%0 Journal Article %T A fixed point theorem for a nonlinear type contraction %A S. A. Husain %A V. M. Sehgal %J International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences %D 1978 %I Hindawi Publishing Corporation %R 10.1155/s0161171278000071 %X A well-known result of Boyd and Wong [1] on nonlinear contractions is extended. Several other known results are obtained as special cases. %K nonlinear type contraction %K fixed point theorems. %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171278000071