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A simple proof of the mean ergodic theorem for nonlinear contractions in Banach spaces

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The following theorem is proven:if E is a uniformly rotund Banach space with a Fréchet differentiable norm, C is a bounded nonempty closed convex subset of E, and T: C→C is a contraction, then the iterates {T nx} are weakly almost-convergent to a fixed-point of T.

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Bruck, R.E. A simple proof of the mean ergodic theorem for nonlinear contractions in Banach spaces. Israel J. Math. 32, 107–116 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02764907

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