No Helly Theorem for Stabbing Translates by Lines in R 3

Abstract

For each $n>2$ we construct a convex body $K\subset {\Bbb R}^3$ and a finite family ${\cal F}$ of disjoint translates of $K$ such that any $n-1$ members ${\cal F}$ admit a line transversal, but ${\cal F}$ has no line transversal.