Caristi's fixed point theorem in semimetric spaces (Q1742547): Difference between revisions

In [Lect. Notes Math. 490, 74--83 (1975; Zbl 0315.54052)], \textit{J. Caristi} and \textit{W. A. Kirk} proved an interesting fixed point theorem in complete metric space for $T$ satisfying a special condition. This result was extended by \textit{W. A. Kirk} and \textit{N. Shahzad} [J. Fixed Point Theory Appl. 17, No. 3, 541--555 (2015; Zbl 1326.54045)] who asked if such results are true in so-called semimetric spaces with a triangle function. In this paper the author presents a negative answer and also some fixed point results in special semimetric spaces. In the paper, there are many interesting examples of spaces and functions useful in many cases. Moreover, some interesting fixed point results in complete semimetric spaces (the main part of the paper) are presented.