Sharpness of the side condition in a characterization of Békollé-Bonami weights

We study the sharpness of the side condition in a recent characterization of a limiting class $B_{\mathrm{\infty }}$ of Békollé-Bonami weights by Aleman, Pott and Reguera. This side condition bounds the oscillation of a weight on the top halves of Carleson squares and allows for the development of a rich theory for Békollé-Bonami weights, analogous to that of Muckenhoupt weights. First, we prove that the side condition can essentially be dropped when the weight is radial and monotonic. Then, by means of counterexamples, we show that the side condition is sharp for non-monotonic weights. In addition, we extend the characterization of the $B_{\mathrm{\infty }}$ class so that it includes all twelve $A_{\mathrm{\infty }}$ conditions recently studied by Duoandikoetxea, Martín-Reyes and Ombrosi, and we present a complete picture of the relationships between these twelve conditions for arbitrary weights on the unit disc. Finally, we use our results to prove an analogue of the self-improvement property of Muckenhoupt weights for monotonic Békollé-Bonami weights.