Kada, Osamu; Suzuki, Tomonari; Takahashi, Wataru Nonconvex minimization theorems and fixed point theorems in complete metric spaces. (English) Zbl 0897.54029 Math. Jap. 44, No. 2, 381-391 (1996). Let \((X,d)\) be a metric space. The authors first introduce the concept of \(w\)-distance, it is a generalization of metric \(d\) on \(X\). They establish some properties of \(w\)-distance and prove a nonconvex minimization theorem which improves a result of Takahashi. They also improve Caristi’s fixed point theorem and Ekeland’s \(E\)-variational principle. They also prove a fixed point theorem in a complete metric space and apply this theorem to prove Subrahmanyam’s fixed point theorem, Kaman’s fixed point theorem, and Čirič’s fixed point theorem. The results of this paper seem useful, interesting, and original. Reviewer: L.-J.Lin (Changhua) Cited in 31 ReviewsCited in 235 Documents MSC: 54H25 Fixed-point and coincidence theorems (topological aspects) 49J45 Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation 49J40 Variational inequalities Keywords:\(w\)-distance; Ekeland’s \(E\)-variational principle; Caristi’s fixed point theorem PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{O. Kada} et al., Math. Japon. 44, No. 2, 381--391 (1996; Zbl 0897.54029)