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Brouwer fixed point theorem as a corollary of Lawvere

@article{McCallum2020BrouwerFP,
  title={Brouwer fixed point theorem as a corollary of Lawvere},
  author={R. McCallum},
  journal={arXiv: Logic},
  year={2020}
}

R. McCallum

Published 2020

Mathematics

arXiv: Logic

It is investigated in what sense the Brouwer fixed point theorem may be viewed as a corollary of the Lawvere fixed point theorem. A suitable generalisation of the Lawvere fixed point theorem is found and a means is identified by which the Brouwer fixed point theorem can be shown to be a corollary, once an appropriate continuous surjective mapping $A' \rightarrow X^{A''}$ has been constructed for each space $X$ in a certain class of "nice" spaces for each one of which the exponential topology on… CONTINUE READING

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