On the closedness of sets with the fixed point property for contractions

It is proved by examples that there exist (connected) non-closed sets with the fixed point property for contractions in complete metric spaces. In a Banach space, a convex set with nonvoid interior having the fixed point property for contractions is necessarily closed.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mira-Cristiana Anisiu, Valeriu Anisiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Publishing House of the Romanian Academy 1997-08-01
Series:Journal of Numerical Analysis and Approximation Theory
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Online Access:https://ictp.acad.ro/jnaat/journal/article/view/564