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In 1978 the situation was reversed--methods from algebraic topology were used to solve a problem in combinatorics--when László Lovász proved the Kneser conjecture, thus beginning the new field of topological combinatorics. Lovász's proof used the Borsuk-Ulam theorem and this theorem retains a prominent role in this new field. This theorem has many equivalent versions and analogs and has been used

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