This book provides a clear exposition of the flourishing field of fixed point theory.

Preface; 1. Contradictions; 2. Non-expansive maps; 3. Continuation methods for contractive and non-expansive mapping; 4. The theorems of Brouwer, Svhauder and Monch; 5. Non-linear alternatives of Leray-Schauder type; 6. Continuation principles for condensing maps; 7. Fixed point theorems in conical shells; 8. Fixed point theory in Hausdorff locally convex linear topological spaces; 9. Contractive and non-expansive multivalued maps; 10. Multivalued maps with continuous selections; 11. Multivalued maps with closed graph; 12. Degree theory; Bibliography; Index.