Some remarks in a qualitative theory of similarity pseudogroups (Q1895944)

The author deals with higher-dimensional generalizations of a theorem by \textit{R. Sacksteder} [Am. Math. J. 87, 79-102 (1965; Zbl 0136.209)]\ which ensures the existence of a leaf with a contracting linear holonomy group in every exceptional minimal set of a given codimension one foliation of a closed manifold. Assuming the existence of transverse similarity structure (given by a pseudogroup \(\Gamma_0\) of restrictions of various similarity transformations of \(\mathbb{R}^q\) with varying centers), two conjectures concerning the so called Sacksteder system \(S= (\Gamma_0, M)\) where \(M\) is a minimal invariant set of \(\Gamma_0\) are stated and explained by nontrivial examples. First conjecture: If \(M\) is a Cantor set then a point \(x\in M\) exists such that its stabilizer contains a contraction (i.e., \(x\) is a focus of \(M\)). Second conjecture: The set \(M\) of an irreducible system \(S\) with a focus cannot be contained in the frontier of any convex domain of the ambient space \(\mathbb{R}^q\).