Functions of bounded and of vanishing mean oscillation #
Let μ be a measure on a pseudometric space X. The BMO seminorm of f : X → F is the
supremum of its mean oscillations over all open balls,
‖f‖_{BMO} = sup_B ⨍_B ‖f - f_B‖, where f_B = ⨍_B f,
taken in ℝ≥0∞ (TauCeti.bmoSeminorm). A locally integrable f has bounded mean
oscillation (TauCeti.MemBMO) when this is finite. The seminorm is the supremum of the sharp
maximal function f^# (TauCeti.bmoSeminorm_eq_iSup_sharpMaximalFunction), it ignores
constants, is subadditive and homogeneous, and vanishes exactly on the a.e. constant functions
(TauCeti.bmoSeminorm_eq_zero_iff). Bounded functions have bounded mean oscillation, with
‖f‖_{BMO} ≤ 2 ‖f‖_∞ (TauCeti.bmoSeminorm_le_two_mul_eLpNorm_top). On a seminormed group
with a right-invariant measure the seminorm is invariant under translation, and on a
finite-dimensional real normed space with an additive Haar measure it is invariant under dilation
(TauCeti.bmoSeminorm_comp_add_right, TauCeti.bmoSeminorm_comp_smul). The John–Nirenberg
inequality for functions of bounded mean oscillation on ℝⁿ is in
TauCeti.MeasureTheory.Integral.JohnNirenberg.
The VMO modulus of f is the supremum of its mean oscillations over the balls of radius at
most r,
η_f(r) = sup_{B = B(c, s), s ≤ r} ⨍_B ‖f - f_B‖
(TauCeti.vmoModulus). It is monotone in r and its supremum over all r is ‖f‖_{BMO}. A
function of bounded mean oscillation has vanishing mean oscillation (TauCeti.MemVMO) when
η_f(r) → 0 as r → 0. On ℝⁿ with Lebesgue measure the ball of radius r has measure
ωₙ rⁿ, so this agrees with Sarason's definition through the measure of the balls. The modulus
is the quantity in which perturbation arguments for equations whose coefficients have vanishing
mean oscillation are carried out: on balls of radius at most r such a coefficient is close in
mean to a constant, with error η(r).
Functions of vanishing mean oscillation form a subspace of the functions of bounded mean
oscillation that is closed for the BMO seminorm (TauCeti.memVMO_of_tendsto_bmoSeminorm) and
contains every uniformly continuous function of bounded mean oscillation
(UniformContinuous.memVMO), in particular every continuous function with compact support
(Continuous.memVMO_of_hasCompactSupport). Hence the BMO-closure of the uniformly continuous
functions of bounded mean oscillation consists of functions of vanishing mean oscillation, the
easy half of Sarason's characterization.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.bmoSeminorm,TauCeti.MemBMO: the BMO seminorm and the space of functions of bounded mean oscillation.TauCeti.bmoSeminorm_eq_iSup_sharpMaximalFunction: the seminorm is the supremum off^#.TauCeti.bmoSeminorm_le_two_mul_eLpNorm_topandMeasureTheory.MemLp.memBMO:L^∞ ⊆ BMO.TauCeti.bmoSeminorm_eq_zero_iff: the seminorm vanishes exactly on a.e. constant functions.TauCeti.bmoSeminorm_comp_add_right,TauCeti.bmoSeminorm_comp_smul: translation and dilation invariance, andTauCeti.vmoModulus_comp_add_right: translation invariance of the VMO modulus.TauCeti.vmoModulus,TauCeti.MemVMO: the VMO modulus and the space of functions of vanishing mean oscillation.TauCeti.memVMO_of_tendsto_bmoSeminorm: VMO is closed in BMO.UniformContinuous.memVMO,Continuous.memVMO_of_hasCompactSupport: uniformly continuous functions of bounded mean oscillation, and continuous functions with compact support, have vanishing mean oscillation.
References #
- F. John and L. Nirenberg, On functions of bounded mean oscillation, Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 14 (1961), 415–426.
- D. Sarason, Functions of vanishing mean oscillation, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 207 (1975), 391–405.
- L. Grafakos, Modern Fourier Analysis, 3rd ed., Section 3.1.
The BMO seminorm #
The BMO seminorm of f with respect to μ: the supremum, over all open balls B, of the
mean oscillation ⨍_B ‖f - f_B‖ₑ of f on B about its average f_B = ⨍_B f.
It takes values in ℝ≥0∞, so it is defined for every f; balls of radius r ≤ 0 are empty and
contribute 0.
Instances For
The mean oscillation of f on any open ball is at most its BMO seminorm.
The BMO seminorm is at most a exactly when the mean oscillation of f on every open ball
is.
A bound on the mean oscillation of f on every open ball bounds its BMO seminorm.
The BMO seminorm is the supremum of the sharp maximal function.
The sharp maximal function is bounded by the BMO seminorm.
The BMO seminorm of a constant with values in a Banach space vanishes.
The BMO seminorm of the zero function vanishes.
The BMO seminorm depends only on the a.e. class of f.
Adding a constant to an a.e. strongly measurable f does not change its BMO seminorm.
The BMO seminorm is homogeneous: ‖k • f‖_{BMO} = ‖k‖ₑ ‖f‖_{BMO}.
The BMO seminorm of -f is that of f.
The BMO seminorm is subadditive on a.e. strongly measurable functions.
The BMO seminorm of a difference of a.e. strongly measurable functions is at most the sum of their BMO seminorms.
Bounded functions have bounded mean oscillation: ‖f‖_{BMO} ≤ 2 ‖f‖_∞.
Functions of bounded mean oscillation #
A function f has bounded mean oscillation with respect to μ if it is locally
integrable and its BMO seminorm is finite.
Instances For
Essentially bounded functions have bounded mean oscillation.
Functions with vanishing BMO seminorm #
On a proper space with a measure finite on compact sets, the BMO seminorm of a locally integrable function vanishes exactly when the function is a.e. constant.
The VMO modulus #
The VMO modulus of f with respect to μ: the supremum of the mean oscillations of f
over the open balls of radius at most r. It vanishes for r ≤ 0.
Instances For
The mean oscillation of f on a ball of radius at most r is at most η_f(r).
η_f(r) ≤ a exactly when the mean oscillation of f on every ball of radius at most r
is at most a.
A bound on the mean oscillation of f on every ball of radius at most r bounds η_f(r).
The BMO seminorm is the supremum of the VMO modulus over all radii.
Adding a constant to an a.e. strongly measurable f does not change its VMO modulus.
The VMO modulus is homogeneous: η_{k • f} = ‖k‖ₑ η_f.
The VMO modulus of -f is that of f.
The VMO modulus is subadditive on a.e. strongly measurable functions.
The VMO modulus of a difference of a.e. strongly measurable functions is at most the sum of their VMO moduli.
If f varies by at most ε between points at distance less than 2 r, then its mean
oscillation on every ball of radius at most r is at most 2 ε.
Functions of vanishing mean oscillation #
A function f has vanishing mean oscillation with respect to μ if it has bounded mean
oscillation and its VMO modulus η_f(r) tends to 0 as r → 0.
Instances For
A function has vanishing mean oscillation exactly when it has bounded mean oscillation and
its VMO modulus η_f(r) tends to 0 as r → 0.
A function of bounded mean oscillation has vanishing mean oscillation exactly when for every
ε > 0 its mean oscillation on all sufficiently small balls is at most ε.
VMO is closed in BMO. A locally integrable function that is a limit, in the BMO seminorm, of functions of vanishing mean oscillation has vanishing mean oscillation.
Uniformly continuous functions of bounded mean oscillation have vanishing mean oscillation.
Continuous functions with compact support have vanishing mean oscillation.
Translation and dilation invariance #
The BMO seminorm is invariant under translation for a right-invariant measure.
The VMO modulus is invariant under translation for a right-invariant measure.
The BMO seminorm is invariant under dilation x ↦ t • x, t ≠ 0, for an additive Haar
measure on a finite-dimensional real normed space.