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Past exam of the methods of applied functional analysis course of the University of Oxford 2010 B 4 a Solution by
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The Brouwer fixed-point theorem says that every continuous self-map of a closed ball in has a fixed point.
Suppose has no zero in . Thenis a continuous map from into its boundary, hence into . The Brouwer fixed-point theorem gives . This forces andcontradicting the assumed boundary inequality. Therefore . This is the outward vector field zero theorem.
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