Classification of unavoidable Tverberg partitions

Let T(d,r)T(d,r) be the Tverberg number, and let a Tverberg type be a partition I={I1,,Ir}\mathcal I=\{I_1,\ldots,I_r\} of [T(d,r)][T(d,r)] into rr parts. Let TvI(P)\operatorname{Tv}_{\mathcal I}(P) be the T(d,r)T(d,r)-ary predicate stating that the Tverberg type I\mathcal I is a Tverberg partition for PP. The type I\mathcal I is colorful if, for each 1id+11\leq i\leq d+1, the rr consecutive integers {(r1)(i1)+1,,(r1)i+1}\{(r-1)(i-1)+1,\ldots,(r-1)i+1\} belong one to each of the parts I1,,IrI_1,\ldots,I_r.

Classification conjecture. For every Tverberg type I\mathcal I, if I\mathcal I is colorful, then TvI\operatorname{Tv}_{\mathcal I} is unavoidable; otherwise, ¬TvI\neg\operatorname{Tv}_{\mathcal I} is unavoidable.

The conjecture classifies Tverberg-type predicates according to whether they are unavoidable or avoidable. The supplied text also contains a theorem asserting exactly this classification, so the candidate appears to be a restatement or transcription issue rather than an unresolved conjecture; the source's resolution status should be checked.

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Boris Bukh, Po-Shen Loh and Gabriel Nivasch, “Classifying unavoidable Tverberg partitions”, arXiv:1611.01078 (2017).

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