Sharp weighted inequalities for iterated commutators of a class of multilinear operators

Abstract

In this paper, the sharp quantitative weighted bounds for the iterated commutators of a class of multilinear operators were systematically studied. This class of operators contains multilinear Calderón-Zygmund operators, multilinear Fourier integral operators, and multilinear Littlewood-Paley square operators as its typical examples. These were done only under two pretty much general assumptions of pointwise sparse domination estimates. We first established local decay estimates and quantitative weak $A_\infty$ decay estimates for iterated commutators of this class of operators. Then, we considered the corresponding Coifman-Fefferman inequalities and the mixed weak type estimates associated with Sawyer's conjecture. Beyond that, the Fefferman-Stein inequalities with respect to arbitrary weights and weighted modular inequalities were also given. As applications, it was shown that all the conclusions aforementioned can be applied to multilinear $ω$-Calderón-Zygmund operators, multilinear maximal singular integral operators, multilinear pseudo-differential operators, Stein's square functions, and higher order Calderón commutators.