Fixed point theorems for noncommutative functions
Functional Analysis
2012-10-22 v2
Abstract
We establish a fixed point theorem for mappings of square matrices of all sizes which respect the matrix sizes and direct sums of matrices. The conclusions are stronger if such a mapping also respects matrix similarities, i.e., is a noncommutative function. As a special case, we prove the corresponding contractive mapping theorem which can be viewed as a new version of the Banach Fixed Point Theorem. This result is then applied to prove the existence and uniqueness of a solution of the initial value problem for ODEs in noncommutative spaces. As a by-product of the ideas developed in this paper, we establish a noncommutative version of the principle of nested closed sets.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1204.5199,
title = {Fixed point theorems for noncommutative functions},
author = {Gulnara Abduvalieva and Dmitry S. Kaliuzhnyi-Verbovetskyi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.5199},
year = {2012}
}