The weak Knaster conjecture

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Let ll be a positive integer. For an integer nn, let Sn−1S^{n-1} be the unit sphere in Rn\mathbb R^n, let X={x1,…,xl}X=\{x_1,\ldots,x_l\} be any ll points on that sphere, and let f:Sn−1→Rf:S^{n-1}\to\mathbb R be continuous.

The weak Knaster conjecture. There exists n=n(l)n=n(l) such that, for every such XX and ff, there is a rotation ρ∈O(n)\rho\in O(n) satisfying

f(ρx1)=f(ρx2)=⋯=f(ρxl).f(\rho x_1)=f(\rho x_2)=\dots=f(\rho x_l).

The source presents this as the weak form of Knaster's conjecture. It also records that Knaster's original claim n(l)=ln(l)=l has counterexamples, while the weaker existence assertion is the stated conjecture.

References

Primary source

V. L. Dol'nikov and R. N. Karasev, “Dvoretzky type theorems for multivariate polynomials and sections of convex bodies”, arXiv:1009.0392 (2011).

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