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Stuart A. Burrell

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arXiv2020

The fractal structure of elliptical polynomial spirals

We investigate fractal aspects of elliptical polynomial spirals; that is, planar spirals with differing polynomial rates of decay in the two axis directions. We give a full dimensional analysis of these spirals, computing explicitly their intermediate, box-counting and Assouad-type dimensions. An exciting feature is that these spirals exhibit two phase transitions within the Assouad spectrum, the first natural class of fractals known to have this property. We go on to use this dimensional information to obtain bounds for the H\"older regularity of maps that can deform one spiral into another, generalising the 'winding problem' of when spirals are bi-Lipschitz equivalent to a line segment. A novel feature is the use of fractional Brownian motion and dimension profiles to bound the H\"older exponents.

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arXiv2020

Dimensions of fractional Brownian images

This paper concerns the intermediate dimensions, a spectrum of dimensions that interpolate between the Hausdorff and box dimensions. Potential theoretic methods are used to produce dimension bounds for images of sets under H\"older maps and certain stochastic processes. We apply this to compute the almost-sure value of the dimension of Borel sets under index-$\alpha$ fractional Brownian motion in terms of dimension profiles defined using capacities. As a corollary, this establishes continuity of the profiles for Borel sets and allows us to obtain an explicit condition showing how the Hausdorff dimension of a set may influence the typical box dimension of H\"older images such as projections. The methods used propose a general strategy for related problems; dimensional information about a set may be learned from analysing particular fractional Brownian images of that set. To conclude, we obtain bounds on the Hausdorff dimension of exceptional sets, with respect to intermediate dimensions, in the setting of projections.

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arXiv2019

Projection theorems for intermediate dimensions

Intermediate dimensions were recently introduced to interpolate between the Hausdorff and box-counting dimensions of fractals. Firstly, we show that these intermediate dimensions may be defined in terms of capacities with respect to certain kernels. Then, relying on this, we show that the intermediate dimensions of the projection of a set $E \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ onto almost all $m$-dimensional subspaces depend only on $m$ and $E$, that is, they are almost surely independent of the choice of subspace. Our approach is based on `intermediate dimension profiles' that are expressed in terms of capacities. We discuss several applications at the end of the paper, including a surprising result that relates the box dimensions of the projections of a set to the Hausdorff dimension of the set.

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arXiv2019

Digit expansions of numbers in different bases

A folklore conjecture in number theory states that the only integers whose expansions in base $3,4$ and $5$ contain solely binary digits are $0, 1$ and $82000$. In this paper, we present the first progress on this conjecture. Furthermore, we investigate the density of the integers containing only binary digits in their base $3$ or $4$ expansion, whereon an exciting transition in behaviour is observed. Our methods shed light on the reasons for this, and relate to several well-known questions, such as Graham's problem and a related conjecture of Pomerance. Finally, we generalise this setting and prove that the set of numbers in $[0, 1]$ who do not contain some digit in their $b$-expansion for all $b \geq 3$ has zero Hausdorff dimension.

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arXiv2018

The dimensions of inhomogeneous self-affine sets

We prove that the upper box dimension of an inhomogeneous self-affine set is bounded above by the maximum of the affinity dimension and the dimension of the condensation set. In addition, we determine sufficient conditions for this upper bound to be attained, which, in part, constitutes an exploration of the capacity for the condensation set to mitigate dimension drop between the affinity dimension and the corresponding homogeneous attractor. Our work improves and unifies previous results on general inhomogeneous attractors, low-dimensional affine systems, and inhomogeneous self-affine carpets, while providing inhomogeneous analogues of Falconer's seminal results on homogeneous self-affine sets.

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arXiv2018

On the dimension and measure of inhomogeneous attractors

A central question in the field of inhomogeneous attractors has been to relate the dimension of an inhomogeneous attractor to the condensation set and associated homogeneous attractor. This has been achieved only in specific settings, with notable results by Olsen, Snigireva, Fraser and K\"aenm\"aki on inhomogeneous self-similar sets, and by Burrell and Fraser on inhomogeneous self-affine sets. This paper is devoted to filling a significant gap in the dimension theory of inhomogeneous attractors, by studying those formed from arbitrary bi-Lipschitz contractions. We show that the maximum of the dimension of the condensation set and a quantity related to pressure, which we term upper Lipschitz dimension, forms a natural and general upper bound on the dimension. Additionally, we begin a new line of enquiry; the methods developed are used to investigate the Hausdorff measure of inhomogeneous attractors. Our results have applications for affine systems with affinity dimension less than or equal to one and systems satisfying bounded distortion, such as conformal systems in dimensions greater than one.

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