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A Measure Zero Universal Differentiability Set in the Heisenberg Group

Functional Analysis 2016-05-02 v2

Abstract

We show that the Heisenberg group Hn\mathbb{H}^n contains a measure zero set NN such that every Lipschitz function f ⁣:HnRf\colon \mathbb{H}^n \to \mathbb{R} is Pansu differentiable at a point of NN. The proof adapts the construction of small 'universal differentiability sets' in the Euclidean setting: we find a point of NN and a horizontal direction where the directional derivative in horizontal directions is almost locally maximal, then deduce Pansu differentiability at such a point.

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@article{arxiv.1505.07986,
  title  = {A Measure Zero Universal Differentiability Set in the Heisenberg Group},
  author = {Andrea Pinamonti and Gareth Speight},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.07986},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

35 pages; revised version includes improvements suggested by referees; to appear in Mathematische Annalen

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