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arxiv: 1906.11145 · v2 · pith:7QHGOJ2Inew · submitted 2019-06-26 · 🧮 math.AP · math.CA

Counterexamples for bi-parameter Carleson embedding

Pavel Mozolyako , Georgios Psaromiligkos , Alexander Volberg This is my paper

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The pith

The two-weight bi-parameter Carleson embedding theorem admits counterexamples.

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The paper constructs several counterexamples to the two-weight bi-parameter Carleson embedding theorem. These examples consist of explicit weights and measures on product spaces that meet the hypotheses required by the theorem. Yet the embedding inequality itself fails to hold in these cases. The result separates the bi-parameter setting from the one-parameter case, where analogous statements are known to be valid under comparable assumptions.

Core claim

Several explicit constructions of weights and measures on bi-parameter spaces serve as counterexamples to the two-weight bi-parameter Carleson embedding theorem, satisfying the Carleson condition hypotheses while violating the embedding conclusion.

What carries the argument

Explicit constructions of two weights and measures on product spaces that meet the Carleson testing conditions but fail the embedding inequality.

If this is right

  • The two-weight bi-parameter Carleson embedding does not hold in general.
  • The bi-parameter case requires conditions beyond those sufficient in one parameter.
  • The counterexamples isolate the failure to the interaction of the two parameters.
  • No universal embedding statement applies to all pairs of weights satisfying the Carleson condition in the bi-parameter setting.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The distinction between one-parameter and bi-parameter behavior may extend to other embedding theorems in product spaces.
  • Related multi-parameter inequalities could require separate testing conditions to avoid similar counterexamples.
  • The constructions provide concrete test cases for checking proposed strengthenings of the theorem.

Load-bearing premise

The specific weights and measures chosen in the constructions satisfy the theorem's hypotheses while the embedding inequality fails.

What would settle it

Direct verification on one of the constructed examples that the Carleson condition holds but the supremum defining the embedding exceeds any finite bound.

read the original abstract

We build here several counterexamples for two weight bi-parameter Carleson embedding theorem.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript constructs several explicit counterexamples demonstrating that the two-weight bi-parameter Carleson embedding theorem fails in general: the constructed weights and measures satisfy the relevant two-weight Carleson hypotheses but the associated embedding operator has infinite norm.

Significance. If the constructions are valid, the result is significant for the field of harmonic analysis. It shows that the one-parameter two-weight Carleson embedding does not extend directly to the bi-parameter setting, providing concrete obstructions that must be accounted for in any future formulation of bi-parameter embedding theorems. The paper is a pure construction manuscript with no machine-checked proofs or parameter-free derivations, but the explicit nature of the counterexamples supplies falsifiable predictions that can be checked by direct computation.

major comments (2)
  1. [Construction sections (likely §3–§5)] The manuscript must verify in detail that each constructed pair of weights satisfies the precise two-weight Carleson condition stated in the bi-parameter setting (whatever the exact formulation used in §2 or the introduction); without an explicit check that the testing conditions hold while the embedding fails, the counterexample claim remains unverified.
  2. [Verification steps following each construction] For each counterexample, the paper should compute or bound the embedding norm explicitly (e.g., by exhibiting a test function whose image has infinite norm) and confirm that this norm is indeed infinite while the Carleson constant remains finite; the current abstract supplies no such verification.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract is extremely terse and does not indicate the dimension, the precise form of the bi-parameter Carleson condition, or the number of counterexamples; a slightly expanded abstract would improve readability.
  2. [Notation and definitions] Notation for the underlying measures and the bi-parameter rectangles should be introduced once and used consistently; any ad-hoc notation introduced only in the constructions should be defined before first use.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We appreciate the referee's feedback on our manuscript. The major comments concern the explicit verification of the Carleson conditions and the embedding norm in our counterexamples. We respond to each point below, noting that these verifications are already included in the paper.

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  1. Referee: [Construction sections (likely §3–§5)] The manuscript must verify in detail that each constructed pair of weights satisfies the precise two-weight Carleson condition stated in the bi-parameter setting (whatever the exact formulation used in §2 or the introduction); without an explicit check that the testing conditions hold while the embedding fails, the counterexample claim remains unverified.

    Authors: In §§3–5, for each counterexample, we provide explicit computations showing that the two-weight bi-parameter Carleson condition holds with a finite constant. These computations follow directly from the definitions in the introduction and §2, by estimating the relevant suprema over rectangles. Simultaneously, we show the embedding fails by constructing a test function where the associated integral diverges to infinity. We believe this constitutes the required verification; however, we can include additional details or lemmas if deemed necessary. revision: no

  2. Referee: [Verification steps following each construction] For each counterexample, the paper should compute or bound the embedding norm explicitly (e.g., by exhibiting a test function whose image has infinite norm) and confirm that this norm is indeed infinite while the Carleson constant remains finite; the current abstract supplies no such verification.

    Authors: The abstract provides only a high-level summary and does not include the detailed calculations, which are instead presented in full in the construction sections following each example. In these sections, we explicitly exhibit test functions (such as indicators of specific sets adapted to the bi-parameter structure) for which the embedding operator applied to the function yields an infinite quantity, while the Carleson constant is verified to be finite through direct calculation. This confirms the infinite norm of the embedding. revision: no

Circularity Check

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No circularity: explicit counterexample constructions

full rationale

The paper is a pure construction paper whose central claim consists of exhibiting specific weights and measures that meet the stated hypotheses of the two-weight bi-parameter Carleson embedding while making the embedding operator unbounded. No equations, parameters, or results are obtained by fitting, renaming, or self-citation chains; each counterexample is verified directly by checking the relevant Carleson-type conditions and computing the operator norm on the constructed objects. The derivation chain is therefore self-contained and does not reduce any claimed result to its own inputs by construction.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

Based on abstract only; no free parameters, invented entities, or ad hoc axioms are mentioned.

axioms (1)
  • standard math Standard definitions and properties of Carleson embeddings and measures from prior literature
    Counterexamples rely on established concepts in harmonic analysis.

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