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The fixed point property in banach spaces whose characteristic of uniform convexity is less than 2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

J. García Falset
Affiliation:
Department o de Análisis MatemáticoUniversidad de ValenciaDoctor Miliner 50 46.100 Burjassot, Spain
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Abstract

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We prove that every Banach space X with characteristic of uniform convexity less than 2 has the fixed point property whenever X satisfies a certain orthogonality condition.

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Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1993

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