Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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1 Fractal Geometry and Dimension Theory |
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3 | (7) |
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1.1 The Emergence of Fractal Geometry |
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3 | (2) |
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5 | (5) |
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10 | (12) |
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2.1 The Assouad Dimension and a Simple Example |
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10 | (3) |
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2.2 A Word or Two on the Definition |
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13 | (2) |
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15 | (2) |
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2.4 Basic Properties: The Greatest of All Dimensions |
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17 | (5) |
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3 Some Variations on the Assouad Dimension |
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22 | (34) |
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22 | (2) |
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3.2 The Quasi-Assouad Dimension |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (12) |
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3.4 Basic Properties: Revisited |
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37 | (19) |
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56 | (8) |
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4.1 Assouad and Lower Dimensions of Measures |
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56 | (4) |
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4.2 Assouad Spectrum and Box Dimensions of Measures |
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60 | (4) |
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5 Weak Tangents and Microsets |
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64 | (15) |
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5.1 Weak Tangents and the Assouad Dimension |
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64 | (8) |
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5.2 Weak Tangents for the Lower Dimension? |
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72 | (1) |
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5.3 Weak Tangents for Spectra? |
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73 | (2) |
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5.4 Weak Tangents for Measures? |
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75 | (4) |
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79 | (118) |
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6 Iterated Function Systems |
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81 | (12) |
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6.1 IFS Attractors and Symbolic Representation |
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81 | (3) |
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84 | (2) |
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6.3 Dimensions of IFS Attractors |
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86 | (2) |
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6.4 Ahlfors Regularity and Quasi-Self-Similarity |
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88 | (5) |
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93 | (17) |
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7.1 Self-Similar Sets and the Hutchinson-Moran Formula |
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93 | (2) |
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7.2 The Assouad Dimension of Self-Similar Sets |
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95 | (7) |
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7.3 The Assouad Spectrum of Self-Similar Sets |
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102 | (3) |
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7.4 Dimensions of Self-Similar Measures |
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105 | (5) |
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110 | (27) |
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8.1 Self-Affine Sets and Two Strands of Research |
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110 | (1) |
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8.2 Falconer's Formula and the Affinity Dimension |
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111 | (3) |
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114 | (10) |
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8.4 Self-Affine Sets with a Comb Structure |
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124 | (3) |
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8.5 A Family of Worked Examples |
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127 | (2) |
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8.6 Dimensions of Self-Affine Measures |
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129 | (8) |
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9 Further Examples: Attractors and Limit Sets |
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137 | (23) |
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137 | (3) |
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9.2 Invariant Sets for Parabolic Interval Maps |
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140 | (5) |
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9.3 Limit Sets of Kleinian Groups |
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145 | (9) |
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9.4 Mandelbrot Percolation |
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154 | (6) |
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10 Geometric Constructions |
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160 | (21) |
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160 | (6) |
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10.2 Orthogonal Projections |
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166 | (12) |
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10.3 Slices and Intersections |
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178 | (3) |
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11 Two Famous Problems in Geometric Measure Theory |
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181 | (9) |
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181 | (6) |
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187 | (3) |
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190 | (7) |
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12.1 Lowering the Assouad Dimension by Quasi-Symmetry |
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190 | (7) |
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197 | (53) |
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13 Applications in Embedding Theory |
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199 | (16) |
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13.1 Assouad's Embedding Theorem |
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200 | (3) |
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13.2 The Spiral Winding Problem |
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203 | (9) |
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13.3 Almost Bi-Lipschitz Embeddings |
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212 | (3) |
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14 Applications in Number Theory |
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215 | (11) |
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14.1 Arithmetic Progressions |
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215 | (4) |
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14.2 Diophantine Approximation |
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219 | (5) |
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14.3 Definability of the Integers |
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224 | (2) |
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15 Applications in Probability Theory |
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226 | (4) |
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15.1 Uniform Dimension Results for Fractional Brownian Motion |
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226 | (3) |
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15.2 Dimensions of Random Graphs |
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229 | (1) |
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16 Applications in Functional Analysis |
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230 | (7) |
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230 | (2) |
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16.2 Lp → Lq Bounds for Spherical Maximal Operators |
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232 | (2) |
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16.3 Connection with Lp-Norms |
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234 | (3) |
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237 | (13) |
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17.1 Finite Stability of Modified Lower Dimension |
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237 | (1) |
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17.2 Dimensions of Measures |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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17.4 Further Questions of Measurability |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (2) |
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242 | (1) |
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17.7 General Behaviour of the Assouad Spectrum |
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243 | (2) |
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245 | (1) |
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246 | (1) |
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17.10 The Holder Mapping Problem and Dimension |
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247 | (1) |
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17.11 Dimensions of Graphs |
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248 | (2) |
References |
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250 | (14) |
List of Notation |
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264 | (3) |
Index |
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