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Generalised Cantor sets and the dimension of products

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2015-12-16 v2

Abstract

In this paper we consider the relationship between the Assouad and box-counting dimension and how both behave under the operation of taking products. We introduce the notion of `equi-homogeneity' of a set, which requires a uniformity in the size of local covers at all lengths and at all points. We prove that the Assouad and box-counting dimensions coincide for sets that have equal upper and lower box-counting dimensions provided that the set `attains' these dimensions (analogous to `s-sets' when considering the Hausdorff dimension), and the set is equi-homogeneous. Using this fact we show that for any α(0,1)\alpha\in(0,1) and any β,γ(0,1)\beta,\gamma\in(0,1) such that β+γ1\beta + \gamma\geq 1 we can construct two generalised Cantor sets CC and DD such that dimBC=αβ\text{dim}_{B}C=\alpha\beta, dimBD=αγ\text{dim}_{B}D=\alpha\gamma, and dimAC=dimAD=dimA(C×D)=dimB(C×D)=α\text{dim}_{A}C=\text{dim}_{A}D=\text{dim}_{A}(C\times D)=\text{dim}_{B}(C\times D)=\alpha.

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@article{arxiv.1407.0676,
  title  = {Generalised Cantor sets and the dimension of products},
  author = {Eric J. Olson and James C. Robinson and Nicholas Sharples},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.0676},
  year   = {2015}
}