Fixed Point Theory and Applications
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 487161, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/487161
Fixed points of generalized contractive maps
Abdul Latif1
and Afrah A.N. Abdou2
1Department of Mathematics, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
2Girls College of Education, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 55002, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Abstract
We prove some results on the existence of fixed points for multivalued generalized w-contractive maps not involving the extended Hausdorff metric. Consequently, several known fixed point results are either generalized or improved.