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Sharp $\ell^p$-Improving Estimates for Fixed-Radius Discrete Spherical Averages

Aug 2026 · 0 citations · 28 references
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Let $d\geq 4$ and let $R>0$. When $d=4$, assume that $R^2\in\mathbb{N}\setminus 4\mathbb{N}$; when $d\geq 5$, let $R^2\in\mathbb{N}$ be arbitrary. We prove the fixed-radius estimate $$\|A_R f\|_{\ell^{p'}(\mathbb{Z}^d)}\leq C_{d,p,\varepsilon}R^{-d(2/p-1)+\varepsilon}\|f\|_{\ell^p(\mathbb{Z}^d)}$$ for $(d+2)/d\leq p\leq 2$, where $p'$ is the H\"older conjugate exponent of $p$ and $A_R$ is the probability average over the lattice sphere of radius $R$. This extends the fixed-radius estimates of Kesler--Lacey and Hughes to the sharp lower endpoint $p=(d+2)/d$.

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