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Named after L. E. J. Brouwer (1881–1966), Dutch mathematician and philosopher.
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Brouwer fixed-point theorem
Today it means: A theorem which (in one of its simplest forms) states that a continuous function from an n-dimensional unit cube (in ℝⁿ) to itself has a fixed point. Full definition →