On equivalence of generalized multi-valued contractions and Nadler's fixed point theorem

We consider two generalizations of Nadler's theorem, one proved by Mizoguchi and Takahashi in response to the Reich conjecture and another theorem proved by Kaneko. We show that due to the additional conditions of these theorems the given multi-valued map reduces to a multi-valued contraction map. We prove this result by showing that the orbit of the multi-valued map is bounded under the contractive conditions of the two generalizations. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.