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On the Homotopy Type of Balanced subsets

Combinatorics 2025-12-10 v1

Abstract

For a finite set of points V={v1,,vm}V=\{v_1, \dots, v_m\} in Euclidean space Rd\mathbb{R}^d and a point rRdr \in \mathbb{R}^d, a subset SVS \subset V is called rr-balanced if relint(conv(S))r\mathrm{relint}(\mathrm{conv}(S)) \cap r \neq \emptyset. In the case when rr is a point in the relative interior of the whole set conv(V)\mathrm{conv}(V), we prove that the poset of all balanced subsets, excluding the whole set VV, is homotopy equivalent to the sphere of dimension mk2m-k-2, where kk is the dimension of the affine hull of VV.

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@article{arxiv.2512.08707,
  title  = {On the Homotopy Type of Balanced subsets},
  author = {Mikhail V. Bludov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.08707},
  year   = {2025}
}