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                                                                                    <journal-title>Journal of New Theory</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2149-1402</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Naim ÇAĞMAN</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.53570/jnt.1899188</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Topology</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Topoloji</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>A Fixed Point Theorem on $\Delta$-Symmetric Quasi-Metric Spaces</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5010-273X</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Durmaz Güngör</surname>
                                    <given-names>Gonca</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ÇANKIRI KARATEKİN ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7967-0554</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Altun</surname>
                                    <given-names>İshak</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>KIRIKKALE ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260330">
                    <day>03</day>
                    <month>30</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
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                                                    <issue>54</issue>
                                        <fpage>56</fpage>
                                        <lpage>67</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20260227">
                        <day>02</day>
                        <month>27</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260329">
                        <day>03</day>
                        <month>29</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2014, Journal of New Theory</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2014</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Journal of New Theory</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>This paper introduces a novel fixed point theorem in the context of $\Delta$-symmetric quasi-metric spaces, providing valuable insights into the existence of fixed points for mappings in these spaces. $\Delta$-symmetric quasi-metric spaces extend conventional metric spaces by relaxing the symmetry condition, allowing for a more flexible and generalized representation of distance. The paper presents a comprehensive theoretical framework that establishes clear and sufficient conditions under which fixed points of self-maps in such spaces are guaranteed, thereby enriching the existing theory of fixed points.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Quasi-metric spaces</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  left $K$-Cauchy sequences</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  almost contraction</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  $\theta$-contraction</kwd>
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