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We give a new simple geometric proof that any seven points in the plane have four Tverberg partitions into three sets. This is the only confirmed non-trivial case of Sierksma's conjecture. Earlier proofs, by Stephan Hell, relied on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Pablo Soberón

This paper discusses Tverberg-type theorems with coordinate constraints (i.e., versions of these theorems where all points lie within a subset $S \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ and the intersection of convex hulls is required to have a non-empty…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2019-01-30 Jesús A. De Loera , Thomas A. Hogan , Frédéric Meunier , Nabil Mustafa

We prove a generalization of the topological Tverberg theorem. One special instance of our general theorem is the following: Let $\Delta$ denote the 8-dimensional simplex viewed as an abstract simplicial complex, and suppose that its…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-14 Andreas F. Holmsen , Grace McCourt , Daniel McGinnis , Shira Zerbib

The topological Tverberg theorem has been generalized in several directions by setting extra restrictions on the Tverberg partitions. Restricted Tverberg partitions, defined by the idea that certain points cannot be in the same part, are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-11-06 Alexander Engström , Patrik Norén

A theorem of Tverberg from 1966 asserts that every set $X\subset\mathbb{R}^d$ of $n=T(d,r)=(d+1)(r-1)+1$ points can be partitioned into $r$ pairwise disjoint subsets, whose convex hulls have a point in common. Thus every such partition…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-17 Moshe White

Hadwiger's conjecture asserts that if a simple graph $G$ has no $K_{t+1}$ minor, then its vertex set $V(G)$ can be partitioned into $t$ stable sets. This is still open, but we prove under the same hypotheses that $V(G)$ can be partitioned…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-12-24 Katherine Edwards , Dong Yeap Kang , Jaehoon Kim , Sang-il Oum , Paul Seymour

Tverberg-type theory aims to establish sufficient conditions for a simplicial complex $\Sigma$ such that every continuous map $f\colon \Sigma \to \mathbb{R}^d$ maps $q$ points from pairwise disjoint faces to the same point in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-03 Florian Frick , Pablo Soberón

The well-known 1-2-3 Conjecture asserts that the edges of every graph without isolated edges can be weighted with $1$, $2$ and $3$ so that adjacent vertices receive distinct weighted degrees. This is open in general. We prove that every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-03-21 Julien Bensmail , Jakub Przybyło

The edge-of-the-wedge theorem in several complex variables gives the analytic continuation of functions defined on the poly upper half plane and the poly lower half plane, the set of points in $\mathbb{C}^d$ with all coordinates in the…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2017-09-19 J. E. Pascoe

A theorem of Gr\"unbaum, which states that every $m$-polytope is a refinement of an $m$-simplex, implies the following generalization of Tverberg's theorem: if $f$ is a linear function from an $m$-dimensional polytope $P$ to $\mathbb{R}^d$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-04 Pablo Soberón , Shira Zerbib

Ryser's conjecture says that for every $r$-partite hypergraph $H$ with matching number $\nu(H)$, the vertex cover number is at most $(r-1)\nu(H)$. This far reaching generalization of K\"onig's theorem is only known to be true for $r\leq 3$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-05 Louis DeBiasio , Yigal Kamel , Grace McCourt , Hannah Sheats

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

In this article we discuss classical theorems from Convex Geometry in the context of topological drawings and beyond. In a simple topological drawing of the complete graph $K_n$, any two edges share at most one point: either a common vertex…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-30 Helena Bergold , Stefan Felsner , Manfred Scheucher , Felix Schröder , Raphael Steiner

The well-known 1-2-3 Conjecture asserts that the edges of every graph without an isolated edge can be weighted with $1$, $2$ and $3$ so that adjacent vertices receive distinct weighted degrees. This is open in general. We prove that every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-11-05 Jakub Przybyło

A simple graph more often than not contains adjacent vertices with equal degrees. This in particular holds for all pairs of neighbours in regular graphs, while a lot such pairs can be expected e.g. in many random models. Is there a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-03-31 Jakub Przybyło

The Erd\H{o}s-S\'os Conjecture states that every graph with average degree exceeding $k-1$ contains every tree with $k$ edges as a subgraph. We prove that there are $\delta>0$ and $k_0\in\mathbb N$ such that the conjecture holds for every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-13 Bruce Reed , Maya Stein

We show a general result known as the Erdos_Sos Conjecture: if $E(G)>{1/2}(k-1)n$ where $G$ has order $n$ then $G$ contains every tree of order $k+1$ as a subgraph.

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2010-08-02 Jesse Gilbert

A graph drawing in the plane is called an almost embedding if images of any two non-adjacent simplices (i.e. vertices or edges) are disjoint. We introduce integer invariants of almost embeddings: winding number, cyclic and triodic Wu…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-19 E. Alkin , E. Bordacheva , A. Miroshnikov , O. Nikitenko , A. Skopenkov

B\'ar\'any's "topological Tverberg conjecture" from 1976 states that any continuous map of an $N$-simplex $\Delta_N$ to $\mathbb{R}^d$, for $N\ge(d+1)(r-1)$, maps points from $r$ disjoint faces in $\Delta_N$ to the same point in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-23 Pavle V. M. Blagojević , Günter M. Ziegler

By the theorem of Mantel $[5]$ it is known that a graph with $n$ vertices and $\lfloor \frac{n^{2}}{4} \rfloor+1$ edges must contain a triangle. A theorem of Erd\H{o}s gives a strengthening: there are not only one, but at least…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-03-11 Chuanqi Xiao , Gyula O. H. Katona