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Poincaré–Birkhoff theorem

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Also known as Poincare–Birkhoff theorem, Poincaré's last geometric theorem, Poincaré's last theorem

in symplectic topology, the theorem that every area-preserving, orientation-preserving homeomorphism of an annulus that rotates the two boundaries in opposite directions has at least two fixed points

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discoverer or inventor
Henri Poincaré
time of discovery or invention
1912-00-00
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