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                                                                <journal-id>konuralp j. math.</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Konuralp Journal of Mathematics</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2147-625X</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Mehmet Zeki SARIKAYA</publisher-name>
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                                                            <subject>Mathematical Sciences</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Matematik</subject>
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                                                                                                                                                            <article-title>Common Fixed Points for Multivalued Mappings in Multiplicative Metric Spaces</article-title>
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                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Rugumisa</surname>
                                    <given-names>Terentius</given-names>
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                                                                    <aff>Faculty of Science, Technology and  Environmental Studies, The Open University of Tanzania</aff>
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                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2121-6428</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kumar</surname>
                                    <given-names>Santosh</given-names>
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                                                                    <aff>Department of Mathematics, University of Dar es Salaam</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260430">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>30</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
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                                        <volume>14</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>155</fpage>
                                        <lpage>162</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20221004">
                        <day>10</day>
                        <month>04</month>
                        <year>2022</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260113">
                        <day>01</day>
                        <month>13</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2013, Konuralp Journal of Mathematics</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2013</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Konuralp Journal of Mathematics</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                                        <abstract><p>This paper introduces the Hausdorff multiplicative metric, which is then used to develop two fixed point theorems for pairs of multivalued self mappings in complete multiplicative metric spaces. We provide an illustrative example of the use of the theorems proved herein.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Multiplicative metric space</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  multivalued mappings.</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Hausdorff multiplicative metric</kwd>
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