Eventually, geometric $(n_{k})$ configurations exist for all $n$
Abstract
In a series of papers and in his 2009 book on configurations Branko Grünbaum described a sequence of operations to produce new $(n_{4})$ configurations from various input configurations. These operations were later called the "Grünbaum Incidence Calculus". We generalize two of these operations to produce operations on arbitrary $(n_{k})$ configurations. Using them, we show that for any $k$ there exists an integer $N_k$ such that for any $n \geq N_k$ there exists a geometric $(n_k)$ configuration. We use empirical results for $k = 2, 3, 4$, and some more detailed analysis to improve the upper bound for larger values of $k$.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- March 2021
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2104.00045
- Bibcode:
- 2021arXiv210400045W
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Combinatorics;
- 51A45;
- 51A20;
- 05B30;
- 51E30