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Abstract for MSRI Preprint 2001-030

A Proof of Atiyah's Conjecture on Configurations of Four Points in Euclidean Three-Space

Michael Eastwood and Paul Norbury

From a configuration of $n$ 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.