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Generalizations of the Poincaré Birkhoff fixed point theorem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Walter D. Neumann
Walter D. Neumann
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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It is shown how George D. Birkhoff's proof of the Poincaré Birkhoff theorem can be modified using ideas of H. Poincaré to give a rather precise lower bound on the number of components of the set of periodic points of the annulus. Some open problems related to this theorem are discussed.

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Research Article
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Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , December 1977 , pp. 375 - 389
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1977

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