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On The Hausdorff Dimension of Weighted Badly Approximable Vectors

Number Theory 2026-04-14 v3

Abstract

Let τ=(τ1,,τm)R0m\boldsymbol{\tau}=(\tau_1,\dots,\tau_m)\in \mathbb{R}_{\ge 0}^m satisfy i=1mτi>1\sum_{i=1}^m \tau_i>1 and τ1τm\tau_1\ge \cdots \ge \tau_m Let Ψτ=(ψ1,,ψm)\Psi_{\boldsymbol\tau}=(\psi_1,\dots,\psi_m) be given by ψi(q)=qτi,i=1,,m, \psi_i(q)=q^{-\tau_i}, \qquad i=1,\dots,m, and denote by Am(Ψτ)\mathcal{A}_m(\Psi_{\boldsymbol\tau}) the set of Ψτ\Psi_{\boldsymbol\tau}-approximable vectors in [0,1]m[0,1]^m. The associated set of weighted Ψτ\Psi_{\boldsymbol\tau}-badly approximable vectors is defined by Bm(Ψτ)=Am(Ψτ)0<c<1Am(cΨτ).\mathcal{B}_m(\Psi_{\boldsymbol\tau}) = \mathcal{A}_m(\Psi_{\boldsymbol\tau}) \setminus \bigcap_{0<c<1}\mathcal{A}_m(c\Psi_{\boldsymbol\tau}). The main result of this paper is that, for every ball B[0,1]mB\subseteq [0,1]^m, dimH(BBm(Ψτ))=dimHAm(Ψτ). \dim_{\mathcal{H}}\bigl(B\cap \mathcal{B}_m(\Psi_{\boldsymbol\tau})\bigr) = \dim_{\mathcal{H}}\mathcal{A}_m(\Psi_{\boldsymbol\tau}). The proof extends the Cantor-type construction and mass distribution arguments of Koivusalo, Levesley, Ward, and Zhang from the unweighted to the weighted setting, and is independent of recent results on weighted exact approximation.

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@article{arxiv.2603.06137,
  title  = {On The Hausdorff Dimension of Weighted Badly Approximable Vectors},
  author = {Yi Lou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.06137},
  year   = {2026}
}

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