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On a Helly-type question for central symmetry

Metric Geometry 2021-04-20 v1

Abstract

We study a certain Helly-type question by Konrad Swanepoel. Assume that XX is a set of points such that every kk-subset of XX is in centrally symmetric convex position, is it true that XX must also be in centrally symmetric convex position? It is easy to see that this is false if k5k\le 5, but it may be true for sufficiently large kk. We investigate this question and give some partial results.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1801.07238,
  title  = {On a Helly-type question for central symmetry},
  author = {Alexey Garber and Edgardo Roldán-Pensado},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.07238},
  year   = {2021}
}
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