On a novel approach to nonexpansive mappings

Abstract: This paper seeks to advance the theory of nonexpansive mappings by introducing and exploring a novel class of nonexpansive type mappings, which we aptly designate as perimetric nonexpansive mappings. We establish that the collection of mappings we propose is considerably larger than the existing classes of nonexpansive and quasi-nonexpansive mappings. We also establish fixed point existence findings by examining the connection between periodic points and fixed points in the context of normed linear spaces. Finally, we establish a significant result by proving that every perimetric nonexpansive mapping on a closed bounded convex subset of a Hilbert space necessarily has a fixed point.