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We give a new and complete proof of the following theorem, discovered by Detlef Laugwitz: (forward) complete and connected finite dimensional Finsler manifolds admitting a proper homothety are Minkowski vector spaces. More precisely, we show that under these hypotheses the Finsler manifold is isometric to the tangent Minkowski vector space of the fixed point of the homothety via the exponential...

We deal with a locally conformal cosymplectic manifoldM(φ,Ω,ξ,η,g) admitting a conformal contact quasi-torse-forming vector field T . The presymplectic 2-form Ω is a locally conformal cosymplectic 2-form. It is shown that T is a 3-exterior concurrent vector field. Infinitesimal transformations of the Lie algebra of ∧M are investigated. The Gauss map of the hypersurfaceMξ normal to ξ is conforma...

For a smooth map f of a compact interval I admitting an inducing scheme we establish a thermodynamical formalism, i.e., describe a class of real-valued potential functions φ on I which admit a unique equilibrium measure μφ. Our results apply to unimodal maps corresponding to a positive Lebesgue measure set of parameters in a one-parameter transverse family. 2000 Math. Subj. Class. 37D25, 37D35,...

We prove some closed mapping theorems on k-spaces with point-countable k-networks. One of them generalizes Lašnev’s theorem. We also construct an example of a Hausdorff space Ur with a countable base that admits a closed map onto metric space which is not compact-covering. Another our result says that a k-space X with a point-countable k-network admitting a closed surjection which is not compac...

Let $X$ be a reflexive Banach space, $T:Xto X$ be a nonexpansive mapping with $C=Fix(T)neqemptyset$ and $F:Xto X$ be $delta$-strongly accretive and $lambda$- strictly pseudocotractive with $delta+lambda>1$. In this paper, we present modified hybrid steepest-descent methods, involving sequential errors and functional errors with functions admitting a center, which generate convergent sequences ...