Computation of the ε entropy of the space of continuous functions with the Hausdorff metric

The number K_p,q, i.e., the number of (p, q) corridors of closed domains which are convex in the vertical direction, consist of elementary squares of the integral lattice, are situated within a rectangle of the size q × p, and completely cover the side of length p of this rectangle under projection is computed. The asymptotic (K_p,q/q²)^1/p → λ, as p, q → ∞, where λ = 0.3644255… is the maximum root of the equation₁F₁(-1/2 − 1/(16λ), 1/2, 1/(4λ)) = 0,₁F₁ being the confluence hypergeometric function, is established. These results allow us to compute the ε entropy of the space of continuous functions with the Hausdorff metric. Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 39–50, January, 1977.