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Measurable Steinhaus sets do not exist for finite sets or the integers in the plane

Metric Geometry 2017-07-26 v2 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

A Steinhaus set S\RRdS \subseteq \RR^d for a set A\RRdA \subseteq \RR^d is a set such that SS has exactly one point in common with τA\tau A, for every rigid motion τ\tau of \RRd\RR^d. We show here that if AA is a finite set of at least two points then there is no such set SS which is Lebesgue measurable. An old result of Komj\'ath says that there exists a Steinhaus set for A=\ZZ×{0}A = \ZZ\times\Set{0} in \RR2\RR^2. We also show here that such a set cannot be Lebesgue measurable.

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@article{arxiv.1604.06454,
  title  = {Measurable Steinhaus sets do not exist for finite sets or the integers in the plane},
  author = {Mihail N. Kolountzakis and Michael Papadimitrakis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.06454},
  year   = {2017}
}

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