What is meant by pointwise fixed?

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I did not find a direct definition so I will give the context :




$X$ is compact manifold with boundary. There is no smooth map $f:Xrightarrow partial X$ that leaves $partial X$ pointwise fixed.




Here what is meant by pointwise fixed?

I found that fixed means $f(x)=x$ so pointwise means this must be true for all $x$? I am not sure.







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    I did not find a direct definition so I will give the context :




    $X$ is compact manifold with boundary. There is no smooth map $f:Xrightarrow partial X$ that leaves $partial X$ pointwise fixed.




    Here what is meant by pointwise fixed?

    I found that fixed means $f(x)=x$ so pointwise means this must be true for all $x$? I am not sure.







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      I did not find a direct definition so I will give the context :




      $X$ is compact manifold with boundary. There is no smooth map $f:Xrightarrow partial X$ that leaves $partial X$ pointwise fixed.




      Here what is meant by pointwise fixed?

      I found that fixed means $f(x)=x$ so pointwise means this must be true for all $x$? I am not sure.







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      I did not find a direct definition so I will give the context :




      $X$ is compact manifold with boundary. There is no smooth map $f:Xrightarrow partial X$ that leaves $partial X$ pointwise fixed.




      Here what is meant by pointwise fixed?

      I found that fixed means $f(x)=x$ so pointwise means this must be true for all $x$? I am not sure.









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          It means that every individual $x in partial X$ is fixed by $f$, i.e. $f(x) = x$ for all $x in partial X$.



          In contrast, fixing $partial X$ "setwise" would mean that $f(x) in partial X$ for all $x in partial X$.






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            It means that every individual $x in partial X$ is fixed by $f$, i.e. $f(x) = x$ for all $x in partial X$.



            In contrast, fixing $partial X$ "setwise" would mean that $f(x) in partial X$ for all $x in partial X$.






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              It means that every individual $x in partial X$ is fixed by $f$, i.e. $f(x) = x$ for all $x in partial X$.



              In contrast, fixing $partial X$ "setwise" would mean that $f(x) in partial X$ for all $x in partial X$.






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                It means that every individual $x in partial X$ is fixed by $f$, i.e. $f(x) = x$ for all $x in partial X$.



                In contrast, fixing $partial X$ "setwise" would mean that $f(x) in partial X$ for all $x in partial X$.






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                It means that every individual $x in partial X$ is fixed by $f$, i.e. $f(x) = x$ for all $x in partial X$.



                In contrast, fixing $partial X$ "setwise" would mean that $f(x) in partial X$ for all $x in partial X$.







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