Imre Bárány

The Rényi Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
, BH 227

Abstract

Pairwise intersecting convex sets and cylinders in R^3

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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