Tverberg–Vrećica conjecture

Let 0k<d0 \le k < d be integers, and let r0,,rkr_0, \dots, r_k be positive integers. Suppose that P0,,PkP_0, \dots, P_k are sets of points in \mathdsRd\mathds{R}^d satisfying

Pi=(ri1)(dk+1)+1|P_i|=(r_i-1)(d-k+1)+1

for each ii. Tverberg–Vrećica conjecture. There exists a kk-dimensional flat V\mathdsRdV\subseteq\mathds{R}^d and, for each ii, a partition of PiP_i into rir_i parts such that the convex hull of every part of every partition intersects VV. This conjecture generalizes the central transversal theorem in the same way that Tverberg's theorem generalizes Rado's centerpoint theorem. Its topological and colorful generalizations are known when all rir_i are powers of the same prime pp and p(dk)=pcodim\mathdsRVp(d-k)=p\cdot\operatorname{codim}_{\mathds{R}}V is even; it remains open otherwise.

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Primary source

Nikola Sadovek and Pablo Soberón, “Complex analogues of the Tverberg–Vrećica conjecture and central transversal theorems”, arXiv:2408.14337 (2025).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2009–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1706.05975, arXiv:0911.2692.

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