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Tverberg's theorem, a new proof

Combinatorics 2023-08-22 v1 Metric Geometry

Abstract

We give a new proof Tverberg's famous theorem: For every set XRdX \subset \R^d with X=(r1)(d+1)+1|X|=(r-1)(d+1)+1, there is a partition of XX into rr sets X1,,XrX_1,\ldots,X_r such that p=1r\convXp\bigcap_{p=1}^r \conv X_p\ne \emptyset. The new proof uses linear algebra, specially structured matrices, the theory of linear equations, and Tverberg's original ``moving the points" method.

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@article{arxiv.2308.10105,
  title  = {Tverberg's theorem, a new proof},
  author = {Imre Barany},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.10105},
  year   = {2023}
}
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