A new type of fixed point theorem in metric spaces

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5313-5317

  Suzuki, Tomonari ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contraction; Edelstein's fixed point theorem

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTION; EDELSTEIN'S FIXED POINT THEOREM; FIXED POINT THEOREMS; METRIC SPACES;

SHRINKAGE; TOPOLOGY;

SET THEORY;

EID: 68349121603     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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