On sets containing a unit distance in every direction
Classical Analysis and ODEs
2021-07-05 v3 Combinatorics
Metric Geometry
Abstract
We investigate the box dimensions of compact sets in that contain a unit distance in every direction (such sets may have zero Hausdorff dimension). Among other results, we show that the lower box dimension must be at least and can be as low as . This quantifies in a certain sense how far the unit circle is from being a difference set.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1912.01523,
title = {On sets containing a unit distance in every direction},
author = {Pablo Shmerkin and Han Yu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.01523},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
13 pages, 2 figures. v3: the proof of lower bound in dimension d\ge 3 contained a gap hence we have removed this claim; the lower bounds in the plane remain valid