The strong $\ell^r$ spherical maximal function
Let $d\ge3$ and $2\le r<\infty$. We consider the strong maximal operator associated with Euclidean surface averages over the $\ell^r$ unit sphere and independent coordinate dilations. We prove that this operator is bounded on $L^p(\mathbb R^d)$ if and only if \[ p>\max\left\{\frac{d+1}{d-1},\frac{r}{d-1}\right\}. \] We...