Borsuk's Problem in Metric Spaces

Abstract

In 1933, K. Borsuk proposed the following problem: Can every bounded set in ${\mathbb{E}}^n$ be divided into $n+1$ subsets of smaller diameters? In 1965, V. G. Boltyanski and I. T. Gohberg made the following conjecture: Every bounded set in an $n$-dimensional metric space can be divided into $2^n$ subsets of smaller diameters. In this paper, we prove the following result: Every bounded set in an $n$-dimensional metric space can be divided into $2^n((n+1)\log (n+1)+(n+1)\log \log (n+1)+5n+5)$ subsets of smaller diameters.

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