Topology and Combinatorics of Partitions of Masses by Hyperplanes

dc.creatorMani-Levitska, Peter
dc.creatorVrecica, Sinisa
dc.creatorZivaljevic, Rade
dc.date2003-10-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:02:12Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:02:12Z
dc.descriptionOne of our result is that 5 measurable sets in $R^8$ always admit an equipartition by 2 hyperplanes. This is an instance of a general equipartition problem (formulated by B. Gr{\" u}nbaum and H. Hadwiger) which can be reduced to the question of (non)existence of a $W_k$-equivariant map where $W_k$ is the group of symmetries of a $k$-cube. We show that the computation of relevant cohomology/bordism obstruction classes often reduces to the question of enumerating the classes of immersed curves in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with a prescribed type and number of intersections with the coordinate axes, which in turn leads to a problem of enumerating classes of cyclic signed $AB$-words.
dc.description27 pages, 7 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0310377
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0310377
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/68967
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subjectAlgebraic Topology
dc.subject05A15, 51M20, 52B45, 55N25, 55S35, 57R25
dc.titleTopology and Combinatorics of Partitions of Masses by Hyperplanes
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