Asymptotic fixed point theory and the beer barrel theorem

Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-245

  Mallet Paret, John ^a   Nussbaum, Roger D ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic fixed point theory; Fixed point index; Generalized Lefschetz number; Mod p theorem

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649165077     PISSN: 16617738     EISSN: 16617746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11784-008-0095-0     Document Type: Article

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