Versions of the Tverberg theorem and applications

• Grant number: 15/01264-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: April 01, 2015
• End date: February 29, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Mathematics - Geometry and Topology
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Edivaldo Lopes dos Santos
• Grantee: Carlos Henrique Felicio Poncio
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 12/24454-8 - Algebraic, geometric and differential topology, AP.TEM

Abstract

In this research project, we will use topological methods in combinatorics and geometry to prove the topological Tverberg theorem and a result about many Tverberg partitions. (AU)