A dichotomy of sets via typical differentiability

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Abstract

We obtain a criterion for an analytic subset of a Euclidean space to contain points of differentiability of a typical Lipschitz function, namely, that it cannot be covered by countably many sets, each of which is closed and purely unrectifiable (has zero length intersection with every $C^1$ curve). Surprisingly, we establish that any set failing this criterion witnesses the opposite extreme of typical behaviour: In any such coverable set a typical Lipschitz function is everywhere severely non-differentiable.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere41
Number of pages42
JournalForum of Mathematics, Sigma
Volume8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Nov 2020

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Keywords

  • differentiability of Lipschitz functions
  • Baire category
  • purely unrectifiable
  • Banach-Mazur game

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