Journal of the
Korean Mathematical Society JKMS

Let $\alpha\in(0,\infty)$, $p\in(0,\infty)$ and $q(\cdot): {{\mathbb R}}^{n}\rightarrow[1,\infty)$ satisfy the globally log-H\"{o}lder continuity condition. We introduce the weak Herz-type Hardy spaces with variable exponents via the radial grand maximal operator and to give its maximal characterizations, we establish a version of the boundedness of the Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator $M$ and the Fefferman-Stein vector-valued inequality on the weak Herz spaces with variable exponents. We also obtain the atomic and the molecular decompositions of the weak Herz-type Hardy spaces with variable exponents. As an application of the atomic decomposition we provide various equivalent characterizations of our spaces by means of the Lusin area function, the Littlewood-Paley $g$-function and the Littlewood-Paley $g^{\ast}_{\lambda}$-function.

Keywords: Weak Herz-type Hardy spaces, variable exponent, maximal operator, atom, molecule, Littlewood-Paley function

MSC numbers: Primary 42B30; Secondary 42B25, 42B35, 46E30