Self-similar sets satisfying the common point property

Abstract

A self-similar set is a fixed point of iterated function system (IFS) whose maps are similarities. We say that a self-similar set satisfies the common point property if the intersection of images of the attractor under the maps of the IFS is a singleton and this point has a common pre-image, under the maps of the IFS, and the pre-image is in the attractor.Self-similar sets satisfying the common point property were introduced in Sirvent (2008) in the context of space-filling curves. In the present article we study some basic topological and dynamical properties of self-similar sets satisfying the common point property. We show examples of this family of sets.We consider attractors of a sub-IFS, an IFS formed from the original IFS by removing some maps. We put conditions on this attractors for having the common point property, when the original IFS have this property.