Bárány's topological Tverberg conjecture

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Let d≥1d\geq 1 and r≥2r\geq 2 be integers, let N=(d+1)(r−1)N=(d+1)(r-1), and let f:ΔN→Rdf:\Delta_N\to\mathbb{R}^d be continuous. A collection of faces is pairwise disjoint if the faces have no common vertices. Bárány's topological Tverberg conjecture. There exist rr pairwise disjoint faces σ1,…,σr\sigma_1,\ldots,\sigma_r of ΔN\Delta_N such that

f(σ1)∩⋯∩f(σr)≠∅.f(\sigma_1)\cap\cdots\cap f(\sigma_r)\neq\emptyset.

The conjecture generalizes Tverberg's affine intersection theorem from affine to continuous maps. The paper explains that it is known when rr is a prime power, while counterexamples exist in high dimensions when rr is not a prime power.

References

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Pavle V. M. Blagojević and Günter M. Ziegler, “Beyond the Borsuk-Ulam theorem: The topological Tverberg story”, arXiv:1605.07321 (2017).

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