Threshold and Hausdorff spectrum of discontinuous measures (Q2464612)

The \(L^q\)-spectrum of a finite Borel measure \(m\) on \([0,1]^d\) is defined by \[ \tau_m(q)=\liminf_{n\to\infty} \frac{1}{n} \log_b\sum_{\substack{ Q\in\mathcal{G}_n\\ m(Q)\neq 0}} m(Q)^q, \] where \(\mathcal{G}_n\) denotes the set of all \(b\)-adic subcubes of \([0,1]^d\) with generation \(n\). The authors consider two parameters that are naturally associated with the measure \(m\) through the function \(\tau_m\), namely, \[ q_{\tau}(m)=\inf\{ q\in\mathbb{R} : \tau_m(q)=0 \} \] and \[ H_{\tau}(m)=\tau'_m(q_{\tau}(m)). \] They show that, for certain classes of purely discontinuous measures (i.e., sums of positive Dirac masses) \(m\), the pair \((q_{\tau}(m),H_{\tau}(m))\) stores essential information about the multifractal Hausdorff spectrum of \(m\). To this end, they apply a threshold procedure to such measures \(m\) by keeping only the Dirac masses naturally associated with the parameters \(q_{\tau}(m)\) and \(H_{\tau}(m)\). This paper is complementary to \textit{J. Barral} and \textit{S. Seuret} [Real Anal. Exch. 32(2006--2007), No. 2, 429--454 (2007; Zbl 1129.60028)], in which the authors investigate the relationships between these parameters and the large deviation spectrum of \(m\).