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There are several fixed-point theorems which come in 3 equivalent variants: an algebraic topology variant, a combinatorial variant and a set-covering variant. Each variant can be proved separately using totally different arguments, but each variant can also be reduced to the other variants.[1]

Algebraic topology Combinatorics Set covering
Brouwer fixed point theorem Sperner's lemma KKM lemma
Borsuk-Ulam theorem Tucker's lemma Lusternik–Schnirelmann theorem
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