I read about the Brouwer fixed-point theorem in Wikipedia, and got confused about whether it holds when the domain of the function is non convex. On one hand, convexity is explicitly mentioned as a pre-condition. On the other hand, they say that it holds also for domains that are homeomorphic to a disc, and there may be such domains which are not convex (e.g. a concave quadrangle). So, what is the largest family of sets of $\mathbb{R}^n$ on which the BFPT holds?
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1your question (I believe) is discussed in detail in http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/323841/why-is-convexity-a-requirement-for-brouwer-fixed-points-shouldnt-no-holes-be?rq=1 – Ittay Weiss May 22 '15 at 06:02