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The inequality seems to be simple but I could not find the right limits of integration.

$\sup_{\delta>0} |f*K_{\delta}|(x)\leq c f^*(x)$

Where is some positive constant, $f$ is integrable, $K_\delta$ is an approximation of the identity and $f^*$ is the Hardy-Littlewood maximal function of $f$.

An approximation of the identity is family of Kernel satisfying:

I)$\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}K_{\delta}(x)dx = 1$;

II)$|K_{\delta}(x)|\leq A\delta^{-n}$;

III)$|K_{\delta}(x)|\leq A\delta /|x|^{n+1}$.

And the maximal function is the non-centered.

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    You should include what definition of the approximation of identity you are using. Some people consider them to be the same as compactly supported mollifiers, others allow $K_\delta$ to be a scaling family of any $L^1$ function with mass 1, while in other cases the family $K_\delta$ doesn't even have to be scaling: it can be any set of functions indexed by $\mathbb{R}_+$ each with mass 1, uniformly bounded in $L^1$, and has \lim_{\delta\to 0} \int_{\epsilon < |x|} |K_\delta|dx = 0 for any \epsilon > 0.2012-02-28

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It is enough to assume just II and III. Define $L_{\delta}(x) = \min(\delta^{-n}, {\delta \over |x|^{n+1}})$. Since $|K_{\delta}(x)| \leq L_{\delta}(x)$, you have $|f \ast K_{\delta}(x)| \leq |f| \ast L_{\delta}(x)$ and thus it suffices to show your statement for $L_{\delta}(x)$ in place of $K_{\delta}(x)$.

Observe that $|f\ast L_{\delta}(x)| \leq \int_{{\mathbb R}^n} |f(x - y)|L_{\delta}(y)\,dy$ $\leq \int_{|y| \leq \delta} |f(x - y)|L_{\delta}(y)\,dy + \sum_{k = 0}^{\infty}\int_{2^k\delta \leq |y| \leq 2^{k+1}\delta}|f(x - y)|L_{\delta}(y)\,dy$ In the first term $L_{\delta} = \delta^{-n}$ and thus the term is bounded by $cf^*(x)$. In the $k$th term of the sum, $L_{\delta}(y) \leq C{\delta \over (2^{k}\delta)^{n+1}} = C2^{-k} (2^k\delta)^{-n}$. Thus this term is bounded by C'2^{-k}f^*(x). Adding over all $k$ gives a bound of cf^*(x) + C'\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}2^{-k}f^*(x) = C''f^*(x) This is independent of $\delta$ so your statement follows.

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Actually you can start from the most simple case: when $K_\delta$ is approximated by simple function $\phi$. $\phi=\sum^{m}_{j=1} C_{j}\chi_{B_j},C_j\geq0, \ \ f*\phi=\sum^{m}_{j=1} C_{j} |B_j|\cdot\frac{1}{|B_j|}\cdot f*\chi_{B_j}$. $\therefore |f*\phi|\leq \sum^{m}_{j=1} C_{j} |B_j|f^{*}=\int \phi \cdot f^{*}=||\phi||_{1}\cdot f^*$. Then use ${\phi_{k}}$to approach $K_\delta.$