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LetThe function $h$ is continuous, withThe intermediate value theorem gives $c\in [0,1]$ such that $h(c)=0$, and hence $f(c)=c$. This proves the fixed-point property of a closed interval.

Now suppose $0,1\in f([0,1])$. For any $y\in [0,1]$, choose $a,b\in [0,1]$ with $f(a)=0$ and $f(b)=1$. Applying the intermediate value theorem to $f$ on the interval with endpoints $a,b$ gives a point $x$ with $f(x)=y$. Thus $f$ is a surjective function.

No. TakeIt contains more than one point and has the fixed-point property of a closed interval, but it is not homeomorphic to the closed unit disc. Indeed, deleting any point $(t,0)$ with $0<t<1$ disconnects $B$, so such a point is a cut point. Deleting one point from a two-dimensional closed disc leaves a path-connected space. Since being a cut point is preserved by homeomorphisms, the two spaces cannot be homeomorphic. This gives the required counterexample.

Every closed walkin a directed covering graph of an interval map has a point $x\in J_0$ with $F^j(x)\in J_j$ and $F^n(x)=x$. This follows by successively pulling $J_0$ back through the covering relations and applying the fixed-point property of a closed interval. If the itinerary has least period $n$ and avoids shared endpoints, $x$ lies on an $n$-cycle.