1. Colorful words and \(d\)-Tverberg complexes
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Frick, Florian and Jeffs, R. Amzi
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Tverberg's theorem ,word representable ,\(d\)-representable ,nerve ,general position ,strong general position ,fully independent - Abstract
We give a complete combinatorial characterization of weakly \(d\)-Tverberg complexes. These complexes record which intersection combinatorics of convex hulls necessarily arise in any sufficiently large general position point set in \(\mathbb R^d\). This strengthens the concept of \(d\)-representable complexes, which describe intersection combinatorics that arise in at least one point set. Our characterization allows us to construct for every fixed \(d\) a graph that is not weakly \(d'\)-Tverberg for any \({d' \le d}\), answering a question of De Loera, Hogan, Oliveros, and Yang.Mathematics Subject Classifications: 52A35, 52C45Keywords: Tverberg's theorem, word representable, \(d\)-representable, nerve, general position, strong general position, fully independent
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- 2024