Optimal colorful homogeneous selection with volume

Let cmathcalF1,,Fd+1cmathcal F_1,\dots,\mathcal F_{d+1} be collections of volume-11 convex sets in cmathbbRdcmathbb R^d, with Fi=n|\mathcal F_i|=n for every i[d+1]i\in[d+1]. A colorful homogeneous selection conjecture. If nn is sufficiently large, then there are subcollections cmathcalF~iFicmathcal{\widetilde F}_i\subseteq\mathcal F_i and a set EE with volume at least vd>0v_d>0 such that F~icdFi|\widetilde{\mathcal F}_i|\geq c_d|\mathcal F_i| and, for every choice cmathcalF~iF~icmathcal{\widetilde F}_i\in\widetilde{\mathcal F}_i, one has

Econv(F~1,,F~d+1).E\subseteq\operatorname{conv}(\widetilde F_1,\dots,\widetilde F_{d+1}).

This would reduce the currently used number of color classes to the optimal-looking value d+1d+1; the paper notes that the necessity of the larger number of color classes is doubtful.

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Travis Dillon, “Quantitative selection theorems”, arXiv:2508.16965 (2025).

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