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We characterise the higher order Riesz transforms on the Heisenberg group and also show that they satisfy dimension-free bounds under some assumptions on the multipliers. We also prove the boundedness of the higher order Riesz transforms associated to the Hermite operator. Using transference theorems, we deduce boundedness theorems for Riesz transforms on the reduced Heisenberg group and hence also for the Riesz transforms associated to special Hermite and Laguerre expansions. Next we study the Riesz transforms associated to the Grushin operator G = - Δ - |x|2@t2 on Rn+1. We prove that both the first order and higher order Riesz transforms are bounded on Lp(Rn+1): We also prove that norms of the first order Riesz transforms are independent of the dimension n.

In this thesis we study embeddings of spaces of functions defined on Carnot- Carathéodory spaces. Main results of this work consist of conditions for Sobolev- type embeddings of higher order between rearrangement-invariant spaces. In a special case when the underlying measure space is the so-called X-PS domain in the Heisenberg group we obtain full characterization of a Sobolev embedding. The next set of main results concerns compactness of the above-mentioned em- beddings. In these cases we obtain sufficient conditions. We apply the general results to important particular examples of function spaces. In the final part of the thesis we present a new algorithm for approximation of the least concave majorant of a function defined on an interval complemented with the estimate of the error of such approximation. 1

In this Thesis, we analyze three variational and geometric problems, that extend classical Euclidean issues of the calculus of variations to more general classes of spaces. The results we outline are based on the articles [Ved21; MV21] and on a forthcoming joint work with Nicolussi Golo and Serra Cassano. In the first place, in Chapter 1 we provide a general introduction to metric measure spaces and some of their properties. In Chapter 2 we extend the classical Talenti’s comparison theorem for elliptic equations to the setting of RCD(K,N) spaces: in addition the the generalization of Talenti’s inequality, we will prove that the result is rigid, in the sense that equality forces the space to have a symmetric structure, and stable. Chapter 3 is devoted to the study of the Bernstein problem for intrinsic graphs in the first Heisenberg group H^1: we will show that under mild assumptions on the regularity any stationary and stable solution to the minimal surface equation needs to be intrinsically affine. Finally, in Chapter 4 we study the dimension and structure of the singular set for p-harmonic maps taking values in a Riemannian manifold.

I denna avhandling, som omfattar fyra forskningsartiklar, betraktas två operatorer inom den matematiska fysiken. De båda tidigare artiklarna innehåller resultat för Schrödingeroperatorn med Aharonov-Bohm-magnetfält. I artikel I beräknas spektrum och egenfunktioner till denna operator i R2 explicit i ett antal fall då en radialsymmetrisk skalärvärd potential eller ett konstant magnetfält läggs till. I flera av de studerade fallen kan den skarpa konstanten i Lieb-Thirrings olikhet beräknas för γ = 0 och γ ≥ 1. I artikel II bevisas semiklassiska uppskattningar för moment av egenvärdena i begränsade tvådimensionella områden. Vidare presenteras ett exempel då den generaliserade diamagnetiska olikheten, framlagd som en förmodan av Erdős, Loss och Vougalter, är falsk. Numeriska studier kompletterar dessa resultat. De båda senare artiklarna innehåller ett flertal spektrumuppskattningar för Heisenberg-Laplace-operatorn. I artikel III bevisas skarpa olikheter för spektret till Dirichletproblemet i (2n + 1)-dimensionella områden med ändligt mått. Låt λk och μk beteckna egenvärdena till Dirichlet- respektive Neumannproblemet i ett område med ändligt mått. N. D. Filonov har bevisat olikheten μk+1 < λk för den euklidiska Laplaceoperatorn. I artikel IV visas detta resultat för Heisenberg-Laplaceoperatorn i tredimensionella områden som uppfyller vissa geometriska villkor. / In this thesis, which comprises four research papers, two operators in mathe- matical physics are considered. The former two papers contain results for the Schrödinger operator with an Aharonov-Bohm magnetic field. In Paper I we explicitly compute the spectrum and eigenfunctions of this operator in R2 in a number of cases where a radial scalar potential and/or a constant magnetic field are superimposed. In some of the studied cases we calculate the sharp constants in the Lieb-Thirring inequality for γ = 0 and γ ≥ 1. In Paper II we prove semi-classical estimates on moments of the eigenvalues in bounded two-dimensional domains. We moreover present an example where the generalised diamagnetic inequality, conjectured by Erdős, Loss and Vougalter, fails. Numerical studies complement these results. The latter two papers contain several spectral estimates for the Heisenberg Laplacian. In Paper III we obtain sharp inequalities for the spectrum of the Dirichlet problem in (2n + 1)-dimensional domains of finite measure. Let λk and μk denote the eigenvalues of the Dirichlet and Neumann problems, respectively, in a domain of finite measure. N. D. Filonov has proved that the inequality μk+1 < λk holds for the Euclidean Laplacian. In Paper IV we extend his result to the Heisenberg Laplacian in three-dimensional domains which fulfil certain geometric conditions. / QC 20100712

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-15T11:45:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 323962 bytes, checksum: b1f72af0670744659eabe72c7c444dc3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-08-08 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The Weierstrass representation of minimal surfaces in R3 and its generalization to Rn shows is a very useful tool in the study of minimal surfaces in these spaces. In this work we want to describe a type Weierstrass representation for immersions simply connected in the group of Heisenberg H3. Using applications harmonics is possible obtain a formula for general representation, type Weierstrass for minimal immersions in manifolds Riemannian simply connected general, is that, useful of point view theoretical, however it is very difficult find solutions explicit. The dimention 3 and the structure of group Lie of the group of Heisenberg H3 allow a description Geometric simple and we can get some classic examples. / A representação deWeierstrass para superfícies mínimas em R3 e sua generalização a Rn mostra-se uma ferramenta muito útil no estudo de superfícies mínimas nestes espaços. Neste trabalho pretendemos descrever uma representação tipo Weierstrass para imersões simplesmente conexas no grupo de Heisenberg H3. Usando aplicações harmónicas é possível obter uma fórmula de representação geral, tipo Weierstrass, para imersões mínimas simplesmente conexas em variedades Riemannianas gerais, isto é útil do ponto de vista teórico, entretanto é muito difícil encontrar soluções explicitas. A dimensão 3 e a estrutura de grupo de Lie do grupo de Heisenberg H3 permitem uma descrição geométrica simples e podemos obter alguns exemplos clássicos.

This thesis is divided into three parts. In the first part we study mixed norm estimates for Riesz transforms associated with various differential operators. First we prove the mixed norm estimates for the Riesz transforms associated with Dunkl harmonic oscillator by means of vector valued inequalities for sequences of operators defined in terms of Laguerre function expansions. In certain cases, the result can be deduced from the corresponding result for Hermite Riesz transforms, for which we give a simple and an independent proof. The mixed norm estimates for Riesz transforms associated with other operators, namely the sub-Laplacian on Heisenberg group, special Hermite operator on C^d and Laplace-Beltrami operator on the group SU(2) are obtained using their L^pestimates and by making use of a lemma of Herz and Riviere along with an idea of Rubio de Francia. Applying these results to functions expanded in terms of spherical harmonics, we deduce certain vector valued inequalities for sequences of operators defined in terms of radial parts of the corresponding operators. In the second part, we study the chaotic behavior of the heat semigroup generated by the Dunkl-Laplacian ∆_κ on weighted L^P-spaces. In the general case, for the chaotic behavior of the Dunkl-heat semigroup on weighted L^p-spaces, we only have partial results, but in the case of the heat semigroup generated by the standard Laplacian, a complete picture of the chaotic behavior is obtained on the spaces L^p ( R^d,〖 (φ_iρ (x ))〗^2 dx) where φ_iρ the Euclidean spherical function is. The behavior is very similar to the case of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on non-compact Riemannian symmetric spaces studied by Pramanik and Sarkar. In the last part, we study mixed norm estimates for the Cesáro means associated with Dunkl-Hermite expansions on〖 R〗^d. These expansions arise when one considers the Dunkl-Hermite operator (or Dunkl harmonic oscillator)〖 H〗_κ:=-Δ_κ+|x|^2. It is shown that the desired mixed norm estimates are equivalent to vector-valued inequalities for a sequence of Cesáro means for Laguerre expansions with shifted parameter. In order to obtain the latter, we develop an argument to extend these operators for complex values of the parameters involved and apply a version of Three Lines Lemma.

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