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Self-similar and self-conformal measures with slow Fourier decay

Dynamical Systems 2026-02-06 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs Number Theory

Abstract

Given any function ϕ ⁣:[0,)(0,1]\phi \colon [0,\infty)\to (0,1] satisfying limξϕ(ξ)=0\lim_{\xi\to\infty}\phi(\xi) = 0, we prove the existence of i) self-similar measures and ii) nonlinear CC^{\infty} self-conformal measures which are Rajchman and whose Fourier transform μ^\widehat{\mu} satisfies lim supξμ^(ξ)ϕ(ξ)>0. \limsup_{\xi\to\infty}\frac{|\widehat{\mu}(\xi)|}{\phi(\xi)}>0. Moreover, we derive new sufficient conditions for a self-conformal measure to be Rajchman, and construct an explicit self-similar measure μ\mu such that μ\mu almost every xx is normal in base 1010 but the sequence (10nxmod1)n=1(10^{n}x \mod 1)_{n=1}^{\infty} equidistributes extremely slowly.

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@article{arxiv.2602.05593,
  title  = {Self-similar and self-conformal measures with slow Fourier decay},
  author = {Simon Baker and Amlan Banaji},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.05593},
  year   = {2026}
}