Symmetric Intersections of Rauzy Fractals

In this article we study symmetric subsets of Rauzy fractals of unimodular irreducible Pisot substitutions. The symmetry considered is reflection through the origin. Given an unimodular irreducible Pisot substitution, we consider the intersection of its Rauzy fractal with the Rauzy fractal of the reverse substitution. This set is symmetric and it is obtained by the balanced pair algorithm associated with both substitutions.     

Diophantine approximation and badly approximable sets

Let (X,d) be a metric space and (Ω,d) a compact subspace of X which supports a non-atomic finite measure m. We consider ‘natural’ classes of badly approximable subsets of Ω. Loosely speaking, these consist of points in Ω which ‘stay clear’ of some given set of points in X. The classical set Bad of ‘badly approximable’ numbers in the theory of Diophantine approximation falls within our framework as do the sets Bad(i,j) of simultaneously badly approximable numbers. Under various natural conditions we prove that the badly approximable subsets of Ω have full Hausdorff dimension. Applications of our general framework include those from number theory (classical, complex, p-adic and formal power series) and dynamical systems (iterated function schemes, rational maps and Kleinian groups).     

Dimension sets for infinite IFSs: the Texan Conjecture

We consider the set of Hausdorff dimensions of limit sets of finite subsystems of an infinite conformal iterated function system and refer to it as the restricted dimension set. The corresponding set for all subsystems will be referred to as the complete dimension set. We give sufficient conditions for a point to belong to the complete dimension set and consequently to be an accumulation point of the restricted dimension set. We also give sufficient conditions on the system for both sets to be nowhere dense in some interval. Both general results are illustrated by examples. Applying the first result to the case of continued fraction we are able to prove the Texan Conjecture, that is we show that the set of Hausdorff dimensions of bounded type continued fraction sets is dense in the unit interval.     

On random perturbation of some intersective sets

Given a subset S of Z and a sequence I = (I_n)_n=1^∞ of intervals of increasing length contained in Z, let

     

Exhaustive weakly wandering sequences

A sequence of integers {n_i : i = 0, 1…} is an exhaustive weakly wandering sequence for a transformation T if for some measurable set W, X=^∞_i=0TⁿⁱW(disj. We introduce a hereditary Property (H) for a sequence of integers associated with an infinite ergodic transformation T, and show that it is a sufficient condition for the sequence to be an exhaustive weakly wandering sequence for T. We then show that every infinite ergodic transformation admits sequences that possess Property (H), and observe that Property (H) is inherited by all subsequences of a sequence that possess it. As a corollary, we obtain an application to tiling the set of integers with infinite subsets.     

Tangent measure distributions of hyperbolic Cantor sets

Tangent measure distributions were introduced byBandt [2] andGraf [8] as a means to describe the local geometry of self-similar sets generated by iteration of contractive similitudes. In this paper we study the tangent measure distributions of hyperbolic Cantor sets generated by certain contractive mappings, which are not necessarily similitudes. We show that the tangent measure distributions of these sets equipped with either Hausdorff- or Gibbs measure are unique almost everywhere and give an explicit formula describing them as probability distributions on the set of limit models ofBedford andFisher [5].     

On the magnification of cantor sets and their limit models

For aC ¹⁺ hyperbolic (cookie-cutter) Cantor setC we consider the limits of sequences of closed subsets ofR obtained by arbitrarily high magnifications around different points ofC. It is shown that a well defined set of limit models exists for the infinitesimal geometry, orscenery, in the Cantor set. IfCC} is a diffeomorphic copy ofC then the set of limit models of C is the same as that ofC. Furthermore every limit model is made of Cantor sets which areC ¹⁺ diffeomorphic withC (for some >0, (0,1)), but not all suchC ¹⁺ copies ofC occur in the limit models. We show the relation between this approach to the asymptotic structure of a Cantor set and Sullivan's scaling function. An alternative definition of a fractal is discussed.With 1 Figure     

On the Assouad dimension of self-similar sets with overlaps

It is known that, unlike the Hausdorff dimension, the Assouad dimension of a self-similar set can exceed the similarity dimension if there are overlaps in the construction. Our main result is the following precise dichotomy for self-similar sets in the line: either the weak separation property is satisfied, in which case the Hausdorff and Assouad dimensions coincide; or the weak separation property is not satisfied, in which case the Assouad dimension is maximal (equal to one). In the first case we prove that the self-similar set is Ahlfors regular, and in the second case we use the fact that if the weak separation property is not satisfied, one can approximate the identity arbitrarily well in the group generated by the similarity mappings, and this allows us to build a weak tangent that contains an interval. We also obtain results in higher dimensions and provide illustrative examples showing that the ‘equality/maximal’ dichotomy does not extend to this setting.     

The Lebesgue measure of the algebraic difference of two random Cantor sets

In this paper we consider a family of random Cantor sets on the line. We give some sufficient conditions when the Lebesgue measure of the arithmetic difference is positive. Combining this with the main result of a recent joint paper of the second author with M. Dekking we construct random Cantor sets F₁, F₂ such that the arithmetic difference set F₂ − F₁ does not contain any intervals but ?eb(F₂ − F₁)> 0 almost surely, conditioned on non-extinction.     

Fluctuation between Subsets of Evolutions Governed by Chaotic Systems

Some issues on fluctuation of solutions to Lorenz and Rossler systems, for instance, are related to viability kernels of subsets under continuous time systems, or in the case of Julia sets, for instance, under discrete time systems. It happens that viability kernels of subsets, capture basins of targets and the combination of the twos provide tools for the analysis of the local behavior around equilibria (local stable and unstable manifolds), the asymptotic behavior and the functuation of evolutions between two areas of a domain, etc. Since algorithms and softwares do exist for computing the viability kernels and the capture basins, as well as evolutions viable in the viability kernel until they converge to a target infinite time, we are able to localize fluctuation basins.     

Hausdorff dimension of certain sets arising in continued fraction expansions

This paper is concerned with the fractional dimensions of some sets of points with their partial quotients obeying some restrictions in their continued fraction expansions. The Hausdorff dimension of the following set, which shares a dichotomy law according to Borel-Bernstein's theorem, is completely determined

     

Structural instability of cookie-cutter sets

It is proved that the cookie-cutter set in R$\mathbb{R}$ is structurally instable in C¹$C^1$ topology, that means for the invariant set E$E$ of the IFS _{fi}i${\left\{f_i\right\}}_i$, we can always perturb _{fi}i${\left\{f_i\right\}}_i$ arbitrarily small in C¹$C^1$ topology to provide an IFS _{gi}i${\left\{g_i\right\}}_i$ with its invariant set F$F$, such that _dimHE=_dimHF${dim}_{H}E={dim}_{H}F$ and E,F$E,F$ are not Lipschitz equivalent.     

Limit laws in vector lattices

Abstract

We prove a law of large numbers and a central limit theorem with respect to the order convergence topology in vector lattices.     

A remark on continued fractions with sequences of partial quotients

Given any infinite set B of positive integers , let τ(B) denote the exponent of convergence of the series . Let E(B) be the set . Hirst [K.E. Hirst, Continued fractions with sequences of partial quotients, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 38 (1973) 221-227] proved the inequality and conjectured (see Hirst [K.E. Hirst, Continued fractions with sequences of partial quotients, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 38 (1973), p. 225] and Cusick [T.W. Cusick, Hausdorff dimension of sets of continued fractions, Quart. J. Math. Oxford Ser. (2) 41 (1990), p. 278]) that equality holds in general. In [Bao-Wei Wang, Jun Wu, A problem of Hirst on continued fractions with sequences of partial quotients, Bull. London Math. Soc., in press], we gave a positive answer to this conjecture. In this note, we further show that the result in [Bao-Wei Wang, Jun Wu, A problem of Hirst on continued fractions with sequences of partial quotients, Bull. London Math. Soc., in press] is sharp.     

Hausdorff measure of infinitely generated self-similar sets

We analyze self-similarity with respect to infinite sets of similitudes from a measure-theoretic point of view. We extend classic results for finite systems of similitudes satisfying the open set condition to the infinite case. We adopt Vitali-type techniques to approximate overlapping self-similar sets by non-overlapping self-similar sets. As an application we show that any open and bounded set with a boundary of null Lebesgue measure always contains a self-similar set generated by a countable system of similitudes and with Lebesgue measure equal to that ofA.     

Improving dimension estimates for Furstenberg-type sets

In this paper we study the problem of estimating the generalized Hausdorff dimension of Furstenberg sets in the plane. For α∈(0,1], a set F in the plane is said to be an α-Furstenberg set if for each direction e there is a line segment ?e in the direction of e for which dimH(?e∩F)?α. It is well known that , and it is also known that these sets can have zero measure at their critical dimension. By looking at general Hausdorff measures Hh defined for doubling functions, that need not be power laws, we obtain finer estimates for the size of the more general h-Furstenberg sets. Further, this approach allow us to sharpen the known bounds on the dimension of classical Furstenberg sets.The main difficulty we had to overcome, was that if Hh(F)=0, there always exists g?h such that Hg(F)=0 (here ? refers to the natural ordering on general Hausdorff dimension functions). Hence, in order to estimate the measure of general Furstenberg sets, we have to consider dimension functions that are a true step down from the critical one. We provide rather precise estimates on the size of this step and by doing so, we can include a family of zero dimensional Furstenberg sets associated to dimension functions that grow faster than any power function at zero. With some additional growth conditions on these zero dimensional functions, we extend the known inequalities to include the endpoint α=0.     

Intersecting nonhomogeneous Cantor sets with their translations

A scheme is given to compute the Hausdorff dimensions for the intersection of a class of nonhomogeneous Cantor sets with their translations.