Some topological aspects of modular quasi-metric spaces
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2019-06
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Sebogodi, Katlego
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In this PhD thesis, we present the modular quasi-pseudometric on a nonempty
set, a concept that generalises modular pseudometrics to the framework of
quasi-metric spaces. We investigate the topological aspects of a set equipped
with a modular quasi-pseudometric. It turns out that a set equipped with
a modular quasi-pseudometric is a bitopological space in the sense of Kelly.
Moreover, we introduce the theory of Isbell-convexity in the setting of modular
quasi-pseudometrics which we shall call w-Isbell-convexity. Furthermore,
we prove that given a modular set, w-Isbell-convexity is equivalent to Isbellconvexity
whenever the modular quasi-pseudometric is continuous from the
right on the set of positive numbers. We also study the boundedness of
a set endowed with a modular quasi-pseudometric and we shall call it w-
boundedness. Consequently, we show that a self w-nonexpansive map in a
w-Isbell-convex modular set has a xed point and the set of xed points
is w-Isbell-convex whenever the modular quasi-pseudometric is continuous
from the right on the set of positive numbers.
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Science in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2019
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Sebogodi, Katlego, Some topological aspects of modular quasi-metric spaces, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/29649>