<p>This thesis concerns dimensions and projections of sets that could be described as fractals. The background is applied problems regarding analysis of human tissue. One way to characterize such complicated structures is to estimate the dimension. The existence of different types of dimensions makes it important to know about their properties and relations to each other. Furthermore, since medical images often are constructed by x-ray, it is natural to study projections.</p><p>This thesis consists of an introduction and a summary, followed by three papers.</p><p>Paper I, Anders Nilsson, Dimensions and Projections: An Overview and Relevant Examples, 2006. Manuscript.</p><p>Paper II, Anders Nilsson and Peter Wingren, Homogeneity and Non-coincidence of Hausdorff- and Box Dimensions for Subsets of ℝ<i>n</i>, 2006. Submitted.</p><p>Paper III, Anders Nilsson and Fredrik Georgsson, Projective Properties of Fractal Sets, 2006. To be published in Chaos, Solitons and Fractals.</p><p>The first paper is an overview of dimensions and projections, together with illustrative examples constructed by the author. Some of the most frequently used types of dimensions are defined, i.e. Hausdorff dimension, lower and upper box dimension, and packing dimension. Some of their properties are shown, and how they are related to each other. Furthermore, theoretical results concerning projections are presented, as well as a computer experiment involving projections and estimations of box dimension.</p><p>The second paper concerns sets for which different types of dimensions give different values. Given three arbitrary and different numbers in (0,<i>n</i>), a compact set in ℝ<i>n</i> is constructed with these numbers as its Hausdorff dimension, lower box dimension and upper box dimension. Most important in this construction, is that the resulted set is homogeneous in the sense that these dimension properties also hold for every non-empty and relatively open subset.</p><p>The third paper is about sets in space and their projections onto planes. Connections between the dimensions of the orthogonal projections and the dimension of the original set are discussed, as well as the connection between orthogonal projection and the type of projection corresponding to realistic x-ray. It is shown that the estimated box dimension of the orthogonal projected set and the realistic projected set can, for all practical purposes, be considered equal.</p>

We prove that if $1 > \alpha > 1/2$, then there exists a probability measure $\mu$ such that the Hausdorff dimension of its support is $\alpha$ and $\mu*\mu$ is a Lipschitz function of class $\alpha-1/2$.

We prove that if $1 > \alpha > 1/2$, then there exists a probability measure $\mu$ such that the Hausdorff dimension of its support is $\alpha$ and $\mu*\mu$ is a Lipschitz function of class $\alpha-1/2$.

In the first part of this thesis we transfer a result of Guillopé et al. concerning the number of zeros of the Selberg zeta function for convex cocompact Schottky groups to the setting of certain types of graph directed Markov systems (GDMS). For these systems the zeta function will be a type of Ruelle zeta function. We show that for a finitely generated primitive conformal GDMS S, which satisfies the strong separation condition (SSC) and the nestedness condition (NC), we have for each c>0 that the following holds, for each w \in\$C$ with Re(w)>-c, |\Im(w)|>1 and for all k \in\$N$ sufficiently large: log | zeta(w) | <<e {delta(S).log(Im|w|)} and card{w \in\ Q(k) | zeta(w)=0} << k {delta(S)}. Here, Q(k)\subset\%C$ denotes a certain box of height k, and delta(S) refers to the Hausdorff dimension of the limit set of S. In the second part of this thesis we show that in any dimension m \in\$N$ there are GDMSs for which the Hausdorff dimension of the uniformly radial limit set is equal to a given arbitrary number d \in\(0,m) and the Hausdorff dimension of the Jørgensen limit set is equal to a given arbitrary number j \in\ [0,m). Furthermore, we derive various relations between the exponents of convergence and the Hausdorff dimensions of certain different types of limit sets for iterated function systems (IFS), GDMSs, pseudo GDMSs and normal subsystems of finitely generated GDMSs. Finally, we apply our results to Kleinian groups and generalise a result of Patterson by showing that in any dimension m \in\$N$ there are Kleinian groups for which the Hausdorff dimension of their uniformly radial limit set is less than a given arbitrary number d \in\ (0,m) and the Hausdorff dimension of their Jørgensen limit set is equal to a given arbitrary number j \in\ [0,m).

Apresentamos duas propriedades genéricas para difeomorfismos conservativos da classe \'C POT.1\' sobre uma superfície compacta de dimensão dois. Obtemos uma limitação inferior para entropia topológica de difeomorfismos genéricos, e mostramos que tais difeomorfismos sempre possuem conjuntos invariantes fechados com órbitas densas e dimensão de Hausdorff dois / We present two generic properties of \'C POT.1\" area preserving diffeomorphisms of a two dimensional compact oriented surface. We obtain a lower bound for the topological entropy of a generic diffeomorphisms, and we show that such a diffeomorphism always has closed invariant sets with dense orbits and Hausdorff dimension two

Estudaremos sistemas dinâmicos complexos da esfera de Riemann, e empregaremos técnicas do Formalismo Termodinâmico incluindo a fórmula de Bowen para provar que a dimensão de Hausdorff \'dim IND. H\' J( \'f IND. lâmbda\' ) do conjunto de Julia J( \'f IND. lâmbda\' ) de uma família holomorfa de funções racionais hiperbólicas f \'lambda\' define uma função real analítica do parâmetro \'lambda\' . Este resultado foi provado por Ruelle [44] em 1981. Daremos uma prova alternativa usando movimentos holomorfos. Trata-se de uma técnica inovadora, originalmente desenvolvida por Mañé, Sad e Sullivan no trabalho [31] sobre estabilidade estrutural de sistemas dinâmicos complexos / We shall study complex dynamical systems in the Riemann sphere and prove that the Hausdorff dimension \'dim IND. H\' J( \'f IND. Lãmbda\' ) of the Julia set J( \'f IND. lâmbda\' ) of an holomorphic family of hyperbolic rational maps \'f IND. lâmbda\' defines a real analytic map of the parameter \'lâmbda\': This result was proved in 1981 by D. Ruelle (see [44]). We give an alternative proof using holomorphic motions (see [31]), which was originally developed to study the structural stability problem of complex dynamical systems. Throughout this work, we shall use several tools of Thermodynamic Formalism, including Bowens formula

Este trabalho se propõe a estudar o comportamento assintótico dos sistemas dinâmicos autônomos respaldado na Teoria das Dimensões. Mais precisamente, vamos compreender de que maneira nos é útil limitar a dimensão fractal do atrator global de um semigrupo a fim de estudar a dinâmica em dimensão finita, sem que se perca informações sobre a dinâmica ao fazê-lo. Para tanto, o Teorema de Mañé tem um papel decisivo junto às propriedades da dimensão de Hausdorff e a da dimensão fractal; nos permitindo encontrar uma projeção cuja restrição ao atrator é injetora sobre um espaço de dimensão finita. Constatamos ainda que esta abordagem por projeções se aplica largamente a semigrupos originados de equações diferenciais em espaços de Banach de dimensão infinita. / In this work, we study the asymptotic behavior of autonomous dynamical systems supported on the Dimension Theory. More precisely, we understand how fractal dimension finiteness of the global attractor of a semigroup can be used to study the dynamics in finite dimension, without losing information on the dynamics in doing so. For this purpose, the Mañés Theorem plays a decisive role considering the Hausdorff dimension properties and the fractal dimension; thanks to which we managed to find a projection whose restriction to the attractor is an injective application over a finite dimensional space. Besides, we also acknowledge that this projections approach is largely applied to semigroups arrising from differential equations in infinite dimensional Banach spaces.

<p>This paper deals with Lebesgue points and studies properties of the set of Lebesgue points for various classes of functions. We consider continuous functions, L¹ functions and Sobolev functions. In the case of uniformly continuous functions and Hölder continuous functions we develop a characterization in terms of Lebesgue points. For Sobolev functions we study the dimension of the set of non-Lebesgue points.</p>

This paper deals with Lebesgue points and studies properties of the set of Lebesgue points for various classes of functions. We consider continuous functions, L1 functions and Sobolev functions. In the case of uniformly continuous functions and Hölder continuous functions we develop a characterization in terms of Lebesgue points. For Sobolev functions we study the dimension of the set of non-Lebesgue points.

We study the Hausdorff dimension of a certain Borel measure associated to a positive weak solution of a certain quasilinear elliptic partial differential equation in a simply connected domain in the plane. We also assume that the solution vanishes on the boundary of the domain. Then it is shown that the Hausdorff dimension of this measure is less than one, equal to one, greater than one depending on the homogeneity of the certain function. This work generalizes the work of Makarov when the partial differential equation is the usual Laplace's equation and the work of Lewis and his coauthors when it is the p-Laplace's equation.