Abstract:
The classical Borsuk problem on partitioning sets into pieces of smaller diameter is considered. A new upper bound for
$$
d_5^3=\sup_{\Phi\subset\mathbb R^3,\operatorname{diam}\Phi=1}\inf\{x\ge0:\Phi=\Phi_1\cup\Phi_2\cup\dots\cup\Phi_5,\operatorname{diam}\Phi_i\le x\}
$$
is given, which improves the previous bound obtained by Lassak in 1982.
Keywords:Borsuk's problem, partition of 3D sets, diameter of a set, Lassak's bound, Gale's conjecture, Jung's ball, Helly's theorem, isometry.