A short short proof of the Cartwright-Littlewood theorem
Author:
Morton Brown
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 65 (1977), 372
MSC:
Primary 55C20
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1977-0461491-0
MathSciNet review:
0461491
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Abstract: Each orientation preserving homeomorphism of the plane that is invariant on a nonseparating bounded continuum has a fixed point on the continuum.
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1977-0461491-0
Keywords:
Fixed point,
homeomorphism,
Cartwright-Littlewood
Article copyright:
© Copyright 1977
American Mathematical Society
