International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 27 (2001), Issue 10, Pages 631-639
doi:10.1155/S0161171201010675
On n-normed spaces
Hendra Gunawan1
and M. Mashadi2
1Department of Mathematics, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
2Department of Mathematics, University of Riau, Pekanbaru 28293, Indonesia
Abstract
Given an n-normed space with n≥2, we offer a simple way to derive an (n−1)-norm from the n-norm and realize that any n-normed space is an (n−1)-normed space. We also show that, in certain cases, the (n−1)-norm can be derived from the n-norm in such a way that the convergence and completeness in the n-norm is equivalent to those in the derived (n−1)-norm. Using this fact, we prove a fixed point theorem for some n-Banach spaces.