Lefschetz fixed-point theorem

Statement

If the Lefschetz number of a map from a compact polyhedron (viz a compact space that is also a polyhedron) to itself is nonzero, then the map has a fixed point.

Corollaries

• Any contractible compact polyhedron has the fixed-point property. More generally, every acyclic compact polyhedron has the fixed-point property
• The Euler characteristic of any compact connected Lie group is zero