Fixed point and periodic point theorems (Q6548063)

\textit{R. P. Pant} [Bull. Calcutta Math. Soc. 90, No. 4, 281--286 (1998; Zbl 0936.54043)] began research on the properties of mappings weaker than continuity, which can ensure the existence of a fixed point. The presented paper develops this topic. The paper contains many editorial imperfections. The applications proposed in Chapter 3 are not clear (all natural solutions of the Diophantine equation \(X^2+(X+1)^2=Y^2\) are well known, see \textit{W. Sierpiński} [Elementary theory of numbers. Transl. from the Polish. Edited by A. Schinzel. 2. ed. Amsterdam etc.: North-Holland; Warszawa: PWN - Polish Scientific Publishers (1988; Zbl 0638.10001)].