Fixed-point space
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In mathematics, a Hausdorff space X is called a fixed-point space if every continuous function has a fixed point.
For example, any closed interval [a,b] in is a fixed point space, and it can be proved from the intermediate value property of real continuous function. The open interval (a, b), however, is not a fixed point space. To see it, consider the function , for example.
Any linearly ordered space that is connected and has a top and a bottom element is a fixed point space.
Note that, in the definition, we could easily have disposed of the condition that the space is Hausdorff.
References[]
- Vasile I. Istratescu, Fixed Point Theory, An Introduction, D. Reidel, the Netherlands (1981). ISBN 90-277-1224-7
- Andrzej Granas and James Dugundji, Fixed Point Theory (2003) Springer-Verlag, New York, ISBN 0-387-00173-5
- William A. Kirk and Brailey Sims, Handbook of Metric Fixed Point Theory (2001), Kluwer Academic, London ISBN 0-7923-7073-2
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- Fixed points (mathematics)
- Topology
- Topological spaces
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