Retraction of a compact subspace onto its boundary (Q1404218)
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Retraction of a compact subspace onto its boundary (English)
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20 August 2003
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The author proves an interesting result: There exists a retraction from a compact subspace of a Euclidean space onto its boundary if and only if it has an empty interior. This is a comprehensive and important paper which may be applicable to further research.
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retraction
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Borsuk's theorem
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Brouwer's fixed point theorem
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