English

How far can you see in a forest?

Number Theory 2015-09-29 v2

Abstract

We address a visibility problem posed by Solomon & Weiss. More precisely, in any dimension n:=d+12n := d + 1 \ge 2, we construct a forest \F\F with finite density satisfying the following condition : if \e>0\e > 0 denotes the radius common to all the trees in \F\F, then the visibility \V\V therein satisfies the estimate \V(\e)=O(\e2dη)\V(\e) = O(\e^{-2d-\eta}) for any η>0\eta > 0, no matter where we stand and what direction we look in. The proof involves Fourier analysis and sharp estimates of exponential sums.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1509.04188,
  title  = {How far can you see in a forest?},
  author = {Faustin Adiceam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.04188},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

This is an extended version of a paper to appear. Minor typos have been corrected

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