Spherical maximal operators with fractal sets of dilations on radial functions

Abstract: For a given set of dilations $E\subset [1,2]$, Lebesgue space mapping properties of the spherical maximal operator with dilations restricted to $E$ are studied when acting on radial functions. In higher dimensions, the type set only depends on the upper Minkowski dimension of $E$, and in this case complete endpoint results are obtained. In two dimensions we determine the closure of the $L^p\to L^q$ type set for every given set $E$ in terms of a dimensional spectrum closely related to the upper Assouad spectrum of $E$.