A generalization of Banachs contraction principle for nonlinear contraction in a partial metric space


Authors

Wasfi Shatanawi - Department of Mathematics, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan. Hemant Kumar Nashine - Department of Mathematics, Disha Institute of Management and Technology, Satya Vihar, Vidhansabha-Chandrakhuri Marg, Naradha, Mandir Hasaud, Raipur-492101 (Chhattisgarh), India.


Abstract

We establish a fixed point theorem for nonlinear contraction in a complete partial metric space. Our result generalizes the Banach type fixed point theorem in a partial metric space in the sense of Matthews.


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Wasfi Shatanawi, Hemant Kumar Nashine, A generalization of Banachs contraction principle for nonlinear contraction in a partial metric space, Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Applications, 5 (2012), no. 1, 37--43

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Shatanawi Wasfi, Nashine Hemant Kumar, A generalization of Banachs contraction principle for nonlinear contraction in a partial metric space. J. Nonlinear Sci. Appl. (2012); 5(1):37--43

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Shatanawi, Wasfi, Nashine, Hemant Kumar. "A generalization of Banachs contraction principle for nonlinear contraction in a partial metric space." Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Applications, 5, no. 1 (2012): 37--43


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