Maximal operators on BMO and slices

Abstract

Abstract We prove that the uncentered Hardy–Littlewood maximal operator is discontinuous on ${BMO}(\mathbb {R}^n)$ and maps ${VMO}(\mathbb {R}^n)$ to itself. A counterexample to the boundedness of the strong and directional maximal operators on ${BMO}(\mathbb {R}^n)$ is given, and properties of slices of ${BMO}(\mathbb {R}^n)$ functions are discussed.