Universality of vector sequences and universality of Tverberg partitions

arXiv1805.07197MaRDI QIDQ6301773FDOQ6301773

Publication date: 18 May 2018

Abstract: A result of Rosenthal says that for every

q > 1

and

n i n m a t h b b N

there is

N i n m a t h b b N

such that every sequence of

N

distinct positive numbers contains, after a suitable translation and possible multiplication by

- 1

, a subsequence

a_{1}, l d o t s, a_{n}

that is either

q

-increasing (that is,

a_{i + 1} > q a_{i}

for all

i

) or

1 / q

-decreasing (

a_{i + 1} < a_{i} / q

for all

i

). One of our main theorems extends this result to vector sequences. This theorem is then used to prove the universality theorem for Tverberg partitions which says that, for every

d

and

r

, every long enough sequence of points in

m a t h b b R^{d}

in general position contains a subsequence of length

n

whose Tverberg partitions are exactly the so called rainbow partitions.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Discrete geometry (52C99)

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