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Some inequalities that arise in measure theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Gavin Brown
Affiliation:
School of MathematicsUniversity of New South WalesKensington, N.S.W. 2033, Australia
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Abstract

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The Lebesgue measure, λ (E + F), of the algebraic sum of two Borel sets, E, F of the classical “middle-thirds’ Cantor set on the circle can be estimated by evaluating the Cantor meaure, μ of the summands. For example log λ (E + F) exceeds a fixed scalar multiple of log μ (E)+ log μ (F). Several numerical inequalities which are required to prove this and related results look tantalizingly simple and basic. Here we isolate them from the measure theory and present a common format and proof.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1988

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