Type: Article
Publication Date: 2003-03-01
Citations: 108
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4007/annals.2003.157.647
We find the exact value of the best possible constant C for the weak-type (1, 1) inequality for the one-dimensional centered Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator.We prove that C is the largest root of the quadratic equation 12C 2 -22C + 5 = 0 thus obtaining C = 1.5675208 . . . .This is the first time the best constant for one of the fundamental inequalities satisfied by a centered maximal operator is precisely evaluated.