Fixed point theory in probabilistic metric spaces can be considered as a
part of Probabilistic Analysis, which is a very dynamic area of
mathematical research. A primary aim of this monograph is to stimulate
interest among scientists and students in this fascinating field. The
text is self-contained for a reader with a modest knowledge of the
metric fixed point theory.
Several themes run through this book. The first is the theory of
triangular norms (t-norms), which is closely related to fixed point
theory in probabilistic metric spaces. Its recent development has had a
strong influence upon the fixed point theory in probabilistic metric
spaces.
In Chapter 1 some basic properties of t-norms are presented and several
special classes of t-norms are investigated. Chapter 2 is an overview of
some basic definitions and examples from the theory of probabilistic
metric spaces. Chapters 3, 4, and 5 deal with some single-valued and
multi-valued probabilistic versions of the Banach contraction principle.
In Chapter 6, some basic results in locally convex topological vector
spaces are used and applied to fixed point theory in vector spaces.
Audience: The book will be of value to graduate students, researchers,
and applied mathematicians working in nonlinear analysis and
probabilistic metric spaces