Knaster–Kuratowski–Mazurkiewicz lemma

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The Knaster–Kuratowski–Mazurkiewicz lemma is a fundamental result in combinatorial topology that guarantees the existence of a point common to a family of closed sets covering a simplex under certain intersection conditions, and underlies several fixed-point theorems.

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instanceOf mathematical theorem ⓘ
result in combinatorial topology ⓘ
topological lemma ⓘ
alsoKnownAs KKM lemma ⓘ
appliesTo n-dimensional simplex ⓘ
assumes closed sets covering a simplex ⓘ
specific intersection conditions on the family of sets ⓘ
concerns closed sets ⓘ
coverings of a simplex ⓘ
intersection properties of sets ⓘ
simplex ⓘ
domain Euclidean space ⓘ
field combinatorial topology ⓘ
fixed-point theory ⓘ
topology ⓘ
guaranteesExistenceOf point common to a family of closed sets ⓘ
hasConsequence existence of equilibria in finite-dimensional economies ⓘ
existence of fixed points for certain set-valued maps ⓘ
hasVersion KKM principle for abstract convex spaces ⓘ
KKM theorem in convex subsets of Euclidean space ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th-century mathematics ⓘ
implies existence of a point contained in all sets of a subfamily ⓘ
isGeneralizationOf finite-dimensional intersection principles ⓘ
isToolFor topological proofs of existence results ⓘ
languageOfOriginalPublication Polish ⓘ
logicalForm existence statement ⓘ
mathematicalSubjectClassification 47H10 ⓘ
54H25 ⓘ
namedAfter Bronisław Knaster ⓘ
Kazimierz Kuratowski ⓘ
Stanisław Mazurkiewicz ⓘ
relatedTo Borsuk–Ulam theorem ⓘ
Helly's theorem ⓘ
linked to: Helly’s theorem

Sperner's lemma ⓘ
requires closedness of the covering sets ⓘ
compactness of the simplex ⓘ
typeOf covering lemma ⓘ
underlies Brouwer fixed-point theorem ⓘ
Kakutani fixed-point theorem ⓘ
various equilibrium existence theorems ⓘ
usedAs foundation for many existence theorems in analysis ⓘ
usedFor proving fixed-point theorems ⓘ
usedIn convex analysis ⓘ
game theory ⓘ
mathematical economics ⓘ

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Sperner's lemma → relatedTo → Knaster–Kuratowski–Mazurkiewicz lemma ⓘ
Bronisław Knaster → notableWork → Knaster–Kuratowski theorem ⓘ
linked to: Knaster–Kuratowski–Mazurkiewicz lemma
Bronisław Knaster → notableWork → Knaster–Kuratowski–Mazurkiewicz theorem ⓘ
linked to: Knaster–Kuratowski–Mazurkiewicz lemma
Knaster–Kuratowski–Mazurkiewicz lemma → alsoKnownAs → KKM lemma ⓘ
linked to: Knaster–Kuratowski–Mazurkiewicz lemma