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Generalized Hausdorff dimension of irrationals with Lagrange value exactly 3

Number Theory 2026-02-27 v2 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We study the generalized Hausdorff dimension of some natural subsets of k1(3)k^{-1}(3), where k1(3)k^{-1}(3) consists of the real numbers xx for which xpq<1(3+ε)q2\left| x-\frac{p}{q} \right|<\frac{1}{(3+\varepsilon)q^2} has infinitely many rational solutions pq\frac{p}{q} for any ε<0\varepsilon<0 but only finitely many for any ε>0\varepsilon>0. It is well known that k1(3)k^{-1}(3) is an uncountable set with Hausdorff dimension zero. Given any dimension function hh, we determine the exact "cut point" at which the generalized Hausdorff dimension Hh(k1(3))\mathcal{H}^h(k^{-1}(3)) drops from infinity to zero. In particular we show that such a measure is always zero or not σ\sigma--finite, and, as an application, we can classify topologically k1(3)k^{-1}(3). Moreover, we show that the subset of attainable elements of k1(3)k^{-1}(3) has the same generalized Hausdorff dimension as k1(3)k^{-1}(3), but the subset of non--attainable elements of k1(3)k^{-1}(3) has a "strictly smaller" generalized Hausdorff dimension.

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@article{arxiv.2511.10328,
  title  = {Generalized Hausdorff dimension of irrationals with Lagrange value exactly 3},
  author = {Carlos Gustavo Moreira and Harold Erazo and Nicolas Angelini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.10328},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

This revised 28-page version refines our previous result for $K_3$ and establishes a more precise generalized Hausdorff dimension for the non--attainable elements of $k^{-1}(3)$