Tverberg–Vrećica conjecture for regression depth

Let 1kd1\leq k\leq d be integers, and let A1,,Adk+1A_1,\dots,A_{d-k+1} be finite arrangements of hyperplanes in Rd\mathbb{R}^d. Assume that

Ai=(k+1)(ri1)+1|A_i|=(k+1)(r_i-1)+1

for positive integers rir_i, for each i=1,,dk+1i=1,\dots,d-k+1. A kk-dimensional subspace LL, a point qLq\in L, and a partition of each AiA_i into rir_i parts Ai(1),,Ai(ri)A_i^{(1)},\dots,A_i^{(r_i)} should exist such that

RD(Ai(j),q,L)1RD(A_i^{(j)},q,L)\geq 1

for every i=1,,dk+1i=1,\dots,d-k+1 and j=1,,rij=1,\dots,r_i. This is a regression-depth generalization of the center transversal and Tverberg theorems. The corresponding question remains open for finite families of points and was conjectured by Tverberg and Vrećica in 1993.

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Patrick Schnider and Pablo Soberón, “Combinatorial Depth Measures for Hyperplane Arrangements”, arXiv:2302.07768 (2023).

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