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Inspired by Suzuki’s generalization for nonexpansive mappings, we define the ( C ) -property on modular spaces, and provide conditions concerning the fixed points of newly introduced class of mappings in this new framework. In addition, Kirk’s Lemma is extended to modular spaces. The main outcomes extend the classical results on Banach spaces. The major contribution consists of providing inspired arguments to compensate the absence of subadditivity in the case of modulars. The results herein are supported by illustrative examples.

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This paper adapts the multivariate optimal control theory to a Riemannian setting. In this sense, a coherent correspondence between the key elements of a standard optimal control problem and several basic geometric ingredients is created, with the purpose of generating a geometric version of Pontryagin’s maximum principle. More precisely, the local coordinates on a Riemannian manifold play the role of evolution variables (“multitime”), the Riemannian structure, and the corresponding Levi–Civita linear connection become state variables, while the control variables are represented by some objects with the properties of the Riemann curvature tensor field. Moreover, the constraints are provided by the second order partial differential equations describing the dynamics of the Riemannian structure. The shift from formal analysis to optimal Riemannian control takes deeply into account the symmetries (or anti-symmetries) these geometric elements or equations rely on. In addition, various submanifold integral cost functionals are considered as controlled payoffs.

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Geodesic deformation, Riemannian convex functionals, Riemannian convex functions, Optimization, Variational problems, Multitime optimal control,

This paper provides a new, symmetric, nonexpansiveness condition to extend the classical Suzuki mappings. The newly introduced property is proved to be equivalent to condition (E) on Banach spaces, while it leads to an entirely new class of mappings when going to modular vector spaces; anyhow, it still provides an extension for the modular version of condition (C). In connection with the newly defined nonexpansiveness, some necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of fixed points are stated and proved. They are based on Mann and Ishikawa iteration procedures, convenient uniform convexities and properly selected minimizing sequences.