Regularity versus smoothness of measures

Abstract

The Assouad and lower dimensions and dimension spectra quantify the regularity of a measure by considering the relative measure of concentric balls. On the other hand, one can quantify the smoothness of an absolutely continuous measure by considering the $L^p$ norms of its density. We establish sharp relationships between these two notions. Roughly speaking, we show that smooth measures must be regular, but that regular measures need not be smooth.