Some similarity between contractions and Kannan mappings (Q937570)

Kannan's fixed point theorem [\textit{R. Kannan}, Bull. Calcutta Math. Soc. 60, 71--76 (1968; Zbl 0209.27104)] is the first fixed point theorem which takes care of discontinuous maps as well. Following the idea used in generalizing the well known Banach contraction theorem by \textit{T. Suzuki} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 136, No.~5, 1861--1869 (2008; Zbl 1145.54026)], the authors obtain two variants of Kannan's theorem [loc. cit.]. Further, they show that the Kannan contraction constant used in the new set up is the best.