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Let F:X → X be a point closed multifunction on the bounded metric space $(X,d)$. Let d denote the Hausdorff metric for the nonempty closed subsets of X. Then F is contractive iff d(F(x),F(y)) < d(x,y) for all x,y ∈ X. We give conditions under which contractive multifunctions have fixed points.
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