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The LSB theorem implies the KKM lemma

General Topology 2007-08-28 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

We prove the lemma of Knaster-Kuratowski-Mazurkiewicz as a consequence of the Lusternik-Schnirelman-Borsuk theorem.

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0409092,
  title  = {The LSB theorem implies the KKM lemma},
  author = {Gwen Spencer and Francis Edward Su},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0409092},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures; related work at http://www.math.hmc.edu/~su/papers.html