Pairwise intersecting convex sets and cylinders in \R^3

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Authors Imre Bárány

Publication date 5 April 2021

Published in arXiv

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (3) dimensions (including convex surfaces) (52A15) Helly-type theorems and geometric transversal theory (52A35)

arXiv classification

math.CO

Abstract: We prove that given a finite collection of cylinders in $R^3$ with the property that any two them intersect, then there is a line intersecting an $alpha$ fraction of the cylinders where $alpha=frac128$. This is a special case of an interesting conjecture.

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