The Dimension of the Boundary of a Liouville Quantum Gravity Metric Ball

Let $$\gamma \in (0,2)$$ γ ∈ ( 0 , 2 ) , let h be the planar Gaussian free field, and consider the $$\gamma $$ γ -Liouville quantum gravity (LQG) metric associated with h. We show that the essential supremum of the Hausdorff dimension of the boundary of a $$\gamma $$ γ -LQG metric ball with respect to the Euclidean (resp. $$\gamma $$ γ -LQG) metric is $$2 - \frac{\gamma }{d_\gamma }\left( \frac{2}{\gamma } + \frac{\gamma }{2} \right) + \frac{\gamma ^2}{2d_\gamma ^2}$$ 2 - γ d γ 2 γ + γ 2 + γ 2 2 d γ 2 (resp. $$d_\gamma -1$$ d γ - 1 ), where $$d_\gamma $$ d γ is the Hausdorff dimension of the whole plane with respect to the $$\gamma $$ γ -LQG metric. For $$\gamma = \sqrt{8/3}$$ γ = 8 / 3 , in which case $$d_{\sqrt{8/3}}=4$$ d 8 / 3 = 4 , we get that the essential supremum of Euclidean (resp. $$\sqrt{8/3}$$ 8 / 3 -LQG) dimension of a $$\sqrt{8/3}$$ 8 / 3 -LQG ball boundary is 5/4 (resp. 3). We also compute the essential suprema of the Euclidean and $$\gamma $$ γ -LQG Hausdorff dimensions of the intersection of a $$\gamma $$ γ -LQG ball boundary with the set of metric $$\alpha $$ α -thick points of the field h for each $$\alpha \in \mathbb R$$ α ∈ R . Our results show that the set of $$\gamma /d_\gamma $$ γ / d γ -thick points on the ball boundary has full Euclidean dimension and the set of $$\gamma $$ γ -thick points on the ball boundary has full $$\gamma $$ γ -LQG dimension.

What Do Contracts Histories Tell Us About Capitalism?

This chapter reads contracts histories as discussions about capitalism. What do histories tell us about capitalism? What kind of concerns do they betray about it? It presents a case study of Britain, the first capitalist nation, in the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It argues that histories of contracts of this era, viewed as a whole, address capitalism within the established modes of political-economic debate: origins—when it emerged, a question intertwined with determining what elements were fundamental to capitalism; and distribution—questions of economic, social, and cultural equality in capitalism. The chapter separates and simplifies these themes to introduce existing work and highlight thick points of controversy and research. The second part moves beyond these concerns, and offers two other perspectives on contracts and capitalism: embodiment and nationalism.