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2001 A proof of Atiyah's conjecture on configurations of four points in Euclidean three-space
Michael Eastwood, Paul Norbury
Geom. Topol. 5(2): 885-893 (2001). DOI: 10.2140/gt.2001.5.885

Abstract

From any configuration of finitely many points in Euclidean three-space, Atiyah constructed a determinant and conjectured that it was always non-zero. In this article we prove the conjecture for the case of four points.

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Michael Eastwood. Paul Norbury. "A proof of Atiyah's conjecture on configurations of four points in Euclidean three-space." Geom. Topol. 5 (2) 885 - 893, 2001. https://doi.org/10.2140/gt.2001.5.885

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Received: 26 October 2001; Revised: 10 November 2001; Accepted: 26 November 2001; Published: 2001
First available in Project Euclid: 21 December 2017

zbMATH: 1002.51013
MathSciNet: MR1871401
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/gt.2001.5.885

Subjects:
Primary: 51M04
Secondary: 70G25

Keywords: Atiyah's conjecture , configuration space

Rights: Copyright © 2001 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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