English

Quasi-intermediate value theorem and outflanking arc theorem for plane maps

Dynamical Systems 2024-02-27 v1

Abstract

For a disk DD in the plane R2\mathbb R^2 and a plane map ff, we give several conditions on the restriction of ff to the boundary D\partial D of DD which imply the existence of a fixed point of ff in some specified domain in DD. These conditions are similar to those appeared in the intermediate value theorem for maps on the real line. As an application of the main results, we establish a fixed point theorem for plane maps having an outflanking arc, which extends the famous theorem due to Brouwer: if ff is an orientation-preserving homeomorphism on the plane and has a periodic point, then it has a fixed point.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2402.16076,
  title  = {Quasi-intermediate value theorem and outflanking arc theorem for plane maps},
  author = {Jiehua Mai and Enhui Shi and Kesong Yan and Fanping Zeng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.16076},
  year   = {2024}
}
R2 v1 2026-06-28T14:59:28.869Z