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A simple proof of the Banach contraction principle

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We give a simple proof of the Banach contraction lemma.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA

    Richard S. Palais

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Correspondence to Richard S. Palais.

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The author dedicates this work to two friends from long ago, Professors Albrecht Dold and Ed Fadell

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Palais, R.S. A simple proof of the Banach contraction principle. J. fixed point theory appl. 2, 221–223 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11784-007-0041-6

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