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We introduce a new variant of quantitative Helly-type theorems: the minimal \emph{"homothetic distance"} of the intersection of a family of convex sets to the intersection of a subfamily of a fixed size. As an application, we establish the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2021-11-03 Grigory Ivanov , Márton Naszódi

We prove the following Helly-type result. Let $\mathcal{C}_1,\dots,\mathcal{C}_{3d}$ be finite families of convex bodies in $\mathbb{R}^d$. Assume that for any colorful selection of $2d$ sets, $C_{i_k}\in \mathcal{C}_{i_k}$ for each $1\leq…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-28 Gábor Damásdi , Viktória Földvári , Márton Naszódi

Two celebrated extensions of Helly's theorem are the Fractional Helly theorem of Katchalski and Liu (1979) and the Quantitative Volume theorem of B\'ar\'any, Katchalski, and Pach (1982). Improving on several recent works, we prove an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-05-22 Nóra Frankl , Attila Jung , István Tomon

We study parameters of the convexity spaces associated with families of sets in $\mathbb{R}^d$ where every intersection between $t$ sets of the family has its Betti numbers bounded from above by a function of $t$. Although the Radon number…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-11-28 Marguerite Bin

Given a set $S \subseteq \mathbb{R}^2$, define the \emph{Helly number of $S$}, denoted by $H(S)$, as the smallest positive integer $N$, if it exists, for which the following statement is true: for any finite family $\mathcal{F}$ of convex…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-23 Gergely Ambrus , Martin Balko , Nóra Frankl , Attila Jung , Márton Naszódi

This paper presents sixteen quantitative versions of the classic Tverberg, Helly, & Caratheodory theorems in combinatorial convexity. Our results include measurable or enumerable information in the hypothesis and the conclusion. Typical…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-04-03 J. A. De Loera , R. N. La Haye , D. Rolnick , P. Soberón

A separated $d$-interval is defined as a disjoint union of $d$ convex sets from the real line $\mathbb R$. In this paper, we establish a series of Helly-type theorems for convexity spaces derived from separated $d$-intervals. Our results…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-05-23 Wei Rao

In this short note we show that Helly's Intersection Theorem holds for convex sets in uniquely geodesic spaces (in particular in CAT(0) spaces) without the assumption that the convex sets are open or closed.

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-05-20 Sergei Ivanov

We prove that fractional Helly and $(p,q)$-theorems imply $(\aleph_0,q)$-theorems in an entirely abstract setting. We give a plethora of applications, including reproving almost all earlier $(\aleph_0,q)$-theorems about geometric…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-06 Attila Jung , Dömötör Pálvölgyi

We show that for arbitrary linearly ordered set $X$ any bounded family of (not necessarily, continuous) real valued functions on $X$ with bounded total variation does not contain independent sequences. We obtain generalized Helly's…

General Topology · Mathematics 2016-12-20 Michael Megrelishvili

We prove a no-dimensional Helly theorem for affine spaces and convex sets using the unboundedness framework of Aronov, Goodman, and Pollack (Computational Geometry, 2002). This generalizes the fundamental result of Adiprasito, B\'ar\'any,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Sutanoya Chakraborty , Arijit Ghosh , Soumi Nandi

A basic measure of the combinatorial complexity of a convexity space is its Radon number. In this paper we show a fractional Helly theorem for convexity spaces with a bounded Radon number, answering a question of Kalai. As a consequence we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-03-05 Andreas F. Holmsen , Dong-Gyu Lee

Let $H$ be a complete $r$-uniform hypergraph such that two vertices are marked in each edge as its `boundary' vertices. A linear ordering of the vertex set of $H$ is called an {\em agreeing linear order}, provided all vertices of each edge…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-19 Csaba Biró , Jenő Lehel , Géza Tóth

Let $K$ be the scalar field of real numbers or complex numbers and $L^{0}(\mathcal{F},K)$ the algebra of equivalence classes of $K-$valued random variables defined on a probability space $(\Omega,\mathcal{F},P)$. In this paper, we first…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2011-03-30 Tiexin Guo , Guang Shi

We present extensions of the Colorful Helly Theorem for $d$-collapsible and $d$-Leray complexes, providing a common generalization to the matroidal versions of the theorem due to Kalai and Meshulam, the ``very colorful" Helly theorem…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-05-23 Minki Kim , Alan Lew

The main results here are two Helly type theorems for the sum of (at most) unit vectors in a normed plane. Also, we give a new characterization of centrally symmetric convex sets in the plane.

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-10-04 Imre Bárány , Jesús Jerónimo-Castro

Recently geometric hypergraphs that can be defined by intersections of pseudohalfplanes with a finite point set were defined in a purely combinatorial way. This led to extensions of earlier results about points and halfplanes to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-14 Balázs Keszegh

Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a family of convex sets in ${\mathbb R}^d$, which are colored with $d+1$ colors. We say that $\mathcal{F}$ satisfies the Colorful Helly Property if every rainbow selection of $d+1$ sets, one set from each color class,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-03-28 Leonardo Martínez-Sandoval , Edgardo Roldán-Pensado , Natan Rubin

The colorful Helly theorem and Tverberg's theorem are fundamental results in discrete geometry. We prove a theorem which interpolates between the two. In particular, we show the following for any integers $d \geq m \geq 1$ and $k$ a prime…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-25 Michael Gene Dobbins , Andreas F. Holmsen , Dohyeon Lee

We demonstrate that the topological Helly theorem and the algebraic Auslander-Buchsbaum may be viewed as different versions of the same phenomenon. Using this correspondence we show how the colorful Helly theorem of I.Barany and its…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2016-09-30 Gunnar Floystad