If all the forces o f nature can be reduced to those which follow from a linear combination o f a scalar and vector potential, as in electrodynamics, Lorentz invariance can be derived as a dynamic symmetry. All that has to be done is to assume that there is an all pervading substratum or ether, transmitting those forces through space, and that all physical bodies actually observed are held toge...

Plasmodial fragments of Physarum polycephalum, excised from anterior regions of a thin-spread plasmodium, contracted-relaxed cyclicly with a period of 3-5 min. The area of the fragments decreased approximately 10% during contraction. In most cases, there was little endoplasmic streaming which indicates that contractions were synchronized throughout the fragment. By both polarized light and fluo...

* Correspondence: ming@mail. nhcue.edu.tw Department of Applied Mathematics, National Hsinchu University of Education, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Abstract In this article, we introduce the notions of (j φ)-weak contraction mappings and (ψ φ)-weak contraction mappings in complete generalized metric spaces and prove two theorems which a...

Abstract In this paper we study fractional initial value problems with Caputo–Fabrizio derivative which involves nonsingular kernel. First apply α - ℓ -contraction and -type F mappings to the existence uniqueness of solutions for such problems. Finally, use some contraction in complete $\mathfrak{F}$ F -metri...

In this paper, we describe some topological properties of dualistic partial metric spaces and establish some fixed point theorems for weak contraction mappings of rational type defined on dual partial metric spaces. These results are generalizations of some existing results in the literature. Moreover, we present examples to illustrate our result.

In this paper we define weak $F$-contractions on a‎ ‎metric space into itself by extending $F$-contractions‎ ‎introduced by D‎. ‎Wardowski (2012) and provide some fixed point‎ ‎results in complete metric spaces and in partially ordered complete ‎generalized metric spaces‎. ‎Some relationships between weak‎ ‎$F$-contractions and $Fi$-contractions are highlighted‎. ‎We also ‎give some application...

In this paper, we introduce the (G-$psi$) contraction in a metric space by using a graph. Let $F,T$ be two multivalued mappings on $X.$ Among other things, we obtain a common fixed point of the mappings $F,T$ in the metric space $X$ endowed with a graph $G.$