TITLE: Borsuk--Ulam question
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: A version of the Borsuk--Ulam theorem states that a continuous antipodal map from the M-sphere into euclidean N-space has a zero
provided that M is at least N. Clearly the general case follows from the case when M = N. But is the case when M >> N any easier to prove than the equidimensional case?

REPLY [4 votes]: I don't think so, since any antipodal (non-existent) map $S^n\to S^{n-1}$ would easily be "suspended" to an antipodal map $S^{n+1}\to S^n$. Iterating and composing would then yield antipodal maps $S^m\to S^{n-1}$ with arbitrarily large $m$. The $n=2$ case is somewhat easier though.