Decomposing with smooth sets

Abstract: A subset of Euclidean space will be said to be

n

-smooth if it has an

n

-dimensional tangent plane at each of its points. Let

{f r a k d}_{n}

denote the least number

n

-smooth sets into which

n + 1

-dimensional Euclidean space can be decomposed. For each

n

it is shown to be consistent that

{f r a k d}_{n} > {f r a k d}_{n + 1}

. Moreover, the inequalities

{f r a k d}_{n + 1}^{+} g e q

{frak d}_n

a r e e s t a b l i s h e d w h e r e

{frak d}_1

i s d e f i n e d t o b e t h e c o n t i n u u m . T h e c a r d i n a l i n v a r i a n t

{frak d}_2

i s s h o w n t o b e t h e s a m e a s t h e l e a s t

kappa

s u c h t h a t e a c h c o n t i n u o u s f u n c t i o n f r o m t h e r e a l s t o t h e r e a l s c a n b e d e c o m p o s e d i n t o

kappa$ differentiable functions.

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