Dimension and geometry of sets defined by polynomial inequalities (Q1196883)

A closed nonvoid subset \(F\) of \(\mathbb{R}^ n\) is said to preserve Markov's inequality if for every positive integer \(k\) there exists a constant \(c\) depending only on \(F\), \(n\), and \(k\), such that the maximum norm of the gradient \(\nabla P\) on \(B\cap F\|\nabla P\|_{B\cap F}\) is no greater than \((c/r)\| P\|_{B\cap F}\) for all polynomials in \(n\) variables of total degree at most \(k\) and all balls \(B=B(x,r)\) with \(x\in F\) and \(0<r\in 1\). The authors' main result is that sets preserving Markov's inequality must have positive Hausdorff dimension. Other related results are also proved.