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Brouwer's fixed point theorem for infinite dimensional real space in subsystems of second order arithmetic

$\text{WKL}_0$ proves Brouwer's fixed point theorem for continuous functions on $\lbrack 0,1 \rbrack^n$, when $n$ is finite. What subsystem of second order arithmetic is needed to prove Brouwer's ...
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Differences between between concepts related to Gödel's Incompleteness theorems: self-referencing, diagonalization and fixed point theorem?

I am studying the proof of Gödel's first Incompleteness theorem at the moment and I don't understand the differences between self-referencing, diagonalization and fixed point related to Gödel's proof. ...
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Common knowledge as a fixed point

I read on a wikipedia page that from the modal logic formalization CK can be formulated as a fixed point. If it also holds for the set theory formalization? If it does, where I can find about it? ...