Let $p(cdot): mathbb R^nto(0,1]$ be a variable exponent function satisfying the globally log-Holder continuous condition and $L$ a one to one operator of type $omega$ in $L^2({mathbb R}^n)$, with $omegain[0,,pi/2)$, which has a bounded holomorphic functional calculus and satisfies the Davies-Gaffney estimates. In this article, the authors introduce the variable weak Hardy space $W!H_L^{p(cdot)}(mathbb R^n)$ associated with $L$ via the corresponding square function. Its molecular characterization is then established by means of the atomic decomposition of the variable weak tent space $W!T^{p(cdot)}(mathbb R^n)$ which is also obtained in this article. In particular, when $L$ is non-negative and self-adjoint, the authors obtain the atomic characterization of $W!H_L^{p(cdot)}(mathbb R^n)$. As an application of the molecular characterization, when $L$ is the second-order divergence form elliptic operator with complex bounded measurable coefficient, the authors prove that the associated Riesz transform $ abla L^{-1/2}$ is bounded from $W!H_L^{p(cdot)}(mathbb R^n)$ to the variable weak Hardy space $W!H^{p(cdot)}(mathbb R^n)$. Moreover, when $L$ is non-negative and self-adjoint with the kernels of ${e^{-tL}}_{t>0}$ satisfying the Gauss upper bound estimates, the atomic characterization of $W!H_L^{p(cdot)}(mathbb R^n)$ is further used to characterize the space via non-tangential maximal functions.
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