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The bounds ℏp,X≲(βp,X)2 and βp,X≲(ℏp,X)2 are sharp
Abstract
It was proved in the 1980s by Burkholder and Bourgain that, for any Banach space X and 1<p<∞, the UMDp property for X is equivalent to boundedness of the Hilbert transform on Lp(R;X), and that the UMD constant βp,X and the Hilbert transform constant ℏp,X are related by the quadratic bounds ℏp,X≲(βp,X)2, βp,X≲(ℏp,X)2. In this paper we present examples showing that both bounds are sharp. More precisely, we construct explicit 2n-dimensional Banach spaces for which the Hilbert transform constant grows like n and the UMD constant like √n, and a second family with the reverse behaviour.
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BibTeX
@misc{lorist2026bounds,
title = {{The bounds $\hbar_p,X\lesssim(β_p,X)^2$ and $β_p,X\lesssim(\hbar_p,X)^2$ are sharp}},
author = {Emiel Lorist and Jan van Neerven},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.10444},
eprint = {2609.10444},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.10444},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - The bounds ℏ_p,X≲(β_p,X)^2 and β_p,X≲(ℏ_p,X)^2 are sharp
AU - Emiel Lorist
AU - Jan van Neerven
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/09
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.10444
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.10444
AB - It was proved in the 1980s by Burkholder and Bourgain that, for any Banach space X and 1<p<∞, the UMD_p property for X is equivalent to boundedness of the Hilbert transform on L^p(R;X), and that the UMD constant β_p,X and the Hilbert transform constant ℏ_p,X are related by the quadratic bounds ℏ_p,X≲(β_p,X)^2, β_p,X≲(ℏ_p,X)^2. In this paper we present examples showing that both bounds are sharp. More precisely, we construct explicit 2^n-dimensional Banach spaces for which the Hilbert transform constant grows like n and the UMD constant like √n, and a second family with the reverse behaviour.
ER -