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ALMOST ALL SETS OF $d+ 2$ POINTS ON THE $(d- 1)$-SPHERE ARE NOT SUBTRANSITIVE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2013

Sean Eberhard*
Affiliation:
Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, U.K. email [email protected]
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Abstract

We generalise an argument of Leader, Russell, and Walters to show that almost all sets of $d+ 2$ points on the $(d- 1)$-sphere ${S}^{d- 1} $ are not contained in a transitive set in some ${\mathbf{R} }^{n} $.

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Copyright © University College London 2013 

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