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In the note we discuss partial metric type structures and present their basic properties as well as their relationship with metric type structures. As an application, fixed point theorems for a Lipschitzian map on this structures will be presented.
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The authors would like to thank the report from an anonymous referee which improved the presentation of the current manuscript. We also would like to thank the research support provided by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). Finally, the second author would like to acknowledge the support from the South African National Research Foundation under Grant number 92052 IRF1202210126.
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Aphane, M., Moshokoa, S. A note on partial metric type structures and metric type structures. Afr. Mat. 28, 549–553 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13370-016-0467-3
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