Common fixed point theorems for non-self-mappings in metric spaces of hyperbolic type

In this paper, the concept of a pair of non-linear contraction type mappings in a metric space of hyperbolic type is introduced and the conditions guaranteeing the existence of a common fixed point for such non-linear contractions are established. Presented results generalize and improve some of the known results. An example is constructed to show that our theorems are genuine generalizations of the main theorems of Assad, ?iri?, Khan et al., Rhoades and Imdad and Kumar. One of the possible applications of our results is also presented.     

Superheating in the heat-pipe oven

We present a device which modifies the heat-pipe oven in such a way that the molecular number density can be drastically reduced. The device is essentially a small chamber with an independent internal heater inserted into the center of the ordinary linear heat-pipe oven which, in turn, serves as a reservoir of the liquid metal. The advantage of the present design of superheating within the heat-pipe oven, where temperature differences of several hundreds degrees centigrade were obtained, is shown in the case of far blue wings of the first self-broadened potassium resonance lines.     

Resonant States in High-Temperature Superconductors with Impurities

A microscopic theory of resonant states for the Zn-doped CuO₂ plane in the superconducting phase is formulated in the effective t–J model. In the model derived from the original p–d model, Zn impurities are considered as vacancies for the d states at Cu sites. In the superconducting phase, in addition to the local static perturbation induced by the vacancy, a dynamical perturbation appears that results in a frequency-dependent perturbation matrix. Using the T-matrix formalism for the Green's functions in terms of the Hubbard operators, we calculate the local density of electronic states with d, p, and s symmetries.     

Quasi-contraction on a cone metric space

In this work we define and study quasi-contraction on a cone metric space. For such a mapping we prove a fixed point theorem. Among other things, we generalize a recent result of H. L. Guang and Z. Xian, and the main result of ?iri? is also recovered.     

Nonuniform exponential dichotomies and Lyapunov functions

For the nonautonomous dynamics defined by a sequence of bounded linear operators acting on an arbitrary Hilbert space, we obtain a characterization of the notion of a nonuniform exponential dichotomy in terms of quadratic Lyapunov sequences. We emphasize that, in sharp contrast with previous results, we consider the general case of possibly noninvertible linear operators, thus requiring only the invertibility along the unstable direction. As an application, we give a simple proof of the robustness of a nonuniform exponential dichotomy under sufficiently small linear perturbations.     

New higher-order methods for the simultaneous inclusion of polynomial zeros

Higher-order methods for the simultaneous inclusion of complex zeros of algebraic polynomials are presented in parallel (total-step) and serial (single-step) versions. If the multiplicities of each zeros are given in advance, the proposed methods can be extended for multiple zeros using appropriate corrections. These methods are constructed on the basis of the zero-relation of Gargantini’s type, the inclusion isotonicity property and suitable corrections that appear in two-point methods of the fourth order for solving nonlinear equations. It is proved that the order of convergence of the proposed methods is at least six. The computational efficiency of the new methods is very high since the acceleration of convergence order from 3 (basic methods) to 6 (new methods) is attained using only n polynomial evaluations per iteration. Computational efficiency of the considered methods is studied in detail and two numerical examples are given to demonstrate the convergence behavior of the proposed methods.