## Revista Matemática Iberoamericana

### The fractional maximal operator and fractional integrals on variable $L^p$ spaces

#### Abstract

We prove that if the exponent function $p(\cdot)$ satisfies log-Hölder continuity conditions locally and at infinity, then the fractional maximal operator $M_\alpha$, $0 < \alpha < n$, maps $L^{p(\cdot)}$ to $L^{q(\cdot)}$, where $\frac{1}{p(x)}-\frac{1}{q(x)}=\frac{\alpha}{n}$. We also prove a weak-type inequality corresponding to the weak $(1,n/(n-\alpha))$ inequality for $M_\alpha$. We build upon earlier work on the Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator by Cruz-Uribe, Fiorenza and Neugebauer [The maximal function on variable $L^p$ spaces. Ann. Acad. Sci. Fenn. Math. 28 (2003), 223-238]. As a consequence of these results for $M_\alpha$, we show that the fractional integral operator $I_\alpha$ satisfies the same norm inequalities. These in turn yield a generalization of the Sobolev embedding theorem to variable $L^p$ spaces.

#### Article information

Source
Rev. Mat. Iberoamericana, Volume 23, Number 3 (2007), 743-770.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 27 February 2008

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rmi/1204128298

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2414490

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1213.42063

#### Citation

Capone, Claudia; Cruz-Uribe, SFO , David; Fiorenza, Alberto. The fractional maximal operator and fractional integrals on variable $L^p$ spaces. Rev. Mat. Iberoamericana 23 (2007), no. 3, 743--770. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rmi/1204128298

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