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Claus
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Powerful existence theorems with mild conditions: more recent examples

I would like to write an article about powerful existence theorems that assert, under mild and simple conditions, that some basic regular pattern exists. See some examples below. By mild conditions I mean short, easy, general conditions. By simple conditions I mean that they should be accessible to undergraduate mathematics/science students.

I am interested mostly in low-dimensional examples which allow an easy graphical representation.

I have some obvious examples in mind (given below), but they are rather classical results that were established between 1900 and 1950, roughly speaking. I would be interested to see examples that are more recent.

Classical examples I have in mind

(1) Lemma of Sperner and Brouwer Fixed Point Theorem (for $n=2$)

(2) Lemma of Tucker and Borsuk-Ulam Theorem (for $n=2$)

(3) Ramsey's Theorem (for the simplest case of 6 edges)

(4) Wagner's Theorem about Planar Graphs

I would be grateful if you could point me to more recent examples.

Claus
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