Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2023 / ii / Paper 4 / 2F / v / Solution

No. TakeIt contains more than one point and has the fixed-point property of a closed interval, but it is not homeomorphic to the closed unit disc. Indeed, deleting any point $(t,0)$ with $0<t<1$ disconnects $B$, so such a point is a cut point. Deleting one point from a two-dimensional closed disc leaves a path-connected space. Since being a cut point is preserved by homeomorphisms, the two spaces cannot be homeomorphic. This gives the required counterexample.

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