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Bruckner--Garg-type results with respect to Haar null sets in $C[0,1]$

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2016-08-01 v2

Abstract

A set AC[0,1]\mathcal{A}\subset C[0,1] is \emph{shy} or \emph{Haar null } (in the sense of Christensen) if there exists a Borel set BC[0,1]\mathcal{B}\subset C[0,1] and a Borel probability measure μ\mu on C[0,1]C[0,1] such that AB\mathcal{A}\subset \mathcal{B} and μ(B+f)=0\mu\left(\mathcal{B}+f\right) = 0 for all fC[0,1]f \in C[0,1]. The complement of a shy set is called a \emph{prevalent} set. We say that a set is \emph{Haar ambivalent} if it is neither shy nor prevalent. The main goal of the paper is to answer the following question: What can we say about the topological properties of the level sets of the prevalent/non-shy many fC[0,1]f\in C[0,1]? The classical Bruckner--Garg Theorem characterizes the level sets of the generic (in the sense of Baire category) fC[0,1]f\in C[0,1] from the topological point of view. We prove that the functions fC[0,1]f\in C[0,1] for which the same characterization holds form a Haar ambivalent set. In an earlier paper we proved that the functions fC[0,1]f\in C[0,1] for which positively many level sets with respect to the Lebesgue measure λ\lambda are singletons form a non-shy set in C[0,1]C[0,1]. The above result yields that this set is actually Haar ambivalent. Now we prove that the functions fC[0,1]f\in C[0,1] for which positively many level sets with respect to the occupation measure λf1\lambda\circ f^{-1} are not perfect form a Haar ambivalent set in C[0,1]C[0,1]. We show that for the prevalent fC[0,1]f\in C[0,1] for the generic yf([0,1])y\in f([0,1]) the level set f1(y)f^{-1}(y) is perfect. Finally, we answer a question of Darji and White by showing that the set of functions fC[0,1]f \in C[0,1] for which there exists a perfect Pf[0,1]P_f\subset [0,1] such that f(x)=f'(x) = \infty for all xPfx \in P_f is Haar ambivalent.

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@article{arxiv.1311.5293,
  title  = {Bruckner--Garg-type results with respect to Haar null sets in $C[0,1]$},
  author = {Richárd Balka and Udayan B. Darji and Márton Elekes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.5293},
  year   = {2016}
}

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12 pages