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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2009 ii Paper 2 11F a Solution by
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The planar Brouwer fixed-point theorem states that every continuous map from a nonempty compact convex subset of to itself has a fixed point. In particular it applies to a closed disk or a closed triangle. Convexity and compactness are essential hypotheses in this formulation.
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