A fixed point theorem for contraction type maps in partially ordered metric spaces and application to ordinary differential equations (Q5897022)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5666137
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    A fixed point theorem for contraction type maps in partially ordered metric spaces and application to ordinary differential equations
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5666137

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      A fixed point theorem for contraction type maps in partially ordered metric spaces and application to ordinary differential equations (English)
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      5 February 2010
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      Let \((X,\leq)\) be a partially ordered set and \(d\) a complete metric on \(X\). The authors present a fixed point theorem for an operator \(f:X\to X\) under some suitable conditions in terms of \(\leq\) and \(d\). An application to ordinary differential equations is also given.
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      generalized contraction
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      increasing operator
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      fixed points
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      contraction type maps
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      partially ordered metric spaces
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      differential equations
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