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A PURELY METRIC PROOF OF THE CARISTI FIXED POINT THEOREM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 November 2016

WOJCIECH M. KOZLOWSKI*
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia email w.m.kozlowski@unsw.edu.au
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Abstract

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In this paper we prove Caristi’s fixed point theorem using only purely metric techniques.

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Research Article
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© 2016 Australian Mathematical Publishing Association Inc. 

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