Mattila-Sjölin type functions: a finite field model

Abstract: Let

p h i (x, y) c o l o n m a t h b b R^{d} i m e s m a t h b b R^{d} o m a t h b b R

be a function. We say

p h i

is a Mattila--Sj"{o}lin type function of index

g a m m a

if

g a m m a

is the smallest number satisfying the property that for any compact set

E s u b s e t m a t h b b R^{d}

,

p h i (E, E)

has a non-empty interior whenever

d i m_{H} (E) > g a m m a

. The usual distance function,

p h i (x, y) = | x - y |

, is conjectured to be a Mattila--Sj"{o}lin type function of index

f r a c d 2

. In the setting of finite fields

m a t h b b F_{q}

, this definition is equivalent to the statement that

p h i (E, E) = m a t h b b F_{q}

whenever

| E | g g q^{g a m m a}

. The main purpose of this paper is to prove the existence of such functions with index

f r a c d 2

in the vector space

m a t h b b F_{q}^{d}

.

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