Self Similar Sets, Entropy and Additive Combinatorics

Michael Hochman

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-43920-3_8

Self Similar Sets, Entropy and Additive Combinatorics

Michael Hochman^*

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Einstein Institute of Mathematics

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Abstract

This article is an exposition of the main result of [Hoc12], that self-similar sets whose dimension is smaller than the trivial upper bound have "almost overlaps" between cylinders. We give a heuristic derivation of the theorem using elementary arguments about covering numbers. We also give a short introduction to additive combinatorics, focusing on inverse theorems, which play a pivotal role in the proof. Our elementary approach avoids many of the technicalities in [Hoc12], but also falls short of a complete proof; in the last section we discuss how the heuristic argument is turned into a rigorous one.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Geometry and Analysis of Fractals
Publisher	Springer New York LLC
Pages	225-252
Number of pages	28
ISBN (Print)	9783662439197
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43920-3_8
State	Published - 2014
Event	International Conference on Advances of Fractals and Related Topics - , Hong Kong Duration: 10 Dec 2012 → 14 Dec 2014

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Name	Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics
Volume	88
ISSN (Print)	2194-1009
ISSN (Electronic)	2194-1017

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Advances of Fractals and Related Topics
Country/Territory	Hong Kong
Period	10/12/12 → 14/12/14

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Supported by ERC grant 306494

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