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J. Korean Math. Soc. 2008; 45(6): 1725-1740

Printed November 1, 2008

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Fixed points of weakly inward 1-set-contraction mappings

Huagui Duan, Shaoyuan Xu, and Guozhen Li

Nankai University,Hubei Normal University, and Jiangxi Normal University

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a fixed point index of weakly inward 1-set-contraction mappings. With the aid of the new index, we obtain some new fixed point theorems, nonzero fixed point theorems and multiple positive fixed points for this class of mappings. As an application of nonzero fixed point theorems, we discuss an eigenvalue problem.

Keywords: fixed point index, weakly inward 1-set-contraction mapping, fixed point

MSC numbers: 28A78, 28A80