The fractal structure of elliptical polynomial spirals

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Main Authors: Burrell, Stuart A., Falconer, Kenneth J., Fraser, Jonathan M.
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author Burrell, Stuart A.
Falconer, Kenneth J.
Fraser, Jonathan M.
author_facet Burrell, Stuart A.
Falconer, Kenneth J.
Fraser, Jonathan M.
contents We investigate fractal aspects of elliptical polynomial spirals; that is, planar spirals with differing polynomial rates of decay in the two axis directions. We give a full dimensional analysis of these spirals, computing explicitly their intermediate, box-counting and Assouad-type dimensions. An exciting feature is that these spirals exhibit two phase transitions within the Assouad spectrum, the first natural class of fractals known to have this property. We go on to use this dimensional information to obtain bounds for the Hölder regularity of maps that can deform one spiral into another, generalising the 'winding problem' of when spirals are bi-Lipschitz equivalent to a line segment. A novel feature is the use of fractional Brownian motion and dimension profiles to bound the Hölder exponents.
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spellingShingle The fractal structure of elliptical polynomial spirals
Burrell, Stuart A.
Falconer, Kenneth J.
Fraser, Jonathan M.
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Metric Geometry
primary: 28A80
We investigate fractal aspects of elliptical polynomial spirals; that is, planar spirals with differing polynomial rates of decay in the two axis directions. We give a full dimensional analysis of these spirals, computing explicitly their intermediate, box-counting and Assouad-type dimensions. An exciting feature is that these spirals exhibit two phase transitions within the Assouad spectrum, the first natural class of fractals known to have this property. We go on to use this dimensional information to obtain bounds for the Hölder regularity of maps that can deform one spiral into another, generalising the 'winding problem' of when spirals are bi-Lipschitz equivalent to a line segment. A novel feature is the use of fractional Brownian motion and dimension profiles to bound the Hölder exponents.
title The fractal structure of elliptical polynomial spirals
topic Classical Analysis and ODEs
Metric Geometry
primary: 28A80
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.08539