A Short Proof of the Cartwright-Littlewood Fixed Point Theorem

O. H. Hamilton

doi:10.4153/CJM-1954-056-8

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The purpose of this paper is to give a short proof of the Cartwright-Littlewood fixed point theorem (2, p. 3, Theorem A).

Theorem A. If T is a (1-1) continuous and orientation preserving transformation of the Euclidean plane E onto itself which leaves a bounded continuum M invariant and if M does not separate E, then some point of M is left fixed by T.

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