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Topological Erd\H{o}s similarity conjecture and strong measure zero sets

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2025-02-19 v2 Logic Metric Geometry

Abstract

We resolve the topological version of the Erd\H{o}s Similarity conjecture introduced previously by Gallagher, Lai and Weber. We show that a set is topologically universal on R{\mathbb R} if and only if it is of strong measure zero. As a result of the fact that the Borel conjecture is independent of the \textsf{ZFC} axiomatic set theory, the existence of an uncountable topologically universal set is independent of the \textsf{ZFC}. Moreover, our results can also be generalized to locally compact Polish groups G{\mathbb G}. Returning to the measure side, we pose Full-Measure universal Erd\H{o}s Similarity Conjecture with strongly meager sets via the duality of measure and category.

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@article{arxiv.2410.01275,
  title  = {Topological Erd\H{o}s similarity conjecture and strong measure zero sets},
  author = {Yeonwook Jung and Chun-Kit Lai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.01275},
  year   = {2025}
}