A Brouwer-like theorem for orientation reversing homeomorphisms of the sphere

Marc Bonino

Fundamenta Mathematicae (2004)

  • Volume: 182, Issue: 1, page 1-40
  • ISSN: 0016-2736

Abstract

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We provide a topological proof that each orientation reversing homeomorphism of the 2-sphere which has a point of period k ≥ 3 also has a point of period 2. Moreover if such a k-periodic point can be chosen arbitrarily close to an isolated fixed point o then the same is true for the 2-periodic point. We also strengthen this result by proving that if an orientation reversing homeomorphism h of the sphere has no 2-periodic point then the complement of the fixed point set can be covered by invariant open sets where h is conjugate either to the map (x,y) ↦ (x+1,-y) or to the map (x,y) ↦ 1/2(x,-y).

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Marc Bonino. "A Brouwer-like theorem for orientation reversing homeomorphisms of the sphere." Fundamenta Mathematicae 182.1 (2004): 1-40. <http://eudml.org/doc/283190>.

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