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A short proof of Gr\"unbaum's Conjecture about affine invariant points

Geometric Topology 2016-02-23 v1

Abstract

Let us denote by Kn\mathcal K_n the hyperspace of all convex bodies of Rn\mathbb R^n equipped with the Hausdorff distance topology. An affine invariant point pp is a continuous and Aff(n)-equivariant map p:KnRnp:\mathcal K_n\to \mathbb R^n, where Aff(n) denotes the group of all nonsingular affine maps of Rn\mathbb R^n. For every KKnK\in\mathcal K_n, let Pn(K)={p(K)Rnp is an affine invariant point}\mathfrak{P}_n(K)=\{p(K)\in\mathbb R^n\mid p\text{ is an affine invariant point}\} and Fn(K)={xRngx=x for every gAff(n) such that gK=K}\mathfrak{F}_n(K)=\{x\in\mathbb R^n\mid gx=x\text{ for every }g\in Aff(n)\text{ such that }gK=K\}. In 1963, B. Gr\"unbaum conjectured that Pn(K)=Fn(K)\mathfrak{P}_n(K)=\mathfrak{F}_n(K) . After some partial results, the conjecture was recently proven by O. Mordhorst. In this short note we give a rather different, simpler and shorter proof of this conjecture, based merely on the topology of the action of Aff(n) on Kn\mathcal K_n.

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@article{arxiv.1602.06560,
  title  = {A short proof of Gr\"unbaum's Conjecture about affine invariant points},
  author = {Natalia Jonard-Pérez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.06560},
  year   = {2016}
}