A T(P) theorem for Sobolev spaces on domains

Martí Prats, Xavier Tolsa

Published 2014-06-18, updated 2014-11-14Version 2

Recently, V. Cruz, J. Mateu and J. Orobitg have proved a T(1) theorem for the Beurling transform in the complex plane. It asserts that given $0<s\leq1$, $1<p<\infty$ with $sp>2$ and a Lipschitz domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb{C}$, the Beurling transform $Bf=- {\rm p.v.}\frac1{\pi z^2}*f$ is bounded in the Sobolev space $W^{s,p}(\Omega)$ if and only if $B\chi_\Omega\in W^{s,p}(\Omega)$. In this paper we obtain a generalized version of the former result valid for any $s\in \mathbb{N}$ and for a larger family of Calder\'on-Zygmund operators in any ambient space $\mathbb{R}^d$ as long as $p>d$. In that case we need to check the boundedness not only over the characteristic function of the domain, but over a finite collection of polynomials restricted to the domain. Finally we find a sufficient condition in terms of Carleson measures for $p\leq d$. In the particular case $s=1$, this condition is in fact necessary, which yields a complete characterization.