The LSB Theorem Implies the KKM Lemma

DOI10.1080/00029890.2007.11920401zbMATH Open1122.55003arXivmath/0409092OpenAlexW1494791052WikidataQ124967649 ScholiaQ124967649MaRDI QIDQ3595152FDOQ3595152

Authors: Gwen Spencer, Francis Edward Su 

Publication date: 10 August 2007

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove the lemma of Knaster-Kuratowski-Mazurkiewicz as a consequence of the Lusternik-Schnirelman-Borsuk theorem.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0409092

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zbMATH Keywords

KKM LemmaLusternik-Schnirelmann-Borsuk theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fixed points and coincidences in algebraic topology (55M20)

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• The discrete yet ubiquitous theorems of Carathéodory, Helly, Sperner, Tucker, and Tverberg

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