Scales

We introduce the notions of scale for sets and measures on metric space by generalizing the usual notions of dimension. Several versions of scales are introduced such as Hausdorff, packing, box, local and quantization. They are defined for different growth, allowing a refined study of infinite dimensional spaces. We prove general theorems comparing the different versions of scales. They are applied to describe geometries of ergodic decompositions, of the Wiener measure and from functional spaces. The first application solves a problem of Berger on the notions of emergence (2020); the second lies in the geometry of the Wiener measure and extends the work of Dereich–Lifshits (2005); the last refines Kolmogorov–Tikhomirov (1958) study on finitely differentiable functions.