KKM type maps and collectively coincidence theory

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 4, 176 - 186, 15.12.2025

Donal O'regan

https://doi.org/10.33205/cma.1769838

Abstract

In this paper, we present some properties of KKM maps and then use them to obtain a variety of collectively coincidence results for multivalued maps.

Keywords

Coincidence points , fixed points , set-valued maps

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