An Introduction to Metric Spaces and Fixed Point Theory - Hardcover

Khamsi, Mohamed A.; Kirk, William A.

 
9780471418252: An Introduction to Metric Spaces and Fixed Point Theory
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0471418250 ISBN 13: 9780471418252
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience, 2001

Synopsis

Presents up-to-date Banach space results.
* Features an extensive bibliography for outside reading.
* Provides detailed exercises that elucidate more introductory material.

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About the Author

An Introduction to Metric Spaces and Fixed Point Theory includes an extensive bibliography and an appendix which provides a complete summary of the concepts of set theory, including Zorn's Lemma, Tychonoff's Theorem, Zermelo's Theorem, and transfinite induction. Detailed coverage of the newest developments in metric spaces and fixed point theory makes this the most modern and complete introduction to the subject available.

MOHAMED A. KHAMSI, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso and visiting Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Kuwait University. He is also co-author of Nonstandard Methods in Fixed Point Theory.

WILLIAM A. KIRK, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. He has authored over 100 journal articles and is co-author of Topics in Metric Fixed Point.

From the Back Cover

A comprehensive, basic level introduction to metric spaces and fixed point theory

An Introduction to Metric Spaces and Fixed Point Theory presents a highly self-contained treatment of the subject that is accessible for students and researchers from diverse mathematical backgrounds, including those who may have had little training in mathematics beyond calculus. It provides up-to-date coverage of the properties of metric spaces and Banach spaces, as well as a detailed summary of the primary concepts of set theory.

The authors take a unique approach to the subject by including a number of helpful basic level exercises and using a simple and accessible level of presentation. They provide a highly comprehensive development of what is known in a purely metric context-especially in hyperconvex spaces-and a number of up-to-date Banach space results which are too recent to be found in other books on the subject.

In addition to introductory coverage of metric spaces and Banach spaces, the authors provide detailed analyses of these important topics in the subject:
* Metric contraction principles
* Hyperconvex spaces
* "Normal" structures in metric spaces
* Continuous mappings in Banach spaces
* Metric fixed point theory
* Banach space ultrapowers

From the Inside Flap

A comprehensive, basic level introduction to metric spaces and fixed point theory

An Introduction to Metric Spaces and Fixed Point Theory presents a highly self-contained treatment of the subject that is accessible for students and researchers from diverse mathematical backgrounds, including those who may have had little training in mathematics beyond calculus. It provides up-to-date coverage of the properties of metric spaces and Banach spaces, as well as a detailed summary of the primary concepts of set theory.

The authors take a unique approach to the subject by including a number of helpful basic level exercises and using a simple and accessible level of presentation. They provide a highly comprehensive development of what is known in a purely metric context-especially in hyperconvex spaces-and a number of up-to-date Banach space results which are too recent to be found in other books on the subject.

In addition to introductory coverage of metric spaces and Banach spaces, the authors provide detailed analyses of these important topics in the subject:
* Metric contraction principles
* Hyperconvex spaces
* Normal structures in metric spaces
* Continuous mappings in Banach spaces
* Metric fixed point theory
* Banach space ultrapowers

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Wiley-Interscience
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0471418250
ISBN 13 
9780471418252
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
320