Topology

Metrics, D*-Metrics and a Fixed Point Theorem

Authors: I. Ramabhadrasarma, J. Madhusudanan Rao, S. Sambasiva Rao
Comments: 4 Pages. To Appear in Global Journal of Mathematical Science: Theory and Practical [GJMS] ISSS NO. 0974-3200. We presented paper in the NCAMEI 2013 organized by Kakatiya University, Warangal, Andhrapradesh, India.

The purpose of this note is to show that (a) the concepts of metric and D*-metric are topologically identical, and (b) propose a slight generalization of a fixed point theorem in a metric space and exploit (a) above to derive an improved version of a known fixed point theorem in D-metric spaces.
Category: Topology