# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

2019, 15: 437-449. doi: 10.3934/jmd.2019027

## From invariance to self-similarity: The work of Michael Hochman on fractal dimension and its aftermath (Brin Prize article)

 Department of Mathematics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel

Received  November 20, 2019 Published  December 2019

M. Hochman's work on the dimension of self-similar sets has given impetus to resolving other questions regarding fractal dimension. We describe Hochman's approach and its influence on the subsequent resolution by P. Shmerkin of the conjecture on the dimension of the intersection of $\times p$- and $\times q$-Cantor sets.

Citation: Hillel Furstenberg. From invariance to self-similarity: The work of Michael Hochman on fractal dimension and its aftermath. Journal of Modern Dynamics, 2019, 15: 437-449. doi: 10.3934/jmd.2019027
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