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    unsolved problems in mathematics The Borsuk problem in geometry, for historical reasons incorrectly called Borsuk's conjecture, is a question in discrete geometry...
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  • In mathematics, the Bing–Borsuk conjecture states that every n {\displaystyle n} -dimensional homogeneous absolute neighborhood retract space is a topological...
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  • In the mathematical field of geometric topology, the Poincaré conjecture (UK: /ˈpwæ̃kæreɪ/, US: /ˌpwæ̃kɑːˈreɪ/, French: [pwɛ̃kaʁe]) is a theorem about...
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    mathematical concepts that bear Borsuk's name include Borsuk's conjecture, Borsuk–Ulam theorem and Bing–Borsuk conjecture. In 1936, he married Zofia Paczkowska...
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    of graphs has a sharp phase transition, for solving Borsuk's problem (known as Borsuk's conjecture) on the number of pieces needed to partition convex...
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  • Bing–Borsuk conjecture: every n {\displaystyle n} -dimensional homogeneous absolute neighborhood retract is a topological manifold. Borel conjecture: aspherical...
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  • Atiyah conjecture (not a conjecture to start with) Borsuk's conjecture Chinese hypothesis (not a conjecture to start with) Doomsday conjecture Euler's...
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    smaller copies are needed to cover the body, as Levi already proved. Borsuk's conjecture on covering convex bodies with sets of smaller diameter Brass, Moser...
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    ovoidal Möbius planes. In 1993, together with Gil Kalai, he disproved Borsuk's conjecture. In 1996 he was awarded the Pólya Prize (SIAM). He was an invited...
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  • Sylvester–Gallai theorem and De Bruijn–Erdős theorem Cauchy's theorem Borsuk's conjecture Schröder–Bernstein theorem Wetzel's problem on families of analytic...
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  • coordinates are non-negative for points in the convex hull. Borsuk's conjecture - a conjecture about the number of pieces required to cover a body with a...
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  • generalized Schoenflies conjecture and the double suspension theorem relied on Bing-type shrinking. Bing was fascinated by the Poincaré conjecture and made several...
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  • number. Bing–Borsuk conjecture See Bing–Borsuk conjecture. Bockstein homomorphism Borel Borel conjecture. Borel–Moore homology Borsuk's theorem Bott 1...
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    cohomotopy groups, later called Borsuk–Spanier cohomotopy groups; he also founded shape theory; Borsuk's conjecture, Borsuk-Ulam theorem. Jerzy Konorski...
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  • conjecture states that every Busemann G-space is a topological manifold. It is a special case of the Bing–Borsuk conjecture. The Busemann conjecture is...
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  • In geometry, more specifically in polytope theory, Kalai's 3d conjecture is a conjecture on the polyhedral combinatorics of centrally symmetric polytopes...
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    the Petersen graph requires three colors in any proper coloring. This conjecture was proved in several ways. László Lovász proved this in 1978 using topological...
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    work in which she constructed a smooth counterexample to the Seifert conjecture. She has since continued to work in dynamical systems. In 1995 Kuperberg...
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    the book, was a proof that László Lovász published in 1978 of a 1955 conjecture by Martin Kneser, according to which the Kneser graphs K G 2 n + k , n...
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    applied mathematics, he proved a number of theorems and proposed several conjectures. Born into a wealthy Polish Jewish family in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary;...
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  • Mazur–Ulam theorem Ulam's conjecture Collatz conjecture Kelly–Ulam conjecture, or reconstruction conjecture Ulam's packing conjecture Ulam matrix Ulam numbers...
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    Unsolved problem in mathematics Conjecture: Every bridgeless graph has a cycle-continuous mapping to the Petersen graph. More unsolved problems in mathematics...
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  • Lovász proved the Kneser conjecture, thus beginning the new field of topological combinatorics. Lovász's proof used the Borsuk–Ulam theorem and this theorem...
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    Blagojević, Ziegler and Frick leads to counterexamples. Rota's basis conjecture Tverberg, H. (1966), "A generalization of Radon's theorem" (PDF), Journal...
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  • homotopy theory Spectrum (homotopy theory) Morava K-theory Hodge conjecture Weil conjectures Directed algebraic topology Example: DE-9IM Chain complex Commutative...
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  • graphs of the Heawood family, and it is conjectured that this list is complete. Colin de Verdière (1990) conjectured that any graph with Colin de Verdière...
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  • conservation law. 1916 – Srinivasa Ramanujan introduces Ramanujan conjecture. This conjecture is later generalized by Hans Petersson. 1919 – Viggo Brun defines...
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    Lovász proved the Kneser conjecture, thus beginning the new study of topological combinatorics. Lovász's proof used the Borsuk-Ulam theorem and this theorem...
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  • Thomas Callister Hales proves the Kepler conjecture, 2003 – Grigori Perelman proves the Poincaré conjecture, 2007 – a team of researchers throughout North...
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  • condition for the FPP to hold. The problem was open for 20 years until the conjecture was disproved by Kinoshita who found an example of a compact contractible...
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