A counterexample to the bounded orbit conjecture
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Abstract:
A long outstanding problem in the topology of Euclidean spaces is the Bounded Orbit Conjecture, which states that every homeomorphism of ${E^2}$ onto itself, with the property that the orbit of every point is bounded, must have a fixed point. It is well known that the conjecture is true for orientation preserving homeomorphisms. We provide a counterexample to the conjecture by constructing a fixed point free orientation reversing homeomorphism which satisfies the hypothesis of the conjecture.References
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- © Copyright 1981 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 266 (1981), 415-422
- MSC: Primary 54H25; Secondary 55M20, 58F25
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1981-0617542-9
- MathSciNet review: 617542