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Sierksma's Dutch Cheese Problem

Combinatorics 2009-09-25 v1 Metric Geometry

Abstract

Consider partitions, of a cardinality (q1)(d+1)+1(q-1)(d+1)+1 generic subset of euclidean dd-space, into qq parts whose convex hulls have a nonempty intersection. We show that if these partitions are counted with appropriate signs ±1\pm 1 then the answer is always ((q1)!)d((q-1)!)^d. Also some other related results are given.

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@article{arxiv.math/9703208,
  title  = {Sierksma's Dutch Cheese Problem},
  author = {K. S. Sarkaria},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9703208},
  year   = {2009}
}