Wolff's conjecture on the dimension of Furstenberg sets

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Let 0≤s≤10 \leq s \leq 1. A Furstenberg ss-set is a compact set K⊂R2K \subset \mathbb{R}^{2} such that there is a set of unit vectors SK⊂S1S_K \subset S^1 with positive length and, for every e∈SKe \in S_K, a line LeL_e parallel to ee satisfying dim⁡H(K∩Le)≥s\dim_{\mathrm{H}}(K \cap L_e) \geq s. Wolff's conjecture. The Hausdorff dimension of every compact Furstenberg ss-set is at least

1+3s2.\frac{1+3s}{2}.

Wolff's bound gives the lower bound max⁡1/2+s,2s\max\\{1/2+s,2s\\}; the conjecture asks for a stronger bound and remains open in the form stated here.

References

Primary source

Tuomas Orponen, “An improved bound on the packing dimension of Furstenberg sets in the plane”, arXiv:1611.09762 (2017).

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