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    How large dimension guarantees a given angle?

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    We study the following two problems: (1) Given n≥2n\ge 2 and \al, how large Hausdorff dimension can a compact set A\su\Rn have if AA does not contain three points that form an angle \al? (2) Given \al and \de, how large Hausdorff dimension can a %compact subset AA of a Euclidean space have if AA does not contain three points that form an angle in the \de-neighborhood of \al? An interesting phenomenon is that different angles show different behaviour in the above problems. Apart from the clearly special extreme angles 0 and 180∘180^\circ, the angles 60∘,90∘60^\circ,90^\circ and 120∘120^\circ also play special role in problem (2): the maximal dimension is smaller for these special angles than for the other angles. In problem (1) the angle 90∘90^\circ seems to behave differently from other angles
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