We prove the existence of a contractive mapping on a weakly compact convex set in a Banach space that is fixed point free. This answers a long-standing open question.
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author = {Jared Burns and Chris Lennard and Jeromy Sivek},
title = {A contractive fixed point free mapping on a weakly compact convex set},
journal = {Studia Mathematica},
volume = {223},
year = {2014},
pages = {275-283},
zbl = {1317.47054},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-sm223-3-6}
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Jared Burns; Chris Lennard; Jeromy Sivek. A contractive fixed point free mapping on a weakly compact convex set. Studia Mathematica, Tome 223 (2014) pp. 275-283. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-sm223-3-6/