Index of a finitistic space and a generalization of the topological central point theorem (Q2860853)

Let \(p\) be a prime. It is proved that if a \(p\)-torus (resp. a torus) acts as a group on a finitistic space without fixed points (resp. with finitely many orbit types) then the \(G\)-index of the space is finite. Using the above, the following two theorems are obtained:NEWLINENEWLINETheorem 1 (topological central point). Let \(m=(d+1)(r-1)\) and \(\Delta^m\) be an \(m\)-simplex. Assume \(W\) to be a \(d\)-dimensional Hausdorff space and \(f:\Delta^m\to W\) a continuous map. If \(F\) runs over all \(d(r-1)\)-dimensional faces of \(\Delta^m\), then \(\bigcap_F f(F)\not= \emptyset\).NEWLINENEWLINETheorem 2 (topological Tverberg). Let \(r=pk\) and \(m=(d+1)r-1\). If \(W\) and \(f\) are as above then there exist \(r\) disjoint faces such that \(\bigcap_{i=1}^r f(F_i)\not= \emptyset\).NEWLINENEWLINERemark: The name of the second author in [6] is K. Sieklucki.