Edgardo Roldán-Pensado, On the colourful Helly theorem

On the colourful Helly theorem
Edgardo Roldán-Pensado
Instituto de Matemáticas, UNAM, Mexico
2017/07/07 Fri 4PM-5PM
Let F be a family of convex sets in R^d coloured using d+1 colours. Lovasz’s Colourful Helly Theorem states that if any colourful subfamily of convex sets is intersecting, then one of the monochromatic families is intersecting. We study what happens with the rest of the families.

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