Tag Archives: Micha A. Perles

Micha Perles’ Geometric Proof of the Erdos-Sos Conjecture for Caterpillars

Posted on August 29, 2017 by

A geometric graph is a set of points in the plane (vertices) and a set of line segments between certain pairs of points (edges). A geometric graph is simple if the intersection of  two edges is empty or a vertex … Continue reading →

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Touching Simplices and Polytopes: Perles’ argument

Posted on August 27, 2017 by

Joseph Zaks (1984), picture taken by Ludwig Danzer (OberWolfach photo collection)   The story I am going to tell here was told in several places, but it might be new to some readers and I will mention my own angle, … Continue reading →

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Proof By Lice!

Posted on February 19, 2017 by

From camels to lice. (A proof promised here.) Theorem (Hopf and Pannwitz, 1934): Let be a set of points in the plane  in general position (no three points on a line) and consider line segments whose endpoints are in .  Then … Continue reading →

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