Fractal dimension conjecture for self-similar subsets of rings of integers

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Let KK be a number field, let OKO_K be its ring of integers, and let F⊆OKF\subseteq O_K be self-similar with respect to polynomial maps ϕi:OK→OK\phi_i:O_K\to O_K of degrees nin_i and leading coefficients aia_i. For a fixed embedding ρ:K↪C\rho:K\hookrightarrow\mathbb C, assume Norm⁡(ai)>1\operatorname{Norm}(a_i)>1 when ϕi\phi_i is linear, and define the fractal dimension by the real number ss satisfying

∑i=1nNorm⁡(ai)−s/ni=1.\sum_{i=1}^n \operatorname{Norm}(a_i)^{-s/n_i}=1.

Fractal-dimension conjecture. The above notion of fractal dimension for self-similar subsets of OKO_K is well-defined and well-behaved with respect to inclusion: fractal dimension is independent of the choice of self-similarities and compatible with inclusion of self-similar subsets.

This generalizes the stated integer and Gaussian-integer setting, where dimension is asserted to be well-defined and monotone under inclusion. The source does not state whether the number-field version has been proved.

References

Primary source

Arash Rastegar, “Self-Similarity in Geometry, Algebra and Arithmetic”, arXiv:1211.4968 (2015).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2012). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1210.4486.

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