Controlled Hahn--Mazurkiewicz Theorem and some new dimension functions of Peano continua (Q876517)

In this paper dimension functions are introduced and studied for metric Peano continua \(X\). Using the Hölder function, the Hölder dimension, Hö-dim is introduced for a metric space \((X,\rho)\) as \[ \text{Hö-dim}(X,\rho) = \inf\{d :\text{ there is a \(1/d\)-Hölder onto map }f :[0,1]\to X\} \] and as a topological invariant: \[ \text{Hö-dim}(X) = \inf\{\rho:\text{ Hö-dim}(X, \rho), \rho\text{ is an admissable metric on }X\}. \] A connected version S-dim\((X)\) of the fractal dimension is developed giving a lower bound for Hö-dim as \(\dim(X)\leq \text{S-dim}(X)\leq\text{Hö-dim}(X)\). As an upper bound for Hö-dim the convexity degree is used: Hö-dim\((X)\leq \{\dim(X),\text{ deg}_{\text{conv}}(X)\}\). So we may conclude that Hö-dim\([0,1]^n = \dim [0,1]^n\). For the Menger cubes \(M^n\) also the equivalence is proved. It is intriguing to see that the Hölder dimension function is real-valued and not integer-valued as usual. This is quite new in dimension theory. Based on a shark teeth construction examples are build of spaces \(W_\alpha\) having S-dim\((W_\alpha) = \text{ Hö-dim} (W_\alpha) = 1+1/\alpha\) for each real number \(\alpha>0\). The theory build is interesting and giving new elements to dimension theory.