**Question:**

> Is there already in the literature a proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra as a consequence of Brouwer's fixed point theorem? 
 
**N.B.** The original post contained superfluous information, but it did generate one answer with a source that claims such a proof is impossible, and another answer with a source that claims to carry out precisely such a proof. Clearly these cannot both be correct.

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