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Brouwer's fixed point theorem only applies to compact convex sets. Infinite lines don't work, as they are not compact. Similarly a circle would not work as it
by contravariant 3y ago
Brouwer's fixed point theorem only applies to compact convex sets.
Infinite lines don't work, as they are not compact.
Similarly a circle would not work as it is not convex (you're close with your example, you just need to glue together the endpoints to turn it into a circle and make the map continuous).
- d_tr 3y agoThe line example is what I thought and then I looked the theorem up in Wikipedia. Thanks for pointing this out.