Journal article
A proof of Atiyah's conjecture on configurations of four points in Euclidean three-space
M Eastwood, P Norbury
Geometry and Topology | GEOMETRY & TOPOLOGY PUBLICATIONS | Published : 2001
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.
Grants
Awarded by National Science Foundation
Funding Acknowledgements
Support from the Australian Research Council and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute is gratefully acknowledged. Research at MSRI is supported in part by NSF grant DMS-9701755.