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157: 323: 182:'s approach is to group the fixed-point set into classes, which are judged "essential" or "nonessential" according to whether or not they can be "removed" by a homotopy. 72: 425: 420: 383: 354: 265: 185: 179: 41: 357:'s initial work, the two invariants were combined into a single "generalized Lefschetz number" (more recently called the 274: 358: 237: 189: 405: 59: 37: 430: 342: 259: 52: 362: 350: 178:. The minimal number was very difficult to compute in Nielsen's time, and remains so today. 17: 209: 379: 346: 247: 390:. De Gruyter Studies in mathematics. Vol. 29. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co. 414: 366: 34: 235:
as paths. The equivalence classes with respect to this relation are called the
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making his invariant a good tool for estimating the much more difficult
152:{\displaystyle {\mathit {MF}}=\min\{\#\mathrm {Fix} (g)\,|\,g\sim f\},} 188:'s original formulation is equivalent to the following: We define an 401: 258:) is defined as the number of Nielsen classes having non-zero 298: 295: 81: 78: 40:. Its central ideas were developed by Danish mathematician 388:
Discontinuous groups of isometries in the hyperbolic plane
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is a branch of mathematical research with its origins in
332:. This leads immediately to what is now known as the 277: 75: 47:The theory developed in the study of the so-called 317: 151: 98: 8: 143: 101: 341:Because of its definition in terms of the 174:) indicates the number of fixed points of 337:Any map f has at least N(f) fixed points. 294: 293: 276: 192:on the set of fixed points of a self-map 133: 128: 127: 107: 77: 76: 74: 318:{\displaystyle N(f)\leq {\mathit {MF}},} 7: 114: 111: 108: 104: 25: 402:Survey article on Nielsen theory 386:(2003). Asmus L. Schmidt (ed.). 309: 303: 287: 281: 208:if and only if there exists a 129: 124: 118: 92: 86: 1: 334:Nielsen fixed-point theorem: 18:Nielsen fixed-point theorem 447: 426:Fixed points (mathematics) 349:is closely related to the 62:space to itself, denoted 353:. Indeed, shortly after 404:by Robert F. Brown at 319: 170:of mappings, and #Fix( 153: 66:. This is defined as: 320: 154: 44:, and bear his name. 421:Fixed-point theorems 275: 190:equivalence relation 73: 27:Mathematical branch 359:Reidemeister trace 315: 149: 38:fixed-point theory 343:fixed-point index 260:fixed-point index 204:is equivalent to 16:(Redirected from 438: 391: 351:Lefschetz number 324: 322: 321: 316: 302: 301: 158: 156: 155: 150: 132: 117: 85: 84: 21: 446: 445: 441: 440: 439: 437: 436: 435: 411: 410: 398: 380:Fenchel, Werner 378: 375: 273: 272: 238:Nielsen classes 231:) homotopic to 71: 70: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 444: 442: 434: 433: 428: 423: 413: 412: 409: 408: 406:Topology Atlas 397: 396:External links 394: 393: 392: 384:Nielsen, Jakob 374: 371: 347:Nielsen number 326: 325: 314: 311: 308: 305: 300: 297: 292: 289: 286: 283: 280: 248:Nielsen number 200:. We say that 160: 159: 148: 145: 142: 139: 136: 131: 126: 123: 120: 116: 113: 110: 106: 103: 100: 97: 94: 91: 88: 83: 80: 49:minimal number 31:Nielsen theory 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 443: 432: 429: 427: 424: 422: 419: 418: 416: 407: 403: 400: 399: 395: 389: 385: 381: 377: 376: 372: 370: 368: 364: 360: 356: 352: 348: 344: 339: 338: 335: 331: 312: 306: 290: 284: 278: 271: 270: 269: 267: 263: 261: 257: 253: 250: 249: 244: 240: 239: 234: 230: 226: 222: 218: 214: 211: 207: 203: 199: 195: 191: 187: 183: 181: 177: 173: 169: 165: 146: 140: 137: 134: 121: 95: 89: 69: 68: 67: 65: 61: 57: 54: 50: 45: 43: 42:Jakob Nielsen 39: 36: 32: 19: 387: 373:Bibliography 367:Reidemeister 340: 336: 333: 329: 327: 268:proved that 264: 255: 251: 246: 242: 236: 232: 228: 224: 220: 216: 212: 205: 201: 197: 193: 184: 175: 171: 163: 161: 63: 55: 48: 46: 30: 29: 196:on a space 35:topological 415:Categories 245:, and the 166:indicates 291:≤ 138:∼ 105:# 431:Topology 168:homotopy 355:Nielsen 266:Nielsen 186:Nielsen 180:Nielsen 60:compact 58:from a 363:Wecken 345:, the 162:where 361:) by 262:sum. 223:with 215:from 51:of a 365:and 210:path 241:of 219:to 99:min 53:map 417:: 382:; 369:. 330:MF 64:MF 313:, 310:] 307:f 304:[ 299:F 296:M 288:) 285:f 282:( 279:N 256:f 254:( 252:N 243:f 233:c 229:c 227:( 225:f 221:y 217:x 213:c 206:y 202:x 198:X 194:f 176:g 172:g 164:~ 147:, 144:} 141:f 135:g 130:| 125:) 122:g 119:( 115:x 112:i 109:F 102:{ 96:= 93:] 90:f 87:[ 82:F 79:M 56:f 20:)

Index

Nielsen fixed-point theorem
topological
fixed-point theory
Jakob Nielsen
map
compact
homotopy
Nielsen
Nielsen
equivalence relation
path
Nielsen classes
Nielsen number
fixed-point index
Nielsen
fixed-point index
Nielsen number
Lefschetz number
Nielsen
Reidemeister trace
Wecken
Reidemeister
Fenchel, Werner
Nielsen, Jakob
Survey article on Nielsen theory
Topology Atlas
Categories
Fixed-point theorems
Fixed points (mathematics)
Topology

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