Discrete mathematics

Speaker: 
Imre Barany
Speaker Affiliation: 
Rényi Mathematical Institute
Speaker Link: 
https://users.renyi.hu/~barany/

September 20, 2022

ESB 4127
Canada

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Abstract: 

We prove that given a finite collection of cylinders in R^3 with the property that any two of them intersect, there is a line intersecting an alpha-fraction of the cylinders where alpha=1/14. This is a special case of a recent and exciting conjecture.

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