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Asymptotic fixed points for nonlinear contractions

Fixed Point Theory and Applications volume 2005, Article number: 534975 (2005) Cite this article

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Recently, W. A. Kirk proved an asymptotic fixed point theorem for nonlinear contractions by using ultrafilter methods. In this paper, we prove his theorem under weaker assumptions. Furthermore, our proof does not use ultrafilter methods.

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    Yong-Zhuo Chen

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Chen, YZ. Asymptotic fixed points for nonlinear contractions. Fixed Point Theory Appl 2005, 534975 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1155/FPTA.2005.213

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