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Equipartition of several measures

Metric Geometry 2013-06-17 v7 Algebraic Topology Combinatorics

Abstract

We prove several results of the following type: any dd measures in Rd\mathbb R^d can be partitioned simultaneously into kk equal parts by a convex partition (this particular result is proved independently by Pablo Sober\'on). Another example is: Any convex body in the plane can be partitioned into qq parts of equal areas and perimeters provided qq is a prime power. The above results give a partial answer to several questions posed by A. Kaneko, M. Kano, R. Nandakumar, N. Ramana Rao, and I. B\'{a}r\'{a}ny. The proofs in this paper are inspired by the generalization of the Borsuk--Ulam theorem by M. Gromov and Y. Memarian. The main tolopogical tool in proving these facts is the lemma about the cohomology of configuration spaces originated in the work of V.A. Vasil'ev. A newer version of this paper, merged with the similar paper of A. Hubard and B. Aronov is {arXiv:1306.2741}.

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@article{arxiv.1011.4762,
  title  = {Equipartition of several measures},
  author = {R. N. Karasev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.4762},
  year   = {2013}
}
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