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Colorful versions of the Lebesgue, KKM, and Hex theorem

Metric Geometry 2015-02-13 v2

Abstract

Following and developing ideas of R. Karasev (Covering dimension using toric varieties, arXiv:1307.3437), we extend the Lebesgue theorem (on covers of cubes) and the Knaster-Kuratowski-Mazurkiewicz theorem (on covers of simplices) to different classes of convex polytopes (colored in the sense of M. Joswig). We also show that the nn-dimensional Hex theorem admits a generalization where the nn-dimensional cube is replaced by a nn-colorable simple polytope. The use of quasitoric manifolds offers great flexibility and versatility in applying the general method.

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@article{arxiv.1412.8621,
  title  = {Colorful versions of the Lebesgue, KKM, and Hex theorem},
  author = {Djordje Baralić and Rade Živaljević},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.8621},
  year   = {2015}
}