On sets of directions determined by subsets of R^d

DOI10.1007/S11854-012-0010-XzbMATH Open1279.28010arXiv1009.4169OpenAlexW2147932046MaRDI QIDQ351365FDOQ351365

Authors: Mihalis Mourgoglou, Steven Senger, Alex Iosevich 

Publication date: 11 July 2013

Published in: Journal d'Analyse Mathématique (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given $Esubsetmathbb{R}^d$, $dge2$, define $mathcalD(E)equiv(x-y)/|x-y|:x,yinEsubset{S}^{d-1},$ the set of directions determined by $E$. We prove that if the Hausdorff dimension of $E$ is greater than $d-1$, then $sigma(mathcalD(E))>0$, where $sigma$ denotes the surface measure on $S^{d-1}$. This result is sharp since the conclusion fails to hold if $E$ is a $(d-1)$-dimensional hyper-plane. This result can be viewed as a continuous analog of a recent result of Pach, Pinchasi, and Sharir (cite{PPS04}, cite{PPS07}) on angles determined by finite subsets of $mathbb{R}^d$. Also define $mathcalA(E)=heta(x,y,z):x,y,zinE,$ where $heta(x,y,z)$ is the angle between $x-y$ and $y-z$. We use the techniques developed to handle the problem of directions and results on distance sets previously obtained by Wolff and Erdogan to prove that if the Hasudorff dimension of $E$ is greater than $(d-1)/2+1/3$, then the Lebesgue measure of $mathcalA(E)$ is positive. This result can be viewed as a continuous analog of a recent result of Apfelbaum and Sharir (cite{AS05}). At the end of this paper we show that our continuous results can be used to recover and in some case improve the exponents for the corresponding results in the discrete setting for large classes of finite point sets. In particular, we prove that a finite point set $Psubset{BbbR}^d$, $dge3$, satisfying a certain discrete energy condition (Definition ef{adaptablemama}), determines $$ distinct directions and $$ distinct angles. In two dimensions, the lower bound on the number of angles is $$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.4169

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zbMATH Keywords

Hausdorff dimensionRadon-Nikodym derivativedirections set

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Potentials and capacities, extremal length and related notions in higher dimensions (31B15) Hausdorff and packing measures (28A78) Erd?s problems and related topics of discrete geometry (52C10)

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