Configuration sets with nonempty interior

Abstract: A theorem of Steinhaus states that if

E s u b s e t m a t h b b R^{d}

has positive Lebesgue measure, then the difference set

E - E

contains a neighborhood of

0

. Similarly, if

E

merely has Hausdorff dimension

d i m_{m a t h c a l H} (E) > (d + 1) / 2

, a result of Mattila and Sj"olin states that the distance set

D e l t a (E) s u b s e t m a t h b b R

contains an open interval. In this work, we study such results from a general viewpoint, replacing

E - E

or

D e l t a (E)

with more general

P h i,

-configurations for a class of

P h i : m a t h b b R^{d} i m e s m a t h b b R^{d} o m a t h b b R^{k}

, and showing that, under suitable lower bounds on

d i m_{m a t h c a l H} (E)

and a regularity assumption on the family of generalized Radon transforms associated with

P h i

, it follows that the set

D e l t a_{P} h i (E)

of

P h i

-configurations in

E

has nonempty interior in

m a t h b b R^{k}

. Further extensions hold for

P h i,

-configurations generated by two sets,

E

and

F

, in spaces of possibly different dimensions and with suitable lower bounds on

d i m_{m a t h c a l H} (E) + d i m_{m a t h c a l H} (F)

.

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