Questions tagged [hausdorff-measure]
Questions about Hausdorff measures, their variants (such as spherical Hausdorff measures) and generalisations.
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Lower bound estimate for the sum $\sum \text{diam}(U)^d$ over all countable covers of a cube
This question is inspired from the definition of Hausdorff measure. Let $C$ be a closed unit hypercube in $\mathbb R^d$ (side length equal to one, including boundary. The cube itself is at top ...
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Measure theoretic boundary in arbitrary codimension
NOTE: I had initially posted here the same question you can find on math.stackexchange at Boundary in the sense of currents VS measure theoretic boundary in arbitrary codimension. Later, I decided to ...
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Hausdorff measure of the unit ball of a norm on $\mathbb{R}^n$ is a universal constant
In [1], Kirchheim proved the area formula for Lipschitz maps $f\colon \mathbb{R}^n\to X$ where $X$ is an arbitrary metric space, using the notion of metric differentiability. The metric derivative of $...
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Hausdorff measure
Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space and let $H^\alpha$ denote the $\alpha$-dimensional Hausdorff measure on $X$, where $\alpha$ is the Hausdorff dimension of $X$. Is there any simple condition on $X$ that ...
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Continuity of Hausdorff measure on level sets
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ a open and bounded set with smooth boundary and $\phi:\Omega\to\mathbb{R}$ a smooth function such that:
$\bullet$ $\phi^{-1}(0)\neq\emptyset$;
$\bullet$ $\nabla\phi(x)\...
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A counterexample to regular boundary points for minimizers of variational integrals under subquadratic growth
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ for some $n\geq 3$ be an open bounded set with at least Lipschitz boundary. Let $p\in (1, 2), N>1$ and $f: \overline{\Omega} \times\mathbb{R}^N\times\mathbb{R}^{Nn}\...
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Relationship between Hausdorff dimension and covering number
Let $(X,d)$ be a compact metric space and recall that the $\epsilon$-external covering number $\mathcal{N}^{\epsilon}(X)$ of $X$ is defined by:
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\mathcal{N}^{\epsilon}(X) := \inf\left\{
N\in \mathbb{...
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Finiteness of Hausdorff measure of balls
Let $(X,d)$ be an arbitrary metric space and let $\Bbb B(x,r)$ denote the closed ball with center $x \in X$ and radius $r>0$. For $p\geq 0$, let $H^p$ denote the $p$- dimensional Hausdorff measure. ...
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Fubini's theorem for Hausdorff measures
$B\subset \mathbb{R}^2$ is a Borel set. Define the slices $B_x:= \{y \in \mathbb{R}: (x,y) \in B \}$.
If $\lambda$ denotes the Lebesgue measure on $\mathbb{R}$, presentations of Fubini's theorem often ...
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Recovering the length metric from Hausdorff measure
The metric cannot be recovered from its Hausdorff measure in general. Now, assume that $(X,d_X)$ and $(Y, d_Y)$ are connected compact length spaces and induce $n$-dimensional Hausdorff measures $\...
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Green's identity with a different norm
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a domain with a smooth boundary $\Gamma$. Suppose that $f, g \colon \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$ are of class $C^\infty( \overline{\Omega})$. Then Green's first ...
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Hausdorff dimension of Julia set
Can anyone show me the proof "Hausdorff dimension of Julia set is strictly positive"?
For purpose to prove this we might have to prove the green function of basin of attraction to infinity ...
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Hausdorff dimension and surface measure
Could someone please indicate me some reference that contains the proof of the following theorem?
Below $\mathcal{H}^n$ denotes the $n$-dimensional Hausdorff outer measure in $\mathbb{R}^n$.
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Average of the sum of dirac measures
Let $(M^n,g)$ be a closed smooth Riemannian manifold. Consider a set $\mathcal B_{\epsilon}$ which consists of a maximal number of points in $M$ with pairwise distance no smaller than $\epsilon$.
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Equality of Hausdorff measure and Lebesgue measure on manifolds (reference)
Let $\mathcal{M} \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ be an $n$-dimensional $C^1$ submanifold (connected). We have two metric functions on $\mathcal{M}$:
The Euclidean distance inherited from $\mathbb{R}^N$.
The ...
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Why is the Hausdorff measure of this set zero?
Let $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^N$ be an open and bounded set, and let $\phi:\Omega\to\mathbb{R}^N$ be a $C^1$ function with the property that $\phi^{-1}(0)\neq\emptyset$, and $\nabla\phi(x)\neq 0,\ \...
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Signed distance function
Let $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^N$ be an open and bounded set with uniform Lipschitz boundary. Consider the signed distance function:
$d:\mathbb{R}^N\to\mathbb{R},\ d(x)=\begin{cases} \mathrm{dist}(x,\...
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The product of two Hausdorff measures
Let $(X,d_X)$ and $(Y,d_Y)$ be two compact metric space with Hausdorff dimensions $\dim_H(X)=n$ and $\dim_H(Y)=m$ and Hausdorff measures $\mathcal{H}^{n}$ and $\mathcal{H}^{m}$.
Assume that $\dim_H(...
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Finding the dimension of the intersection of two real algebraic varieties
Suppose we have two polynomials $p, q \in \mathbb{R}^3$ and we are interested in their simultaneous zeros. Parameter counting tells us that the zero set most probably is going to be a one dimensional ...
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Continuity of the Lebesgue measure w.r.t the Hausdorff metric
I have a question linked to Interplay of Hausdorff metric and Lebesgue measure. Let us denote as $\mathcal K(\mathbb R^n)$ the space of compact subsets of $\mathbb R^n$ endowed with the Hausdorff ...
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Classification of Euclidean-invariant measures?
Is there a classification of measures on $\mathbb R^n$ which are invariant under (Euclidean) isometries? Hausdorff measures of all kinds are examples -- could that be all of them? More precisely,
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Continuity haussdorff measure w.r.t level set and coarea formula
Let $M$ be a smooth compact riemannian manifold of dimension $n$ without boundary, and $A$ a measurable subset of $M$. Let $f:M\mapsto\mathbb{R}$ be a $C^1$ function and $\varphi:\mathbb{R}\mapsto\...
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Bounding an "integral" from below by the Hausdorff measure of the domain
Let $(X,d)$ be an arbitrary metric space and $E \subset X$ also arbitrary. Fix $s \in (0,\infty)$.
Is it true that for any $ \delta > 0 $ and any collection of pairs $\{(A_i,a_i)\}_{i \in \...
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Can passing to a length metric increase Hausdorff measure?
For concreteness, let's say that $(X,d)$ is a metric space homeomorphic to $\mathbb{R}^2$ whose Hausdorff 2-measure $\mathcal{H}_d^2$ is locally finite.
We can pass from $(X,d)$ to the length metric, ...
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Is Hausdorff Measure equal to Hausdorff Content on rectifiable (metric) spaces?
Let $(X,d)$ be an $\mathcal{H}^n$-rectifiable metric space, i.e. there exits a collection of Lipschitz maps from measurable subsets of $\mathbb{R}^n$ to $X$ such that $ \mathcal{H}^n(X \backslash \...
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How do sets with unit fractional Hausdorff measure of dimension $>1$ look like?
Triggered by the recent question How can we not know the measure of the Sierpiński triangle? I would like to ask:
Let $s>1$ and $s$ not be an integer. How to construct a set $A$ with $\mathfrak{H}^...
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Gromov-Hausdorff distance between weighted tree graphs
I would like to measure the similarity between a pair of weighted tree graphs. According to this post, this can be done by regarding the trees as metric spaces and then applying the Gromov-Hausdorff ...
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How to calculate the volume of a parallelepiped in a normed space?
Let $E$ be a real normed space, and let $v_1,...,v_n\in E$ be linearly independent. The parallelepiped defined by these vectors is $P=\{\sum_{i=1}^{n}\alpha_i v_i|~0\le\alpha_i\le 1\}$. Since $E$ is a ...
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Examples of essentially sub-linear functions
A dimension function is an increasing, continuous function $%
f:\mathbb R_{+}\rightarrow \mathbb R_{+}$ such that $f(r)\to 0$ as $r\to 0$.
Say that a dimension function $f$ is essentially sub-linear ...
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Hausdorff dimension of the boundary of fibres of Lipschitz maps
Let $f: \mathbb{R}^m\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{m-k}$ be a Lipschitz map.
Can we get a uniform estimate on the Hausdorff dimension of the boundaries of fibres of $f$? I.e. do we have an upper bound for
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Coarea inequality, Eilenberg inequality
The general statement of the coarea inequality known also as the Eilenberg inequality is:
Theorem. If $f:X\to Y$ is a Lipschitz map between metric spaces and $A\subset X$, $0\leq m\leq n$, then $$
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How to show that this function is continuous (Geometric Measure Theory)
I want to prove that the function $F: \mathbb{R}_+ \to \mathbb{R}$ defined by
$$F(t)=\int_{\{d=t\}} g \, d\mathcal{H}^{n-1}$$
is continuous if $g:\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n\to \mathbb{R}$ is ...
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Examples of probability measures with `fake' decay
To be concise, I am wondering whether there are natural examples of probability measures $\mu$ compactly supported on the real line which satisfy $\mu(I) \lesssim l_n^\alpha$ for all intervals $I$ ...
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Isoperimetric inequality and geometric measure theory
The following version of the isoperimetric inequality can be easily deduced from the Brunn-Minkowski inequality:
Theorem. If $K\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ is compact, then $$ |K|^{\frac{n-1}{n}}\leq n^{-1}...
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Converse on the rectifiability of products of rectifiable sets
Let $1\leq k\leq m$ and $1\leq l\leq n$ fixed integers, $\mathscr{H}^k$ the $k$ dimensional Hausdorff measure and $E\subset \mathbb{R}^m$. We say that :
(1) $E$ is $k$ rectifiable if there exists $C\...
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When is Hausdorff measure locally finite?
Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space and let $H^\alpha$ denote the $\alpha$-dimensional Hausdorff Borel measure on $X$, where $\alpha$ is the Hausdorff dimension of $X$. Are there any simple conditions on $X$...
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volume of region between two manifolds
The question is motivated by a simple example: the area of a ring is $\pi(R^2-r^2)$, where $R$ and $r$ are the radii of the outer and inner circles respectively. Let $C$ be the 'middle circle' with ...
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Hausdorff approximating measures and Borel sets
Suppose $ 1 \leq m \leq n $ are integers and for each $ 0 < \delta < \infty $ let $\mathscr{H}^{m}_{\delta} $ be the size $ \delta $ approximating measure of the $ m $ dimensional Hausdorff ...
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Radon-Nikodym theorem for non-sigma finite measures
Let $(X,\mathcal M, \mu)$ be a measured space where $\mu$ is a positive measure.
Let $\lambda$ be a complex measure on $(X,\mathcal M)$. When $\mu$ is sigma-finite, the Radon-Nikodym theorem provides ...
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Generalization of area and coarea formula for fractional Hausdorff measures
Let $X,Y$ be Polish spaces, $s,t>0$ and $F:X\to Y$ locally Lipschitz continuous such that $X$ is $\sigma$-finite w.r.t. the $(s+t)$-dimensional Hausdorff measure $\mathcal{H}^{s+t}$.
The Eilenberg ...
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Subsets $X$ such that their Hausdorff outer measure is not finite
Let $H^d:\mathcal{P}(\mathbf{R}^n) \to \mathbf{R}\cup \{\infty\}$ be the $d$-dimensional Hausdorff outer measure on $\mathbf{R}^n$, for some $0<d<n$ with $n$ integer, which is constructed in the ...
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Results for Hausdorff Measure after Linear Transformation
For the Sierpinski Triangle, $S$, the $d$ dimensional Hausdorff measure is given by, $H^{d}(S)$. If a linear transformation, $W$ is applied to $S$, with
$$W(x,y)=\begin{bmatrix} 1/2 & 0 \\ 0 &...
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Are there any exact results for Hausdorff Measure?
The computation of the Hausdorff measure is extremely difficult due to the infimum appearing in its definition. This has made the calculation of the Hausdorff measure for nearly all fractals difficult ...
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One-dimensional Hausdorff measure of preimages
Let $\Omega$ be an open subset of $\mathbf{R}^n$. For a mapping $f: \Omega\to \bf{R}^n$, what kind of condition ensures that the one-dimensional Hausdorff measure of $f^{-1}(E)$ is zero whenever $E$ ...
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Hausdorff measure and the volume form
There are two tools, generalizing a concept of a volume to the case of submanifolds in $\mathbb{R}^n$, namely the Hausdorff measure $H^k$ and the volume form. The question is how to show that if $M$ ...
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