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A fixed point theorem for Meir-Keeler contractions in ordered metric spaces

Jackie Harjani, Belén López and Kishin Sadarangani*

Author Affiliations

Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Campus de Tafira Baja, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

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Fixed Point Theory and Applications 2011, 2011:83 doi:10.1186/1687-1812-2011-83

Published: 23 November 2011

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present some fixed point theorems for Meir-Keeler contractions in a complete metric space endowed with a partial order.

MSC: 47H10.

Keywords:
fixed point; ordered metric spaces; Meir-Keeler contraction