Reflections in a cup of coffee
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| Publication date | 2018 |
| Journal | Indagationes Mathematicae |
| Volume | Issue number | 29 | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 150-160 |
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| Abstract | Allegedly, Brouwer discovered his famous fixed point theorem while stirring a cup of coffee and noticing that there is always at least one point in the liquid that does not move. In this paper, based on a talk in honor of Brouwer at the University of Amsterdam, we will explore how Brouwer's ideas about this phenomenon spilled over in a lot of different areas of mathematics and how this eventually led to an intriguing geometrical theory we now know as mirror symmetry. |
| Document type | Article |
| Note | Virtual special issue - L.E.J. Brouwer after 50 years |
| Language | English |
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indag.2017.10.002
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