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On representations of selfmappings by contractions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Ludvik Janos
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA.
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Abstract

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It is shown that any selfmapping (X, f) can be equivariantly and naturally embedded in the selfmapping of the form (X1, f1) ∪ (x2, f2) × (Y, g) where f1 and f2 are contractive relative to suitably chosen metrics and g is a bijection with all points periodic.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1974

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