Paper 4, Section I, 2H

Topics in Analysis
Part II, 2021

(a) State Brouwer's fixed-point theorem in 2 dimensions.

(b) State an equivalent theorem on retraction and explain (without detailed calculations) why it is equivalent.

(c) Suppose that AA is a 3×33 \times 3 real matrix with strictly positive entries. By defining an appropriate function f:f: \triangle \rightarrow \triangle, where

={xR3:x1+x2+x3=1,x1,x2,x30}\triangle=\left\{\mathbf{x} \in \mathbb{R}^{3}: x_{1}+x_{2}+x_{3}=1, x_{1}, x_{2}, x_{3} \geqslant 0\right\}

show that AA has a strictly positive eigenvalue.