$\alpha$-modulation spaces (I) scaling, embedding and algebraic properties

Abstract

First, we consider some fundamental properties including dual spaces, complex interpolations of $\alpha$-modulation spaces $M^{s,\alpha}_{p,q}$ with 0 < $p$, $q \le \infty$. Next, necessary and sufficient conditions for the scaling property and the inclusions between $\alpha_1$-modulation and $\alpha_2$-modulation spaces are obtained. Finally, we give some criteria for $\alpha$-modulation spaces constituting multiplication algebra. As a by-product, we show that there exists an $\alpha$-modulation space which is not an interpolation space between modulation and Besov spaces. In a subsequent paper, we will give some applications of $\alpha$-modulation spaces to nonlinear dispersive wave equations.