The box dimensions of exceptional self-affine sets in \(\mathbb{R}^3\) (Q2032922)

The main results of the paper are bounds for the box dimensions of self-affine sponges which arise from natural pressure functions. In certain cases, the authors obtain precise results, in particular if the group generated by the induced permutations on the coordinate axes is \(S_3\). They also provide a surprising example in the case where the rotational components are trivial (the defining matrices are diagonal), and where the upper box dimension is strictly smaller than the value predicted by extending the planar theory to \({\mathbb R}^3\). Additionally, they provide a simple example of a planar non-overlapping self-affine set, whose box dimension is not continuous in the linear parts of the defining affinities -- this contrasts with previous results which indicate that `generically' the opposite is true.