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Erdős problem 505

Erdős Problem 505 (disproved). Borsuk's conjecture is false for sufficiently large nn: there exists a dimension nn and a bounded set S⊆RnS \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n with positive diameter such that SS cannot be covered by n+1n + 1 subsets each of diameter strictly less than diam⁡(S)\operatorname{diam}(S).

Erdős Problems records this as disproved (Lean).

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  1. Sourceerdos-problems
  2. StatementRetained
  3. Formal3 retained
  4. Resolutiondisproved (Lean)
  5. WorkNone recorded
  6. DecisionNone here
  7. The questionNot reached
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