‎It is well known that every (real or complex) normed linear space $L$ is isometrically embeddable into $C(X)$ for some compact Hausdorff space $X$‎. ‎Here $X$ is the closed unit ball of $L^*$ (the set of all continuous scalar-valued linear mappings on $L$) endowed with the weak$^*$ topology‎, ‎which is compact by the Banach--Alaoglu theorem‎. ‎We prove that the compact Hausdorff space $X$ can ...

In this paper we investigate inverse limits of two related parameterized families of upper semi-continuous set-valued functions. We include a theorem one consequence of which is that certain inverse limits with a single bonding function from one of these families are the closure of a topological ray (usually with indecomposable remainder). Also included is a theorem giving a new sufficient cond...

The aim of this paper is to give sufficient conditions for a quasiconvex setvalued mapping to be convex. In particular, we recover several known characterizations of convex real-valued functions, given in terms of quasiconvexity and Jensen-type convexity by K. Nikodem [1], F.A. Behringer [2], and X.M. Yang, K.L. Teo and X.Q. Yang [3].

and Applied Analysis 3 Lemma 2.4 see 9, Lemma 3.1 . Let X, Y, and Z be three topological spaces. Let Y be compact, F : X × Y ⇒ Z a set-valued mapping, and the set-valued mapping T : X ⇒ Z defined by T x ⋃ y∈Y F ( x, y ) , ∀x ∈ X. 2.2 a If F is upper semi-continuous on X × Y, then T is upper semi-continuous on X. b If F is lower semi-continuous onX, so is T. Lemma 2.5 see 9, Lemma 3.2 . Let Z be...

For finding zeros or fixed points of set-valued maps, the fact that the space of convex, compact, nonempty sets of R is not a vector space presents a major disadvantage. Therefore, fixed point iterations or variants of Newton’s method, in which the derivative is applied only to a smooth single-valued part of the set-valued map, are often applied for calculations. We will embed the set-valued ma...

Berinde [V. Berinde, Approximating fixed points of weak contractions using the Picard iteration, Nonlinear Anal. Forum {bf 9} (2004), 43-53] introduced almost contraction mappings and proved Banach contraction principle for such mappings. The aim of this paper is to introduce the notion of multivalued almost $Theta$- contraction mappings andto prove some best proximity point results for t...

In this paper, we introduce the concept of a w-compatible mappings and utilize the same to discuss the ideas of coupled coincidence point and coupled point of coincidence for nonlinear contractive mappings in the context of complex valued metric spaces besides proving existence theorems which are following by corresponding unique coupled common fixed point theorems for such mappings. Some illus...