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Signed null sequences and Hausdorff dimension

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2025-09-25 v1

Abstract

We investigate the convergence of signed null sequences of the form n=1εnan,εn{1,1}, \sum_{n=1}^\infty \varepsilon_n a_n, \quad \varepsilon_n \in \{-1,1\}, where (an)(a_n) tends to zero in Rd\mathbb{R}^d. Our main result shows that for any such sequence, the set of sign sequences yielding convergence has full Hausdorff dimension in the natural ultrametric topology. This answers a question of Mattila in the one-dimensional case, for which we provide an elementary proof. Moreover, if (an)1(a_n)\notin \ell^1 in one dimension, then for every LRL\in\mathbb{R} the set of sign sequences with sum LL also has Hausdorff dimension 11. In higher dimensions the analogous statement does not hold in full generality, but it is guaranteed if the sequence has dd linearly independent L\'evy vectors.

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@article{arxiv.2509.20181,
  title  = {Signed null sequences and Hausdorff dimension},
  author = {Richárd Balka and Kornélia Héra and Gergely Kiss},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.20181},
  year   = {2025}
}

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16 pages, no figures

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