The weighted Fourier inequality, polarity, and reverse H\"older inequality

Abstract

We examine the problem of the Fourier transform mapping one weighted Lebesgue space into another, by studying necessary conditions and sufficient conditions which expose an underlying geometry. In the necessary conditions, this geometry is connected to an old result of Mahler concerning the the measure of a convex set and its geometric polar being essentially reciprocal. An additional assumption, that the weights must belong to a reverse H\"older class, is used to formulate the sufficient condition.