We prove that peak shaped eigenfunctions of the one-dimensional uncentered Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator are symmetric and homogeneous. This implies that the norms of the maximal operator on L(p) spaces are not attained.
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author = {Leonardo Colzani and Javier P\'erez L\'azaro},
title = {Eigenfunctions of the Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator},
journal = {Colloquium Mathematicae},
volume = {120},
year = {2010},
pages = {379-389},
zbl = {1196.42017},
language = {en},
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Leonardo Colzani; Javier Pérez Lázaro. Eigenfunctions of the Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator. Colloquium Mathematicae, Tome 120 (2010) pp. 379-389. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-cm118-2-2/