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On a colorful problem by Dol'nikov concerning translates of convex bodies

Combinatorics 2023-09-26 v2

Abstract

In this note we study a conjecture by Jer\'onimo-Castro, Magazinov and Sober\'on which generalized a question posed by Dol'nikov. Let F1,F2,,FnF_1,F_2,\dots,F_n be families of translates of a convex compact set KK in the plane so that each two sets from distinct families intersect. We show that, for some jj, ijFi\bigcup_{i\neq j}F_i can be pierced by at most 44 points. To do so, we use previous ideas from Gomez-Navarro and Rold\'an-Pensado together with an approximation result closely tied to the Banach-Mazur distance to the square.

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@article{arxiv.2307.07714,
  title  = {On a colorful problem by Dol'nikov concerning translates of convex bodies},
  author = {Leonardo Martínez-Sandoval and Edgardo Roldán-Pensado},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.07714},
  year   = {2023}
}