On weighted norm inequalities for the Carleson and Walsh-Carleson operators

Abstract: We prove $L^p(w)$ bounds for the Carleson operator ${\mathcal C}$, its lacunary version $\mathcal C_{lac}$, and its analogue for the Walsh series $\W$ in terms of the $A_q$ constants $[w]{A_q}$ for $1\le q\le p$. In particular, we show that, exactly as for the Hilbert transform, $|{\mathcal C}|{L^p(w)}$ is bounded linearly by $[w]{A_q}$ for $1\le q<p$. We also obtain $L^p(w)$ bounds in terms of $[w]{A_p}$, whose sharpness is related to certain conjectures (for instance, of Konyagin \cite{K2}) on pointwise convergence of Fourier series for functions near $L^1$. Our approach works in the general context of maximally modulated Calder\'on-Zygmund operators.