A Kirk Type Characterization of Completeness for Partial Metric Spaces

<p/> <p>We extend the celebrated result of W. A. Kirk that a metric space <inline-formula> <graphic file="1687-1812-2010-493298-i1.gif"/></inline-formula> is complete if and only if every Caristi self-mapping for <inline-formula> <graphic file="1...

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Main Author: Romaguera Salvador
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2010-01-01
Series:Fixed Point Theory and Applications
Online Access:http://www.fixedpointtheoryandapplications.com/content/2010/493298