The Kato-Ponce Inequality with Polynomial Weights

Abstract: We consider various versions of fractional Leibniz rules (also known as Kato-Ponce inequalities) with polynomial weights $\langle x\rangle^a = (1+|x|^2)^{a/2}$ for $a\ge 0$. We show that the weighted Kato-Ponce estimate with the inhomogeneous Bessel potential $J^s = (1- \De)^{{s}/{2}}$ holds for the full range of bilinear Lebesgue exponents, for all polynomial weights, and for the sharp range of the degree $s$. This result, in particular, demonstrates that neither the classical Muckenhoupt weight condition nor the more general multilinear weight condition is required for the weighted Kato-Ponce inequality. We also consider a few other variants such as commutator and mixed norm estimates, and analogous conclusions are derived. Our results contain strong-type inequalities for both $L^1$ and $L^\infty$ endpoints, which extend several existing results.