Brouwer fixed point theorem in strictly star-shaped sets

Authors

  • Lech Górniewicz Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Chopina 12/18, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
  • Abdelghani Ouahab Laboratory of Mathematics, Sidi-Bel-Abbès University, PoBox 89, 22000 Sidi-Bel-Abbès, Algeria Corresponding Author

Keywords:

Brouwer fixed point, Star-shaped, retraction, contractible, homotopy groups

Abstract

In this note, we show that the Brouwer fixed point theorem in open strictly star-shaped sets is equivalent to a number of results closely related to the Euclidean spaces.

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2023-03-03

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