A simplicial homotopy algorithm for computing zero points on polytopes (Q1335391)

The paper is devoted to the computation of zero points of a continuous mapping on a polytope, by means of a variable dimension algorithm constructed on the base of a suitable triangulation. This algorithm includes the octahedral algorithm as a special case. A new equivalent form of the well-known Brouwer theorem is also given, which is in fact a fixed point theorem of Miranda type [see, for example, {Ioan A. Rus}, Principles and applications of the fixed point theory (in Romanian), Editura DACIA, Cluj-Napoca (1979)]. No applications or numerical examples are given.