The Kakeya projection conjecture

Let KRnK\subset\mathbb{R}^n be a Kakeya set, and let G(n,k)G(n,k) denote the Grassmannian of kk-dimensional subspaces of Rn\mathbb{R}^n. For γG(n,k)\gamma\in G(n,k), write πγ\pi_\gamma for orthogonal projection onto γ\gamma, and let dimH\dim_{\mathrm{H}} denote Hausdorff dimension. Projection conjecture. For every integer 0<k<n0<k<n, there is a number cc such that for all γG(n,k)\gamma\in G(n,k),

dimH(πγK)=c.\dim_{\mathrm{H}}(\pi_\gamma K)=c.

The conjecture proposes direction-independent Hausdorff dimension for all orthogonal projections of every Kakeya set. The paper states that this projection property is equivalent to the Kakeya conjecture, so its resolution is tied to the open Kakeya dimension problem.

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Primary source

Han Yu, “Kakeya books and projections of Kakeya sets”, arXiv:1704.04488 (2017).

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