Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-26-2006
Publication Title
Fixed Point Theory and Applications
Department
Department of Mathematics
Abstract
Let X be an H-space of the homotopy type of a connected, finite CW-complex, f : X→X any map and pk : X→X the kth power map. Duan proved that pkf : X → X has a fixed point if k ≥ 2. We give a new, short and elementary proof of this. We then use rational homotopy to generalize to spaces X whose rational cohomology is the tensor product of an exterior algebra on odd dimensional generators with the tensor product of truncated polynomial algebras on even dimensional generators. The role of the power map is played by a θ-structure μθ : X → X as defined by Hemmi-Morisugi-Ooshima. The conclusion is that μθf and fμθ each has a fixed point.
DOI
10.1155/FPTA/2006/17563
Original Citation
Arkowitz, M. Duan's fixed point theorem: Proof and generalization. Fixed Point Theory Appl 2006, 17563 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1155/FPTA/2006/17563
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Arkowitz, Martin, "Duan's Fixed Point Theorem: Proof and Generalization" (2006). Dartmouth Scholarship. 2419.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/2419