International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 5 (1982), Issue 2, Pages 301-304
doi:10.1155/S0161171282000271

A fixed point theorem for contraction mappings

V.M. Sehgal

Department of Mathematics, University of Wyoming, Laramie 82071, Wyoming, USA

Abstract

Let S be a closed subset of a Banach space E and f:SE be a strict contraction mapping. Suppose there exists a mapping h:S(0,1] such that (1h(x))x+h(x)f(x)S for each xS. Then for any x0S, the sequence {xn} in S defined by xn+1=(1h(xn))xn+h(xn)f(xn), n0, converges to a uS. Further, if h(xn)=, then f(u)=u.