The Spectral Properties of the Strongly Coupled Sturm Hamiltonian of Eventually Constant Type

We study the spectral properties of the Sturm Hamiltolian of eventually constant type, which includes the Fibonacci Hamiltonian. Let s be the Hausdorff dimension of the spectrum. For V > 20, we show that the restriction of the s-dimensional Hausdorff measure to the spectrum is a Gibbs type measure; the density of states measure is a Markov measure. Based on the fine structures of these measures, we show that both measures are exact dimensional; we obtain exact asymptotic behaviors for the optimal Hölder exponent and the Hausdorff dimension of the density of states measure and for the Hausdorff dimension of the spectrum. As a consequence, if the frequency is not silver number type, then for V big enough, we establish strict inequalities between these three spectral characteristics. We achieve them by introducing an auxiliary symbolic dynamical system and applying the thermodynamical and multifractal formalisms of almost additive potentials.     

Conical upper density theorems and porosity of measures

We study how measures with finite lower density are distributed around (n−m)-planes in small balls in Rn. We also discuss relations between conical upper density theorems and porosity. Our results may be applied to a large collection of Hausdorff and packing type measures.     

On p-adic vector measure spaces

For a separating algebra R of subsets of a set X, E a complete Hausdorff non-Archimedean locally convex space and m:R→E a bounded finitely additive measure, we study some of the properties of the integrals with respect to m of scalar-valued functions on X. The concepts of convergence in measure, with respect to m, and of m-measurable functions are introduced and several results concerning these notions are given.     

Exact packing measure of central Cantor sets in the line

In this paper we consider a class of symmetric Cantor sets in $\mathbb{R}$. Under certain separation condition we determine the exact packing measure of such a Cantor set through the computation of the lower density of the uniform probability measure supported on the set. With an additional restriction on the dimension we give also the exact centered Hausdorff measure by computing the upper density.     

A dual algorithm for the minimum covering weighted ball problem in {\mathbb{R}^n}

The nonlinear convex programming problem of finding the minimum covering weighted ball of a given finite set of points in ${\mathbb{R}^n}$ is solved by generating a finite sequence of subsets of the points and by finding the minimum covering weighted ball of each subset in the sequence until all points are covered. Each subset has at most n + 1 points and is affinely independent. The radii of the covering weighted balls are strictly increasing. The minimum covering weighted ball of each subset is found by using a directional search along either a ray or a circular arc, starting at the solution to the previous subset. The step size is computed explicitly at each iteration.     

Generalized Hausdorff dimension distortion in Euclidean spaces under Sobolev mappings

We investigate how the integrability of the derivatives of Orlicz-Sobolev mappings defined on open subsets of Rn affect the sizes of the images of sets of Hausdorff dimension less than n. We measure the sizes of the image sets in terms of generalized Hausdorff measures.     

Regularities of multifractal measures

First, we prove the decomposition theorem for the regularities of multifractal Hausdorff measure and packing measure in ” ^d . This decomposition theorem enables us to split a set into regular and irregular parts, so that we can analyze each separately, and recombine them without affecting density properties. Next, we give some properties related to multifractal Hausdorff and packing densities. Finally, we extend the density theorem in [6] to any measurable set.     

Riesz s-equilibrium measures on d-dimensional fractal sets as s approaches d

Let A be a compact set in Rp of Hausdorff dimension d. For s∈(0,d), the Riesz s-equilibrium measure μs,A is the unique Borel probability measure with support in A that minimizes the double integral over the Riesz s-kernel |x−y|^−s over all such probability measures. In this paper we show that if A is a strictly self-similar d-fractal, then μs,A converges in the weak-star topology to normalized d-dimensional Hausdorff measure restricted to A as s approaches d from below.     

Spacing properties of the zeros of orthogonal polynomials on Cantor sets via a sequence of polynomial mappings

Let \({\varepsilon}\) be a (small) positive number. A packing of unit balls in \({{\mathbb{E}^{3}}}\) is said to be an \({\varepsilon}\)-quasi-twelve-neighbour packing if no two balls of the packing touch each other but for each unit ball B of the packing there are twelve other balls in the packing with the property that the distance of the centre of each of these twelve balls from the centre of B is smaller than \({2+\varepsilon}\). We construct \({\varepsilon}\)-quasi-twelve-neighbour packings of unit balls in \({{\mathbb{E}^{3}}}\) for arbitrary small positive \({\varepsilon}\) with some surprising properties.     

Inscribed Balls and Their Centers

A ball of maximal radius inscribed in a convex closed bounded set with a nonempty interior is considered in the class of uniformly convex Banach spaces. It is shown that, under certain conditions, the centers of inscribed balls form a uniformly continuous (as a set function) set-valued mapping in the Hausdorff metric. In a finite-dimensional space of dimension n, the set of centers of balls inscribed in polyhedra with a fixed collection of normals satisfies the Lipschitz condition with respect to sets in the Hausdorff metric. A Lipschitz continuous single-valued selector of the set of centers of balls inscribed in such polyhedra can be found by solving n + 1 linear programming problems.     

Ons-sets and mutual absolute continuity of measures on homogeneous spaces

We extend a recent result of A. Jonsson about mutual absolute continuity of twoD _s -measures on ans-setF ⊂R ⁿ to the homogeneous spaces (X, d, μ) of Coifman, Weiss. Here we define Hausdorff measure, Hausdorff dimension,D _s -set andd-set relative to the measureμ. Our main result holds for so called (s, d)-sets,d ≥s, and is stronger than Jonssons result even inR ⁿ . As applications we interpret this Hausdorff dimension as a relative dimension for very regular sets and show that it in general depends strongly onμ. For this purpose we construct a strictly increasing functionf :R →R, whose measure is doubling and concentrated on a set of arbitrary small Hausdorff dimension. The extension off to a quasiconformal map of the half plane onto itself sharpens a classical example of Ahlfors-Beurling.     

Densest Geodesic Ball Packings to <Emphasis Type="Bold">S</Emphasis><Superscript>2</Superscript> × <Emphasis Type="Bold">R</Emphasis> space groups generated by screw motions

In this paper we study the locally optimal geodesic ball packings with equal balls to the S ² × R space groups having rotation point groups and their generators are screw motions. We determine and visualize the densest simply transitive geodesic ball arrangements for the above space groups; moreover, we compute their optimal densities and radii. The densest packing is derived from the S ² × R space group 3qe. I. 3 with packing density ≈0.7278. E. Molnár has shown in [9] that the Thurston geometries have an unified interpretation in the real projective 3-sphere \({\mathcal{PS}^3}\). In our work we shall use this projective model of S ² × R geometry.     

The Zygmund Morse-Sard Theorem

The classical Morse-Sard Theorem says that the set of critical values off:R ^n+k →R ⁿ has Lebesgue measure zero iff ∈C ^k+1. We show theC ^k+1 smoothness requirement can be weakened toC ^k+Zygmund. This is corollary to the following theorem: For integersn >m >r > 0, lets = (n ?r)/(m ?r); iff:R ⁿ →R ^m belongs to the Lipschitz class Λ _s andE is a set of rankr forf, thenf(E) has measure zero.     

Orlicz-Sobolev extensions and measure density condition

We study the extension properties of Orlicz-Sobolev functions both in Euclidean spaces and in metric measure spaces equipped with a doubling measure. We show that a set E⊂R satisfying a measure density condition admits a bounded linear extension operator from the trace space W1,Ψ(Rn)E_| to W1,Ψ(Rn). Then we show that a domain, in which the Sobolev embedding theorem or a Poincaré-type inequality holds, satisfies the measure density condition. It follows that the existence of a bounded, possibly non-linear extension operator or even the surjectivity of the trace operator implies the measure density condition and hence the existence of a bounded linear extension operator.     

Removable Singularities of Solutions of the Minimal Surface Equation

Suppose that G is a bounded domain in ? ⁿ (n ? 2), E ≠ G is a relatively closed set in G, and 0 < α < 1. We prove that E is removable for solutions of the minimal surface equation in the class C ^1,α(G)_loc if and only if the (n ? 1 + α)-dimensional Hausdorff measure of E is zero.     

Contact graphs of unit sphere packings revisited

The contact graph of an arbitrary finite packing of unit balls in Euclidean 3-space is the (simple) graph whose vertices correspond to the packing elements and whose two vertices are connected by an edge if the corresponding two packing elements touch each other. One of the most basic questions on contact graphs is to find the maximum number of edges that a contact graph of a packing of n unit balls can have. In this paper, improving earlier estimates, we prove that the number of touching pairs in an arbitrary packing of n unit balls in ${\mathbb{E}^{3}}$ is always less than ${6n - 0.926n^{\frac{2}{3}}}$ . Moreover, as a natural extension of the above problem, we propose to study the maximum number of touching triplets (resp., quadruples) in an arbitrary packing of n unit balls in Euclidean 3-space. In particular, we prove that the number of touching triplets (resp., quadruples) in an arbitrary packing of n unit balls in ${\mathbb{E}^3}$ is at most ${\frac{25}{3}n}$ (resp., ${\frac{11}{4}n}$ ).     

Ball-covering property of Banach spaces

We consider the following question: For a Banach spaceX, how many closed balls not containing the origin can cover the sphere of the unit ball? This paper shows that: (1) IfX is smooth and with dimX=n<∞, in particular,X=R ⁿ,then the sphere can be covered byn+1 balls andn+1 is the smallest number of balls forming such a covering. (2) Let Λ be the set of all numbersr>0 satisfying: the unit sphere of every Banach spaceX admitting a ball-covering consisting of countably many balls not containing the origin with radii at mostr impliesX is separable. Then the exact upper bound of Λ is 1 and it cannot be attained. (3) IfX is a Gateaux differentiability space or a locally uniformly convex space, then the unit sphere admits such a countable ball-covering if and only ifX ^* isw ^*-separable.     

Polar functions and intersections of the random string processes

Let {us(x) : s ≥ 0 , x ∈R} be a random string taking values in Rd . The main goal of this paper is to discuss the characteristics of the polar functions of {u s(x) : s ≥ 0 , x∈R} . The relationship between a class of continuous functions satisfying the H¨older condition and a class of polar-functions of {us (x) : s ≥ 0 , x ∈R} is presented. The Hausdorff and packing dimensions of the set that the string intersects a given non-polar continuous function are determined. The upper and lower bounds are obtained for the probability that the string intersects a given function in terms of respectively Hausdorff measure and capacity.     

21-neighbour packing of equal balls in the 4-dimensional Euclidean space

A packing of equal balls in the n-dimensional Euclidean space is said to be a k-neighbour packing if each ball is touched by at least k others. We show that any 21-neighbour packing of congruent balls in the 4-dimensional space has positive density and there exist 18-neighbour packing with 0 density.     

THE MULTIFRACTAL HAUSDORFF AND PACKING MEASURE OF GENERAL SIERPINSKI CARPETS

1 IntroductionThe self-affine sets include self-similar sets as their special case. Although the fractalproperties of self-similar sets are well understood, little is known about self-affine sets in general.McMullen[1] studied a class of self~affine sets called generlized Sierpinski carpets, and got theirHausdorff and box dimensions. King[2] got the singular spectrum of general Sierpinski carpets.In [3] Olsen introduced the multifratal Hausdorff ajnd packing measure. and use them tostudy th…