Brouwer fixed-point theorem

English

Etymology

Named after L. E. J. Brouwer (1881–1966), Dutch mathematician and philosopher.

Proper noun

the Brouwer fixed-point theorem

(topology) A theorem which (in one of its simplest forms) states that a continuous function from an n-dimensional unit cube (in $\mathbb {R} ^{n}$ ) to itself has a fixed point.

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