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Math 6510 • Differentiable Manifolds

Fall 1996 • Question 11

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Math 6510 • Differentiable Manifolds Fall 1996 • Question 11

Let \(f:S^n\to S^n\) be a continuous map from the \(n\)-sphere to itself and assume that \(n\) is even. Show that there is a point \(x\in S^n\) such that \(f(x)\in \{x,-x\}\). Does the same assertion hold if \(n\) is odd? If it does, prove it, and if it does not, find a counterexample.

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Let \(f:S^n\to S^n\) be a continuous map from the \(n\)-sphere to itself and
assume that \(n\) is even. Show that there is a point \(x\in S^n\) such that
\(f(x)\in\{x,-x\}\). Does the same assertion hold if \(n\) is odd? If it does, prove it,
and if it does not, find a counterexample.

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Fixed Point Theorems and Borsuk-Ulam