Transfinite methods in metric fixed-point theory

This is a brief survey of the use of transfinite induction in metric fixed-point theory. Among the results discussed in some detail is the author's 1989 result on directionally nonexpansive mappings (which is somewhat sharpened), a result of Kulesza and Lim giving conditions when countable comp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: W. A. Kirk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2003-01-01
Series:Abstract and Applied Analysis
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1085337503205029