Hyperplane mass equipartition problem and the shielding functions of Ramos

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Authors: Siniša T. Vrećica, Rade Živaljević 

Publication date: 6 August 2015

Abstract: We give a proof of the result of Edgar Ramos which claims that two finite, continuous Borel measures $m{u}_1$ and $m{u}_2$ defined on $mathbb{R}^5$ admit an equipartition by a collection of three hyperplanes. Our proof illuminates one of the central methods developed and used in our earlier papers and may serve as a good `test case' for addressing (and resolving) the `issues' raised in the paper "Topology of the Gr"unbaum-Hadwiger-Ramos hyperplane mass partition problem", arXiv:1502.02975 [math.AT]. We also offer a degree-theoretic interpretation of the `parity calculation method' developed by Ramos and demonstrate that, up to minor corrections or modifications, it remains a rigorous and powerful tool for proving results about mass equipartitions.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38) Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces (51M20) Helly-type theorems and geometric transversal theory (52A35) Homology with local coefficients, equivariant cohomology (55N25)

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