On some topological problems arising from maps of contractive type

Tan, Kok Keong; Wong, Chi Song

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1977-0428265-8

On some topological problems arising from maps of contractive type
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 62 (1977), 167-172 Request permission

Abstract:

Characterizations of sequentially complete and of countably compact subsets of a uniform space are obtained. Applications to fixed point theory and coincidence theory are given.

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