invariance of dimension


The following non-trivial result was proven by Brouwer [1] around 1910 [2].

Theorem  (Invariance of dimension) Suppose U and V are open subsets of n respectively m. If U and V are non-empty and homeomorphic, then n=m.

References

  • 1 The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/ history/Mathematicians/Brouwer.htmlentry on Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
  • 2 A. Hatcher, Algebraic Topology, Cambridge University Press, 2002. Also available http://www.math.cornell.edu/ hatcher/AT/ATpage.htmlonline.
Title invariance of dimension
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