A new proof of Handel's fixed-point theorem

DOI10.2140/GT.2006.10.2299zbMATH Open1126.37027arXiv0903.0369OpenAlexW3098558698MaRDI QIDQ860182FDOQ860182

Authors: Patrice Le Calvez 

Publication date: 23 January 2007

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: M Handel has proved in [Topology 38 (1999) 235--264] a fixed point theorem for an orientation preserving homeomorphism of the open unit disk, that may be extended to the closed disk and that satisfies a linking property of orbits. We give here a new proof of Handel's fixed point theorem, based on Brouwer theory and some plane topology arguments. We will slightly improve the theorem by proving the existence of a simple closed curve of index 1. This index result was known to be true under an additional hypothesis and has been used by different authors (J Franks [NYJM 2 (1996) 1--19, Trans.AMS 348 (1996) 2637--2662] S Matsumoto [Topol. Appl. 104 (2000) 191--214]) to study homeomorphisms of surfaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0369

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zbMATH Keywords

fixed pointtranslation arcbrick decompositionBrouwer theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fixed points and periodic points of dynamical systems; fixed-point index theory; local dynamics (37C25) Dynamical systems involving homeomorphisms and diffeomorphisms of planes and surfaces (37E30) Fixed points and coincidences in algebraic topology (55M20)

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