Algorithms for tolerated Tverberg partitions

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Abstract: Let P be a d-dimensional n-point set. A partition T of P is called a Tverberg partition if the convex hulls of all sets in T intersect in at least one point. We say T is t-tolerant if it remains a Tverberg partition after deleting any t points from P. Sober'{o}n and Strausz proved that there is always a t-tolerant Tverberg partition with lceiln/(d+1)(t+1)ceil sets. However, so far no nontrivial algorithms for computing or approximating such partitions have been presented. For dleq2, we show that the Sober'{o}n-Strausz bound can be improved, and we show how the corresponding partitions can be found in polynomial time. For dgeq3, we give the first polynomial-time approximation algorithm by presenting a reduction to the Tverberg problem with no tolerance. Finally, we show that it is coNP-complete to determine whether a given Tverberg partition is t-tolerant.









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