## Duke Mathematical Journal

### $L^2$-boundedness of the Cauchy integral operator for continuous measures

Xavier Tolsa

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 98, Number 2 (1999), 269-304.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 19 February 2004

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077228214

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-99-09808-3

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1695200

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0945.30032

#### Citation

Tolsa, Xavier. L 2 -boundedness of the Cauchy integral operator for continuous measures. Duke Math. J. 98 (1999), no. 2, 269--304. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-99-09808-3. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077228214.

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