English

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 R2\mathbb{R}^2 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 47\frac{4}{7} and can be as low as 23\frac{2}{3}. This quantifies in a certain sense how far the unit circle is from being a difference set.

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@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

R2 v1 2026-06-23T12:34:38.199Z