Abstract
We show that, for any n ≠ 2, most orientation preserving homeomorphisms of the sphere S2n have a Cantor set of fixed points. In other words, the set of such homeomorphisms that do not have a Cantor set of fixed points is of the first Baire category within the set of all homeomorphisms. Similarly, most orientation reversing homeomorphisms of the sphere S2n+1 have a Cantor set of fixed points for any n ≠ 0. More generally, suppose that M is a compact manifold of dimension > 1 and ≠ 4 and ℋ is an open set of homeomorphisms h : M → M such that all elements of ℋ have at least one fixed point. Then we show that most elements of ℋ have a Cantor set of fixed points.
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