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A note on partial metric type structures and metric type structures

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In the note we discuss partial metric type structures and present their basic properties as well as their relationship with metric type structures. As an application, fixed point theorems for a Lipschitzian map on this structures will be presented.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the report from an anonymous referee which improved the presentation of the current manuscript. We also would like to thank the research support provided by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). Finally, the second author would like to acknowledge the support from the South African National Research Foundation under Grant number 92052 IRF1202210126.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, 0008, South Africa

    Maggie Aphane & Seithuti Moshokoa

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Aphane, M., Moshokoa, S. A note on partial metric type structures and metric type structures. Afr. Mat. 28, 549–553 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13370-016-0467-3

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