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Dimension theory of inhomogeneous Diophantine approximation with matrix sequences

Number Theory 2025-12-17 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the Hausdorff dimension of naturally occurring sets of inhomogeneous well-approximable points with a sequence of real invertible matrices A=(An)nN\mathcal{A}=(A_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}. Specifically, for a given point y[0,1)d\mathbf{y}\in [0,1)^d and a function ψ:NR+\psi : \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{R}^+, we study the limsup set W(A,ψ,y)={x[0,1)d ⁣:Anx (mod 1)B(y,ψ(n)) for infinitely many nN}. W\big(\mathcal{A},\psi,{\bf y}\big) =\Big\{\mathbf{x}\in [0,1)^d\colon A_n\mathbf{x}~(\bmod~1)\in B\big(\mathbf{y}, \psi(n)\big) {\rm ~ for~ infinitely ~many}~n\in\mathbb{N}\Big\}. The upper and lower bounds on the Hausdorff dimension of W(A,ψ,y)W\big(\mathcal{A},\psi,{\bf y}\big) are determined by involving the singular values of AnA_n and the successive minima of the lattice An1ZdA_n^{-1}\mathbb{Z}^d, and both bounds are shown to be attainable for some matrices. Within this framework, we unify the problem of shrinking target sets and recurrence sets, establishing the Hausdorff dimensions for such limsup sets. As applications, our corresponding upper bounds for shrinking target and recurrence sets essentially improve those appearing in the present literature. Furthermore, explicit Hausdorff dimension formulas are derived for shrinking targets and recurrence sets associated with concrete classes of matrices. We extend the Mass Transference Principle for rectangles of Li-Liao-Velani-Wang-Zorin (Adv. Math., 2025) to rectangles under local isometries. This generalization yields a general lower bound for the Hausdorff dimension of W(A,ψ,y)W\big(\mathcal{A},\psi,{\bf y}\big).

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@article{arxiv.2512.14342,
  title  = {Dimension theory of inhomogeneous Diophantine approximation with matrix sequences},
  author = {Zhang-nan Hu and Junjie Huang and Bing Li and Jun Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.14342},
  year   = {2025}
}

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64 pages, 2 figures