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Brouwer's fixed point theorem states that any continuous function from a closed $n$-dimensional ball to itself has a fixed point. In 1961, Klee showed that if such a function has discontinuities that are bounded, then it has a point that is…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-18 Henry Adams , Florian Frick

We extend to binary relational systems the notion of compact and normal structure, introduced by J.P.Penot for metric spaces, and we prove that for the involutive and reflexive ones, every commuting family of relational homomorphisms has a…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-08 Amine Khamsi , Maurice Pouzet

We show that a continuous map or a continuous flow on $\R^{n}$ with a certain recurrence relation must have a fixed point. Specifically, if there is a compact set W with the property that the forward orbit of every point in $\R^{n}$…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 David Richeson , Jim Wiseman

The classical Lefschetz fixed point theorem states that the number of fixed points, counted with multiplicity $\pm 1$, of a smooth map $f$ from a manifold $M$ to itself can be calculated as the alternating sum $\sum (-1)^k \textrm{ tr }…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2022-07-04 Loring W. Tu

One of the conclusions of Browder (1960) is a parametric version of Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem, stating that for every continuous function $f : ([0,1] \times X) \to X$, where $X$ is a simplex in a Euclidean space, the set of fixed points…

General Topology · Mathematics 2021-07-07 Eilon Solan , Omri N. Solan

Let $D$ be a bounded domain in a complex Banach space. According to the Earle-Hamilton fixed point theorem, if a holomorphic mapping $F : D \mapsto D$ maps $D$ strictly into itself, then it has a unique fixed point and its iterates converge…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2011-05-17 David Shoikhet

Let p be a saddle fixed point for an orientation-preserving surface diffeomorphism f admitting a homoclinic point q. Let V be an open 2-cell bounded by a simple loop formed by two arcs joining p to q lying respectively in the stable and…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Morris W. Hirsch

For a disk $D$ in the plane $\mathbb R^2$ and a plane map $f$, we give several conditions on the restriction of $f$ to the boundary $\partial D$ of $D$ which imply the existence of a fixed point of $f$ in some specified domain in $D$. These…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-02-27 Jiehua Mai , Enhui Shi , Kesong Yan , Fanping Zeng

Homotopy Brouwer theory is a tool to study the dynamics of surface homeomorphisms. We introduce and illustrate the main objects of homotopy Brouwer theory, and provide a proof of Handel's fixed point theorem. These are the notes of a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2012-08-07 Frédéric Le Roux

In 1927 Littlewood constructed an example of bounded holomorphic function on the unit disk, which diverges almost everywhere along rotated copies of any given curve in the unit disk ending tangentially to the boundary. This theorem was the…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2021-03-16 G. A. Karagulyan , M. H. Safaryan

This note presents a method to study center families of periodic orbits of complex holomorphic differential equations near singularities, based on some iteration properties of fixed point indices. As an application of this method, we will…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Guang Yuan Zhang

We prove that a nilpotent subgroup of orientation preserving $C^{1}$ diffeomorphisms of ${\mathbb S}^{2}$ has a finite orbit of cardinality at most two. We also prove that a finitely generated nilpotent subgroup of orientation preserving…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-12-30 Javier Ribón

The Brouwer fixed point theorem says that any continuous function from disc to itself has a fixed point. By using simple geometrical technique we have generalized the result in manifold and proved that any continuous function on the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-08-04 Absos Ali Shaikh , Chandan Kumar Mondal

We define the infinite dimensional simplex to be the closure of the convex hull of the standard basis vectors in R^infinity, and prove that this space has the 'fixed point property': any continuous function from the space into itself has a…

General Topology · Mathematics 2007-08-28 Douglas Rizzolo , Francis Edward Su

We prove that if a continuous piecewise-smooth map on $\mathbb{R}^n$ is comprised of two linear functions, has a bounded orbit, and satisfies a certain non-degeneracy condition, then it has a fixed point. The result has important…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-12-17 David J. W. Simpson

For a finite set $S$ of points in the plane and a graph with vertices on $S$ consider the disks with diameters induced by the edges. We show that for any odd set $S$ there exists a Hamiltonian cycle for which these disks share a point, and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-11-30 Pablo Soberón , Yaqian Tang

We show that any sequence of integers satisfying necessary Dold's congruences is realized as the sequence of fixed point indices of the iterates of an orientation-reversing homeomorphism of $\mathbb{R}^{m}$ for $m\geq 3$. As an element of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-04-14 Grzegorz Graff , Patryk Topór

We establish a fixed point theorem for mappings of square matrices of all sizes which respect the matrix sizes and direct sums of matrices. The conclusions are stronger if such a mapping also respects matrix similarities, i.e., is a…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2012-10-22 Gulnara Abduvalieva , Dmitry S. Kaliuzhnyi-Verbovetskyi

Assume that $A$ is a closed linear operator defined on all of a Hilbert space $H$. Then $A$ is bounded. A new short proof of this classical theorem is given on the basis of the uniform boundedness principle. The proof can be easily extended…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-13 A. G. Ramm

In this paper, we introduce the notion of $\alpha$--contractive mapping of Meir--Keeler type in complete metric spaces and prove new theorems which assure the existence, uniqueness and iterative approximation of the fixed point for this…

General Topology · Mathematics 2013-03-26 Maher Berzig , Mircea-Dan Rus