Periodic points of mappings contracting total pairwise distance

Abstract: We consider a new type of mappings in metric spaces so-called mappings contracting total pairwise distance on $n$ points. It is shown that such mappings are continuous. A theorem on the existence of periodic points for such mappings is proved and the classical Banach fixed-point theorem is obtained like a simple corollary as well as the fixed-point theorem for mappings contracting perimeters of triangles. Examples of mappings contracting total pairwise distance on $n$ points and having different properties are constructed.