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sperner's lemma

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
spern-er's lem-ma
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A combinatorial analog of the Brouwer fixed-point theorem, stating that every Sperner coloring of a triangulation of an n-dimensional simplex contains a cell colored with a complete set of colors.

Etymology

The initial result of this kind was proved by Emanuel Sperner.

Questions

What does sperner's lemma mean?
A combinatorial analog of the Brouwer fixed-point theorem, stating that every Sperner coloring of a triangulation of an n-dimensional simplex contains a cell colored with a complete set of colors.
Where does sperner's lemma come from?
The initial result of this kind was proved by Emanuel Sperner.

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