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The Mihlin–Hörmander Fourier multiplier theorem
Statement
Assume Countable Choice. Let , put , and let be a Mihlin symbol with constants , (Mihlin smoothness convention above half the dimension); put , so that . Then is an Fourier multiplier for every (Lp Fourier multiplier and its norm), and there is a constant , depending only on , with Equivalently, the operator of Translation-invariant Fourier multiplier on the Schwartz core satisfies for every . Only strict-range bounds are asserted: no endpoint or claim is made.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: Countable Choice; , , the Mihlin symbol with constants and the constant ; a compactly supported ; the mollifier family generated by a unit-mass (The mollifier family generated by a unit-mass smooth bump, A unit-mass smooth bump generates an approximate identity).
In the dyadic-piece setting attached to — the annulus cutoff , the symbols and the functions — one has and whenever (Mihlin smoothness convention above half the dimension, Dyadic Mihlin pieces: uniform L1 and first-difference bounds).
With , a tempered distribution extending the off-origin kernel (no principal-value representation is asserted): the partial sums converge to in ; the series converges for almost every to a function with on (that is, for every ); and satisfies the annular bound and Hörmander's condition (Dyadic Mihlin pieces sum to an off-support kernel representation).
and, as classes, for , with ; the Schwartz-core action extends uniquely to the bounded operator of norm (Exact L2 Fourier multiplier norm, Translation-invariant Fourier multiplier on the Schwartz core).
For and Schwartz , ; the convolution is the smooth function of polynomial growth (Fourier transform converts allowed tempered convolutions to products, Tempered convolution is smooth with polynomial growth, Convolution of a tempered distribution with a schwartz function).
A Calderón–Zygmund kernel in the base sense with constants and its -bounded operator with norm satisfy for (Calderón–Zygmund kernels and their associated operators, Calderón–Zygmund operators are bounded on Lp); an approximate identity converges in : for , (Every approximate identity converges to the identity in for ); and is smooth for locally integrable (Convolution with a mollifier is smooth, and derivatives pass under the integral sign).
Tonelli interchanges nonnegative product integrals; dominated convergence applies under an integrable majorant; locally integrable functions are determined almost everywhere by their distribution pairings. (Tonelli's theorem for nonnegative measurable functions on a sigma-finite product, Dominated convergence, Locally integrable functions embed in distributions)
Proof
The dyadic pieces and the kernel. The hypotheses of [F1] are satisfied, so with , , as there the weighted bounds hold; [F2] then supplies the tempered distribution , the almost-everywhere convergent series on coinciding with off the origin, and the annular and Hörmander bounds for .
On Schwartz inputs, [F4] gives , so . Suppose and put , which vanishes near zero. Cut off at infinity using the fixed cutoff of [F1]. Then in Schwartz space, and [F2] gives . The annular bound makes finite: on , its contribution is at most , summable for by Schwartz decay, where is smaller than the distance from zero to the support of . Dominated convergence [F6] gives . Only annular size and local integrability are used.
For compactly supported , its mollifications are smooth with uniformly bounded compact support and converge to in and by [F5]. Fix a compact disjoint from ; for sufficiently small all these supports lie in a fixed compact set disjoint from . The compact difference set avoids zero. Tonelli and [F2] give . The same estimate with proves absolute convergence of its kernel integral almost everywhere on . Step 1.2 identifies there with the kernel integral of . By [F3], in , hence in by Cauchy–Schwarz. Uniqueness of the limit identifies with the kernel integral of . A countable compact exhaustion proves the off-support representation on .
The kernel has annular and Hörmander constants at most , and has norm . Step 2.1 proves its off-support representation, so is a Calderón–Zygmund operator. Apply the dimension-only estimate proved in the quantitative argument of Calderón–Zygmund operators are bounded on Lp to get . The constant has no unrecorded dependence on .
Consequently is an Fourier multiplier in the sense of the multiplier definition: [F3] gives , for the distribution is the regular distribution of the class , which is the class assigned to by the extension of step 3.1 (the two extensions of the Schwartz-core action agree on the dense subspace ), and step 3.1 is exactly the required norm bound. Hence for every , which is the assertion.
Depends on
Calderón–Zygmund kernels and their associated operators
Convolution of a tempered distribution with a schwartz function
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
Lp Fourier multiplier and its norm
Mihlin smoothness convention above half the dimension
The mollifier family generated by a unit-mass smooth bump
Translation-invariant Fourier multiplier on the Schwartz core
Dyadic Mihlin pieces: uniform L1 and first-difference bounds
Exact L2 Fourier multiplier norm
Dyadic Mihlin pieces sum to an off-support kernel representation
A unit-mass smooth bump generates an approximate identity
Calderón–Zygmund operators are bounded on Lp
Convolution with a mollifier is smooth, and derivatives pass under the integral sign
Fourier transform converts allowed tempered convolutions to products
Every approximate identity converges to the identity in for
Tempered convolution is smooth with polynomial growth
Tonelli's theorem for nonnegative measurable functions on a sigma-finite product
Dominated convergence
Locally integrable functions embed in distributions