Publisher's Note Presents up-to-date Banach space results.
* Features an extensive bibliography for outside reading.
* Provides detailed exercises that elucidate more introductory material.
Industry Reviews "...deserves to be on the bookshelf of everyone who wants to know about fixed-point theory in metric and Banach spaces and experts who want to read an insightful survey of some basic ideas..." (Mathematical Reviews, 2002b)