The critical-index boundary conjecture for Shimorin-type operators

Let ν\nu be a finite positive Borel measure on [0,1][0,1], and let Tν:Lp(D)Lq(D)T_\nu:L^p(\mathbb{D})\to L^q(\mathbb{D}) be the associated Shimorin-type operator. Define

cν=sup{1c<2:011(1r2)2/cdν(r)<},c_\nu=\sup\left\{1\leq c<2:\int_0^1\frac{1}{(1-r^2)^{2/c'}}\,d\nu(r)<\infty\right\},

where cc' is the dual index, satisfying 1/c+1/c=11/c+1/c'=1. The critical-index boundary conjecture. The boundary line C\mathcal{C} between the LpL^p-LqL^q boundedness and unboundedness regions of TνT_\nu is given by

C={(1p,1q):1pcν,1q=1p+1cν1}.\mathcal{C}=\left\{\left(\frac1p,\frac1q\right):1\leq p\leq c_\nu',\quad \frac1q=\frac1p+\frac1{c_\nu}-1\right\}.

This conjecture proposes that the quantity cνc_\nu plays for Shimorin-type operators the role played by the singularity parameter for Bergman-type operators. Its validity is not established in the supplied text and remains open.

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Yuerang Li, Zipeng Wang and Kenan Zhang, “L^p–L^q estimates for Shimorin-type integral operators”, arXiv:2601.16493 (2026).

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