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Fixed Points and Products: Width 3

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If P and X are ordered sets with the fixed point property, does P×X have the fixed point property? In case one of P and X is finite the answer is yes. Here we answer the question affirmatively when P has width at most three.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, R7A 6A9, Canada

    Michael S. Roddy

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Roddy, M.S. Fixed Points and Products: Width 3. Order 19, 319–326 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022883828701

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