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On the Steiner tree connecting a fractal set

Metric Geometry 2025-02-20 v2 Differential Geometry Optimization and Control

Abstract

We construct an example of an infinite planar embedded self-similar binary tree Σ\Sigma which is the essentially unique solution to the Steiner problem of finding the shortest connection of a given planar self-similar fractal set CC of positive Hausdorff dimension. The set CC can be considered the set of leaves, or the ``boundary``, of the tree Σ\Sigma, so that Σ\Sigma is an irreducible solution to the Steiner problem with datum CC (i.e. ΣC\Sigma\setminus C is connected).

Cite

@article{arxiv.2304.01932,
  title  = {On the Steiner tree connecting a fractal set},
  author = {Emanuele Paolini and Eugene Stepanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.01932},
  year   = {2025}
}
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