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Use the same intended weak-star topology as in (b), and assume $C\ne \varnothing$. The induced operator is $T=S^{\ast }$, so $T\varphi (x)=\varphi (Sx)$; it is weak-star continuous because evaluation after applying $T$ is still evaluation at a vector of $E$.

Choose $\varphi \in C$ and form the averagesInvariance and convexity put every ${\varphi }_n$ in $C$. Weak-star closedness and (b) make $C$ compact, so some subsequence converges to $\psi \in C$. Telescoping givesbecause both orbit points lie in the dual unit ball. Weak-star continuity now gives $T\psi -\psi =0$. Hence $\boxed{T\text{ has a fixed point in }C.}$ This is the weak-star fixed point theorem for an adjoint operator; it does not require $T$ to be a contraction on the entire dual space.

If “weakly closed” is interpreted literally as closed for $\sigma (E^{\ast },E^{\ast \ast })$, the result can fail. Take $E=c_0$, let $S$ be the left shift and $T=S^{\ast }$ the right shift on ${\ell }^1$. The setis a nonempty weakly closed convex subset of the unit ball: its defining coordinate inequalities and sum equality are weakly closed. It is invariant under the right shift. But a fixed vector of that shift has first coordinate zero and then every coordinate zero, so none belongs to $C$. This supplies a counterexample to the literal topology and explains why the weak-star qualification is essential.