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Erd\H{o}s and Lov'asz asked whether there exists a "3-critical" 3-uniform hypergraph in which every vertex has degree at least 7. The original formulation does not specify what 3-critical means, and two non-equivalent notions have appeared…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-01-01 Ruiliang Li

We consider bichromatic point sets with $n$ red and $n$ blue points and study straight-line bichromatic perfect matchings on them. We show that every such point set in convex position admits a matching with at least…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-09-04 Oswin Aichholzer , Stefan Felsner , Rosna Paul , Manfred Scheucher , Birgit Vogtenhuber

Let $\ell_m$ be a sequence of $m$ points on a line with consecutive points at distance one. Answering a question raised by Fox and the first author and independently by Arman and Tsaturian, we show that there is a natural number $m$ and a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-12-20 David Conlon , Yu-Han Wu

We obtain three Helly-type results. First, we establish a Quantitative Colorful Helly-type theorem with the optimal Helly number \(2d\) concerning the diameter of the intersection of a family of convex bodies. Second, we prove a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-24 G. Ivanov , M. Naszodi

The 1-2-3 Conjecture, posed by Karo\'{n}ski, {\L}uczak and Thomason, asked whether every connected graph $G$ different from $K_2$ can be 3-edge-weighted so that every two adjacent vertices of $G$ get distinct sums of incident weights. The…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-02 Jing-zhi Chang , Chao Yang , Zhi-xiang Yin , Bing Yao

The colored Tverberg theorem asserts that for every d and r there exists t=t(d,r) such that for every set C in R^d of cardinality (d+1)t, partitioned into t-point subsets C_1,C_2,...,C_{d+1} (which we think of as color classes; e.g., the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-06-02 Jiří Matoušek , Martin Tancer , Uli Wagner

It is proved that for $k\geq 4$, if the points of $k$-dimensional Euclidean space are coloured in red and blue, then there are either two red points distance one apart or $k+3$ blue collinear points with distance one between any two…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-17 Andrii Arman , Sergei Tsaturian

We study $S$-convex sets, which are the geometric objects obtained as the intersection of the usual convex sets in $\mathbb R^d$ with a proper subset $S\subset \mathbb R^d$. We contribute new results about their $S$-Helly numbers. We extend…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-08-11 J. A. De Loera , R. N. La Haye , D. Oliveros , E. Roldán-Pensado

We consider the following problem: Let $\mathcal{L}$ be an arrangement of $n$ lines in $\mathbb{R}^3$ colored red, green, and blue. Does there exist a vertical plane $P$ such that a line on $P$ simultaneously bisects all three classes of…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2019-09-11 Alexander Pilz , Patrick Schnider

Given a set of red and blue points in the plane, a bichromatic line is a line containing at least one red and one blue point. We prove the following conjecture of Kleitman and Pinchasi (unpublished, 2003). Let P be a set of n red, and n or…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-24 Michael S. Payne

Using a new point of view inspired by hyperplane arrangements, we generalize the converse to Pascal's Theorem, sometimes called the Braikenridge-Maclaurin Theorem. In particular, we show that if 2k lines meet a given line, colored green, in…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2011-08-18 Will Traves

Let $P$ be a set of $n$ points in the plane, not all on a line, each colored \emph{red} or \emph{blue}. The classical Motzkin--Rabin theorem guarantees the existence of a \emph{monochromatic} line. Motivated by the seminal work of Green and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Sujoy Bhore , Konrad Swanepoel

The coloured Tverberg theorem was conjectured by B\'ar\'any, Lov\'{a}sz and F\"uredi and asks whether for any d+1 sets (considered as colour classes) of k points each in R^d there is a partition of them into k colourful sets whose convex…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2012-04-24 Pablo Soberón

Conlon and Wu showed that there is a red/blue-coloring of $\mathbb{E}^n$ that does not contain $3$ red collinear points separated by unit distance and $m=10^{50}$ blue collinear points separated by unit distance. We prove that the statement…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-17 Jakob Führer , Géza Tóth

Hadwiger's transversal theorem gives necessary and sufficient conditions for a family of convex sets in the plane to have a line transversal. A higher dimensional version was obtained by Goodman, Pollack and Wenger, and recently a colorful…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-10-17 Andreas F. Holmsen , Edgardo Roldán-Pensado

Assume two finite families $\mathcal A$ and $\mathcal B$ of convex sets in $\mathbb{R}^3$ have the property that $A\cap B\ne \emptyset$ for every $A \in \mathcal A$ and $B\in \mathcal B$. Is there a constant $\gamma >0$ (independent of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-12 Imre Bárány , Travis Dillon , Dömötör Pálvölgyi , Dániel Varga

A Helly-type theorem for diameter provides a bound on the diameter of the intersection of a finite family of convex sets in $\mathbb{R}^d$ given some information on the diameter of the intersection of all sufficiently small subfamilies. We…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-08 Travis Dillon , Pablo Soberón

Let $S$ be a set of $n$ points in general position in the plane, $r$ of which are red and $b$ of which are blue. In this paper we prove that there exist: for every $\alpha \in \left [ 0,\frac{1}{2} \right ]$, a convex set containing exactly…

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

By a polygonization of a finite point set $S$ in the plane we understand a simple polygon having $S$ as the set of its vertices. Let $B$ and $R$ be sets of blue and red points, respectively, in the plane such that $B\cup R$ is in general…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-12-16 Radoslav Fulek , Balázs Keszegh , Filip Morić , Igor Uljarević