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Some Results on Best Proximity Points

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We study the existence and uniqueness of best proximity points for two classes of non-self-contractive mappings: almost (φ,θ)-contractive mappings and Meir–Keeler-type contractive mappings.

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This work is supported by the Research Center, College of Science, King Saud University.

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Samet, B. Some Results on Best Proximity Points. J Optim Theory Appl 159, 281–291 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10957-013-0269-9

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