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Arabian Journal of Mathematics

, Volume 1, Issue 4, pp 431–438 | Cite as

Some questions in metric fixed point theory, by A. W. Kirk, revisited

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In this survey, we comment on the current status of several questions in Metric Fixed Point Theory which were raised by W. A. Kirk in 1995.
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  1. 1.Facultad de MatemáticasUniversidad de SevillaSevillaSpain

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