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An exceptional set for Hausdorff dimension

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

R. Kaufman
R. Kaufman
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University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A.
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Let D be a compact set in the plane, t a real number, and Dt the linear set {x + ty|x + iy ε D}. We are interested in the Hausdorff dimensions of D and Dt, and assume that dim D = d ≤ 1. A number t is “exceptional” if dim Dt < d; the exceptional numbers form a Borel set of d-dimensional measure zero [3]. (Marstrand [4, p. 268] proves a similar conclusion for the Lebesgue measure of the exceptional set.) In this note we exhibit a planar set D of Hausdorff dimension d and a linear set E for which dim Dt ≤ r < d for every t in E, but dim E > 0. The method does not come very close to the probable truth, that the set E can have dimension r. But perhaps the result can be improved by more subtle calculation, for example, as in Jarník [2].

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Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , June 1969 , pp. 57 - 58
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Copyright © University College London 1969

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