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Rational points in Cantor sets in the complex plane

Number Theory 2025-12-09 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

Let KK be an imaginary quadratic field and let OK\mathcal{O}_K be the ring of algebraic integers of KK. For αOK\alpha \in \mathcal{O}_K with α>1|\alpha| > 1, define Dα=n=0OKαn. \mathcal{D}_\alpha = \bigcup_{n=0}^\infty \frac{\mathcal{O}_K}{\alpha^n}. For βOK\beta \in \mathcal{O}_K with β>1|\beta|>1 and a finite subset AOKA \subset \mathcal{O}_K, define Sβ,A={k=1akβk:  akA  kN}. S_{\beta,A} = \bigg\{ \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{a_k}{\beta^k}: \; a_k \in A \;\forall k \in \mathbb{N} \bigg\}. Suppose that α\alpha and β\beta are relatively prime. In this paper, we show that if dimHSβ,A<1\dim_{\mathrm{H}} S_{\beta,A} < 1, then the intersection DαSβ,A\mathcal{D}_\alpha \cap S_{\beta,A} is a finite set. In general, the threshold for the Hausdorff dimension of Sβ,AS_{\beta,A} is sharp. If we further assume that OK\mathcal{O}_K is a unique factorization domain and that α\overline{\alpha} and α\alpha are relatively prime, then we establish the finiteness of the intersection under the weaker condition dimHSβ,A<2\dim_{\mathrm{H}} S_{\beta,A} < 2. This extends the previously known results on the real line.

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@article{arxiv.2512.07139,
  title  = {Rational points in Cantor sets in the complex plane},
  author = {Wenxia Li and Zhiqiang Wang and Jiuzhou Zhao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.07139},
  year   = {2025}
}

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