A pinned Mattila-Sj\"{o}lin type theorem for product sets

Abstract

We generalize a result of McDonald and Taylor which concerns the size of the tuples of edge lengths in the set $C_1 \times C_2$ utilizing the notion of thickness. Specifically, we show that $C_1, C_2 \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ compact sets with thickness satisfying $\tau(C_1) \tau(C_2) >1$, then the edge lengths in $C_1 \times C_2$ corresponding to any pinned finite tree configuration has non-empty interior. Originally proven for Cantor sets on the real line by McDonald and Taylor, we use the notion of thickness introduced by Falconer and Yavicoli which allows us to generalize the result of McDonald and Taylor to compact sets in $\mathbb{R}^d$.