scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1099618

MaRDI QIDQ4369591zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Anatoly G. Baskakov

Publication date 5 January 1998

zbMATH Keywords

fixed point theoremsnonexpansive mapping

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematics for nonmathematicians (engineering, social sciences, etc.) (00A06) Fixed-point theorems (47H10)

Review text

The author discusses classical methods of proving existence and finding an approximate solution to abstract nonlinear equations. Starting from simple results on functions of one real variable, he introduces the notion of a metric space and proves the well-known theorem on existence of a fixed point for a contraction operator. The Brouwer and Borsuk-Ulam fixed point theorems are discussed without proofs. The paper is based on a lecture given by the author for secondary school teachers in the framework of the ``International Soros Science Educational Program and is aimed at presenting contemporary developments in mathematics on an elementary level understandable for secondary school teachers and pupils. \{The definition of simple waves is not that for the classical shallow-water equations.\}.

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