We characterize the pairs of weights (u, v) such that the one‐sided geometric maximal operator G+, defined for functions f of one real variable by
verifies the weak‐type inequality
or the strong type inequality
for 0 < p < ∞.
We also find two new conditions which are equivalent to A+∞. © 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim