Tverberg's theorem, disks, and Hamiltonian cycles (Q825963)

\textit{H. Tverberg} proved [J. Lond. Math. Soc. 41, 123--128 (1966; Zbl 0131.20002)] that for any set of \((r-1)(d+1)+1\) points in \(\mathbb{R}^d\) there exists a partition of them into \(r\) parts whose convex hulls intersect Such partitions are called Tverberg partitions. The paper studies a variant of Tverberg partitions. For a segment \(e\) in \(\mathbb{R}^d\) with endpoints \(x, y\), we denote by \(D(e)\) the closed ball for which \(e\) is a diameter. Given a finite set of points in \(\mathbb{R}^d\), instead of looking at the convex hulls of its subsets, the paper is interested in the balls spanned by pairs of the points. Given a graph on a finite point set as a vertex set, the graph is called Tverberg, if the intersection of balls associated with the edges of the graph is non-empty. The main result of the paper is that a finite point set of odd cardinality has a Tverberg Hamiltonian cycle, while a finite point set of even cardinality has a Tverberg Hamiltonian path.