Lefschetz fixed-point theorem
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Named after Solomon Lefschetz, who first stated it in 1926.
Proper noun
[edit]the Lefschetz fixed-point theorem
- (mathematics) A formula that counts the fixed points of a continuous mapping from a compact topological space X to itself by means of traces of the induced mappings on the homology groups of X.