Feng–Huang–Rao affine embedding conjecture for self-similar sets

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Let X,Y⊆RX,Y\subseteq\mathbb{R} be non-trivial strongly separated self-similar sets generated by non-constant contracting affine maps (φi)i∈I(\varphi_i)_{i\in I} and (ψj)j∈J(\psi_j)_{j\in J}, respectively. Let αi=∥φi∥\alpha_i=\left\Vert\varphi_i\right\Vert and βj=∥ψj∥\beta_j=\left\Vert\psi_j\right\Vert be their scaling constants, let A\mathcal{A} be the set of non-singular affine maps R→R\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}, and define the set of affine embeddings of XX into YY by

E=f∈A:f(X)⊆Y.\mathcal{E}=\\{f\in\mathcal{A}:f(X)\subseteq Y\\}.

Feng–Huang–Rao's conjecture. If, for some i∈Ii\in I, log⁡αi∉span⁡Qlog⁡βjj∈J\log\alpha_i\notin\operatorname{span}_{\mathbb{Q}}\\{\log\beta_j\\}_{j\in J}, then

E=∅.\mathcal{E}=\emptyset.

The conjecture concerns the arithmetic obstruction to affine embeddings between strongly separated self-similar sets. The paper proves it for Lebesgue-almost all scaling parameters and establishes several additional cases, but the supplied source does not indicate that the full conjecture has been resolved.

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Amir Algom, Michael Hochman and Meng Wu, “New results on embeddings of self-similar sets via renormalization”, arXiv:2410.19648 (2024).

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