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A fixed point theorem for contractive mappings that characterizes metric completeness

General Topology 2012-07-27 v1

Abstract

Inspired by the work of Suzuki in [Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 136 (2008), 1861--1869] we prove a fixed point theorem for contractive mappings that generalizes a theorem of Geraghty in [Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 40 (1973), 604--608] and characterizes metric completeness.

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@article{arxiv.1207.6207,
  title  = {A fixed point theorem for contractive mappings that characterizes metric completeness},
  author = {Mortaza Abtahi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.6207},
  year   = {2012}
}
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