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This is an expository paper on a topic of classical analysis arising from the BMO-theory of topological degree (Brezis-Nirenberg, 1995). We sketch the history of the subject and some of its recent developments.

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Kahane, JP. Winding numbers and fourier series. Proc. Steklov Inst. Math. 273, 191–195 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0081543811040080

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