An Extension of the Contraction Mapping Theorem
Journal of the Korean Society of Mathematical Education Series B: The Pure and Applied Mathematics / Journal of the Korean Society of Mathematical Education Series B: The Pure and Applied Mathematics, (P)1226-0657; (E)2287-6081
2007, v.14 no.4, pp.283-287
Argyros, Ioannis K.
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(2007). An Extension of the Contraction Mapping Theorem. Journal of the Korean Society of Mathematical Education Series B: The Pure and Applied Mathematics, 14(4), 283-287.
Abstract
An extension of the contraction mapping theorem is provided in a Banach space setting to approximate fixed points of operator equations. Our approach is justified by numerical examples where our results apply whereas the classical contraction mapping principle cannot.
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Banach space,
successive approximations,
contraction mapping theorem/principle,
boundary value problems,
discretization studies,
fixed point