We study boundedness properties of the classical (singular) Hilbert transform (Hf)(t) = p.v.1/π \int_R f(s)/(t − s)ds acting on Marcinkiewicz spaces. The Hilbert transform is a linear operator which arises from the study of boundary values of the real and imaginary parts of analytic functions. Questions involving the H arise therefore from the utilization of complex methods in Fourier analysis, for example. In particular, the H plays the crucial role in questions of norm-convergence of Fourier series and Fourier integrals. We consider the problem of what is the least rearrangement-invariant Banach function space F(R) such that H : Mφ(R) → F(R) is bounded for a fixed Marcinkiewicz space Mφ(R). We also show the existence of optimal rearrangement-invariant Banach function range on Marcinkiewicz spaces. We shall be referring to the space F(R) as the optimal range space for the operator H restricted to the domain Mφ(R) ⊆ Λϕ0(R). Similar constructions have been studied by J.Soria and P.Tradacete for the Hardy and Hardy type operators [1]. We use their ideas to obtain analogues of their some results for the H on Marcinkiewicz spaces.

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