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Topics in Metric Fixed Point Theory

Topics in Metric Fixed Point Theory

Topics in Metric Fixed Point Theory

Kazimierz Goebel
W. A. Kirk, University of Iowa
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9780521064064
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    Metric Fixed Point Theory has proved a flourishing area of research for many mathematicians. This book aims to offer the mathematical community an accessible, self-contained account which can be used as an introduction to the subject and its development. It will be understandable to a wide audience, including non-specialists, and provide a source of examples, references and new approaches for those currently working in the subject.

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    Paperback
    9780521064064
    256 pages
    229 × 150 × 15 mm
    0.378kg

    Table of Contents

    • Introduction
    • 1. Preliminaries
    • 2. Banach's contraction principle
    • 3. Nonexpansive mappings: introduction
    • 4. The basic fixed point theorems for nonexpansive mappings
    • 5. Scaling the convexity of the unit ball
    • 6. The modulus of convexity and normal structure
    • 7. Normal structure and smoothness
    • 8. Conditions involving compactness
    • 9. Sequential approximation techniques
    • 10. Weak sequential approximations
    • 11. Properties of fixed point sets and minimal sets
    • 12. Special properties of Hilbert space
    • 13. Applications to accretivity
    • 14. Nonstandard methods
    • 15. Set-valued mappings
    • 16. Uniformly Lipschitzian mappings
    • 17. Rotative mappings
    • 18. The theorems of Brouwer and Schauder
    • 19. Lipschitzian mappings
    • 20. Minimal displacement
    • 21. The retraction problem
    • References.