# Stronger counterexamples to the topological Tverberg conjecture

S. Avvakumov, R. Karasev, A. Skopenkov, ArXiv (n.d.).

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Avvakumov, SerhiiIST Austria; Karasev, R.; Skopenkov, A.
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Abstract
Denote by ∆N the N-dimensional simplex. A map f : ∆N → Rd is an almost r-embedding if fσ1∩. . .∩fσr = ∅ whenever σ1, . . . , σr are pairwise disjoint faces. A counterexample to the topological Tverberg conjecture asserts that if r is not a prime power and d ≥ 2r + 1, then there is an almost r-embedding ∆(d+1)(r−1) → Rd. This was improved by Blagojevi´c–Frick–Ziegler using a simple construction of higher-dimensional counterexamples by taking k-fold join power of lower-dimensional ones. We improve this further (for d large compared to r): If r is not a prime power and N := (d+ 1)r−r l d + 2 r + 1 m−2, then there is an almost r-embedding ∆N → Rd. For the r-fold van Kampen–Flores conjecture we also produce counterexamples which are stronger than previously known. Our proof is based on generalizations of the Mabillard–Wagner theorem on construction of almost r-embeddings from equivariant maps, and of the Ozaydin theorem on existence of equivariant maps.
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2019-08-23
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arXiv
Acknowledgement
We would like to thank F. Frick for helpful discussions
Article Number
1908.08731
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Avvakumov S, Karasev R, Skopenkov A. Stronger counterexamples to the topological Tverberg conjecture. arXiv.
Avvakumov, S., Karasev, R., & Skopenkov, A. (n.d.). Stronger counterexamples to the topological Tverberg conjecture. arXiv. arXiv.
Avvakumov, Sergey, R. Karasev, and A. Skopenkov. “Stronger Counterexamples to the Topological Tverberg Conjecture.” ArXiv. arXiv, n.d.
S. Avvakumov, R. Karasev, and A. Skopenkov, “Stronger counterexamples to the topological Tverberg conjecture,” arXiv. arXiv.
Avvakumov S, Karasev R, Skopenkov A. Stronger counterexamples to the topological Tverberg conjecture. arXiv, 1908.08731.
Avvakumov, Sergey, et al. “Stronger Counterexamples to the Topological Tverberg Conjecture.” ArXiv, 1908.08731, arXiv.
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