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2410.18578

Diophantine approximation and the Mass Transference Principle: incorporating the unbounded setup

Bing Li, Lingmin Liao, Sanju Velani, Baowei Wang, Evgeniy Zorin

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Sep 28, 2025, 12:56 AM

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The paper proves the exact formula dim_H W_d(Ψ) = sup_{t∈U(Ψ)} min{ min_{i∈L(t)} ζ_i(t), #L(t) } under the usual monotonicity hypothesis via an ‘unbounded’ rectangles-to-rectangles Mass Transference Principle (Theorem 2.1) and a careful upper–lower bound argument (Theorem 1.1) . The candidate solution arrives at the same formula. Its lower bound aligns with the paper’s unbounded MTP-based proof, while its upper bound uses a different route (subsequence power-law comparison and a slicing argument), rather than the paper’s truncation-plus-bounded-WW reduction . Minor caveat: the candidate asserts Rynne’s formula also for arbitrary subsequences Q; this independence-of-Q is not used by the paper and is not needed for the candidate’s argument (one can bound via inclusion into the all-denominator limsup).

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\textbf{Recommendation:} minor revisions

\textbf{Journal Tier:} strong field

\textbf{Justification:}

The work fills a clear gap by extending the rectangles MTP to unbounded regimes and leverages it to obtain a definitive dimension formula for general monotone Ψ, including coordinates with infinite order. The main theorem is technically strong and the application to Diophantine approximation is sharp. Exposition is good, with small opportunities to streamline the upper bound reduction and to add intuitive commentary around the dimensional number and the #L(t) truncation.