English

Restricted Hausdorff spectra of $q$-adic automorphisms

Group Theory 2026-01-29 v3

Abstract

Firstly, we completely determine the self-similar Hausdorff spectrum of the group of qq-adic automorphisms where qq is a prime power, answering a question of Grigorchuk. Indeed, we take a further step and completely determine its Hausdorff spectra restricted to the most important subclasses of self-similar groups, providing examples differing drastically from the previously known ones in the literature. Our proof relies on a new explicit formula for the computation of the Hausdorff dimension of closed self-similar groups and a generalization of iterated permutational wreath products. Secondly, we provide for every prime pp the first examples of just infinite branch pro-pp groups with zero Hausdorff dimension in Γp\Gamma_p, giving strong evidence against a well-known conjecture of Boston.

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@article{arxiv.2308.16508,
  title  = {Restricted Hausdorff spectra of $q$-adic automorphisms},
  author = {Jorge Fariña-Asategui},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.16508},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

31 pages; the results in the paper are not enough to fully disprove Boston's conjecture, minor changes in the abstract and the introduction retracting that claim; published version