Large Sets Avoiding Rough Patterns

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-61887-2_4arXiv1904.02337MaRDI QIDQ6316671FDOQ6316671

Authors: Jacob Denson, Malabika Pramanik, J. Zahl 

Publication date: 3 April 2019

Abstract: The pattern avoidance problem seeks to construct a set $Xsubsetmathbb{R}^d$ with large dimension that avoids a prescribed pattern. Examples of such patterns include three-term arithmetic progressions (solutions to $x_1-2x_2+x_3=0$), or more general patterns of the form $f(x_1,dots,x_n)=0$. Previous work on the subject has considered patterns described by polynomials, or by functions $f$ satisfying certain regularity conditions. We consider the case of `rough' patterns, not necessarily given by the zero-set of a function with prescribed regularity. There are several problems that fit into the framework of rough pattern avoidance. As a first application, if $Ysubsetmathbb{R}^d$ is a set with Minkowski dimension $alpha$, we construct a set $X$ with Hausdorff dimension $d-alpha$ such that $X+X$ is disjoint from $Y$. As a second application, if $C$ is a Lipschitz curve, we construct a set $XsubsetC$ of dimension $1/2$ that does not contain the vertices of an isosceles triangle.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Number theory (11-XX) Computer science (68-XX)

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