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    Transversal numbers over subsets of linear spaces

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    Let MM be a subset of Rk\mathbb{R}^k. It is an important question in the theory of linear inequalities to estimate the minimal number h=h(M)h=h(M) such that every system of linear inequalities which is infeasible over MM has a subsystem of at most hh inequalities which is already infeasible over M.M. This number h(M)h(M) is said to be the Helly number of M.M. In view of Helly's theorem, h(Rn)=n+1h(\mathbb{R}^n)=n+1 and, by the theorem due to Doignon, Bell and Scarf, h(Zd)=2d.h(\mathbb{Z}^d)=2^d. We give a common extension of these equalities showing that h(RnΓ—Zd)=(n+1)2d.h(\mathbb{R}^n \times \mathbb{Z}^d) = (n+1) 2^d. We show that the fractional Helly number of the space MβŠ†RdM \subseteq \mathbb{R}^d (with the convexity structure induced by Rd\mathbb{R}^d) is at most d+1d+1 as long as h(M)h(M) is finite. Finally we give estimates for the Radon number of mixed integer spaces
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