_nr_n| >= c α] <= μ[| \sum_{n=1}^Na_nγ_n| >= α] <= cP [|\sum_{n=1}^Na_nr_n| >= c^{-1} α]
If $ϕ$ is a submeasure satisfying an appropriate lower estimate we give a quantitative result on the total mass of a measure $μ$ satisfying $0\leμ\leϕ.$ We give a dual result for supermeasures and then use these results to investigate convexity on non-locally convex quasi-Banach lattices. We then show how to use these results to extend some factorization theorems due to Pisier to the setting of quasi-Banach spaces. We conclude by showing that if $X$ is a quasi-Banach space of cotype two then any operator $T:C(Ω)\to X$ is 2-absolutely summing and factors through a Hilbert space and discussing general factorization theorems for cotype two spaces.
Let $X=\sum ε_n x_n$ be a Rademacher series with vector-valued coefficients. We obtain an approximate formula for the distribution of the random variable $||X||$ in terms of its mean and a certain quantity derived from the K-functional of interpolation theory. Several applications of the formula are given.
We give a formula for the tail of the distribution of the non-commutative Rademacher series, which generalizes the result that is already available in the commutative case. As a result, we are able to calculate the norm of these series in many rearrangement invariant spaces, generalizing work of Pisier and Rodin and Semyonov.
We present a spectral mapping theorem for continuous semigroups of operators on any Banach space $E$. The condition for the hyperbolicity of a semigroup on $E$ is given in terms of the generator of an evolutionary semigroup acting in the space of $E$-valued functions. The evolutionary semigroup generated by the propagator of a nonautonomous differential equation in $E$ is also studied. A ``discrete'' technique for the investigating of the evolutionary semigroup is developed and applied to describe the hyperbolicity (exponential dichotomy) of the nonautonomuos equation. File Length: 68K
In this paper the following result, which allows one to decouple U-Statistics in tail probability, is proved in full generality. Theorem 1. Let $X_i$ be a sequence of independent random variables taking values in a measure space $S$, and let $f_{i_1...i_k}$ be measurable functions from $S^k$ to a Banach space $B$. Let $(X_i^{(j)})$ be independent copies of $(X_i)$. The following inequality holds for all $t \ge 0$ and all $n\ge 2$, $$ P(||\sum_{1\le i_1 \ne ... \ne i_k \le n} f_{i_1 ... i_k}(X_{i_1},...,X_{i_k}) || \ge t) \qquad\qquad$$ $$ \qquad\qquad\le C_k P(C_k||\sum_{1\le i_1 \ne ... \ne i_k \le n} f_{i_1 ... i_k}(X_{i_1}^{(1)},...,X_{i_k}^{(k)}) || \ge t) .$$ Furthermore, the reverse inequality also holds in the case that the functions $\{f_{i_1... i_k}\}$ satisfy the symmetry condition $$ f_{i_1 ... i_k}(X_{i_1},...,X_{i_k}) = f_{i_{π(1)} ... i_{π(k)}}(X_{i_{π(1)}},...,X_{i_{π(k)}}) $$ for all permutations $π$ of $\{1,...,k\}$. Note that the expression $i_1 \ne ... \ne i_k$ means that $i_r \ne i_s$ for $r\ne s$. Also, $C_k$ is a constant that depends only on $k$.
Let S_k be the k-th partial sum of Banach space valued independent identically distributed random variables. In this paper, we compare the tail distribution of ||S_k|| with that of ||S_j||, and deduce some tail distribution maximal inequalities. Theorem: There is universal constant c such that for j < k Pr(||S_j|| > t) <= c Pr(||S_k|| > t/c).
A new proof of a result of Lutz Weis is given, that states that the stability of a positive strongly continuous semigroup $(e^{tA})_{t \ge 0}$ on $L_p$ may be determined by the quantity $s(A)$. We also give an example to show that the dichotomy of the semigroup may not always be determined by the spectrum $σ(A)$.
Let (f_n) and (g_n) be two sequences of random variables adapted to an increasing sequence of $σ$-algebras $({\cal F}_n)$ such that the conditional distributions of f_n and g_n given ${\cal F}_{n-1}$ coincide, and such that the sequence (g_n) is conditionally independent. Then it is known that $\normo{\sum f_k}_p \le C \normo{\sum g_k}_p$, $1 \le p \le \infty$ where the constant C is independent of p. The aim of this paper is to extend this result to certain classes of Orlicz and rearrangement invariant spaces. This paper includes fairly general techniques for obtaining rearrangement invariant inequalities from Orlicz norm inequalities.
We prove decoupling inequalities for random polynomials in independent random variables with coefficients in vector space. We use various means of comparison, including rearrangement invariant norms (e.g., Orlicz and Lorentz norms), tail distributions, tightness, hypercontractivity, etc.
We introduce the notion of an ACF space, that is, a space for which a generalized version of M. Riesz's theorem for conjugate functions with values in the Banach space is bounded. We use transference to prove that spaces for which the Hilbert transform is bounded, iė\. $X\in\text{HT}$, are ACF spaces. We then show that Bourgain's proof of $X\in\text{HT}\implies X\in\text{UMD}$ is a consequence of this result.
We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the Hardy operator to be bounded on a rearrangement invariant quasi-Banach space in terms of its Boyd indices.
Orlicz-Lorentz spaces provide a common generalization of Orlicz spaces and Lorentz spaces. In this paper, we investigate their Boyd indices. Bounds on the Boyd indices in terms of the Matuszewska-Orlicz indices of the defining functions are given. Also, we give an example to show that the Boyd indices and Zippin indices of an Orlicz-Lorentz space need not be equal, answering a question of Maligranda. Finally, we show how the Boyd indices are related to whether an Orlicz-Lorentz space is p-convex or q-concave.
We precisely evaluate the operator norm of the uncentered Hardy-Littlewood maximal function on $L^p(\Bbb R^1)$. We also compute the operator norm of the uncentered Hardy-Littlewood maximal function over rectangles on $L^p(\Bbb R^n)$, and we show that the operator norm of the uncentered Hardy-Littlewood maximal function over balls on $L^p(\Bbb R^n)$ grows exponentially with the dimension as $n \to \infty$.
Let $Σ$ be a $σ$-algebra over $Ω$, and let $M(Σ)$ denote the Banach space of complex measures. Consider a representation $T_t$ for $t\in\Bbb R$ acting on $M(Σ)$. We show that under certain, very weak hypotheses, that if for a given $μ\in M(Σ)$ and all $A \in Σ$ the map $t \mapsto T_t μ(A)$ is in $H^\infty(\Bbb R)$, then it follows that the map $t \mapsto T_t μ$ is Bochner measurable. The proof is based upon the idea of the Analytic Radon Nikodým Property. Straightforward applications yield a new and simpler proof of Forelli's main result concerning analytic measures ({\it Analytic and quasi-invariant measures}, Acta Math., {\bf 118} (1967), 33--59).
We extend ideas of Garling to consider the so called Hardy martingales in a more general setting of H^p theory of compact abelian groups with ordered dual. As a consequence, we obtain a new proof of a result of Helson and Lowdenslager which generalizes Jensen's Inequality for H^1 functions.