Some properties and applications of Menger probabilistic inner product spaces

Abstract

In this paper a new definition for Menger probabilistic inner product spaces is presented. In the new setting a Menger probabilistic inner product space can naturally become a Menger probabilistic normed space, and a classical inner product space can be considered as a special case of Menger probabilistic inner product spaces. An example is given to illustrate that, the new definition is a nontrivial generalization for classical inner product spaces, and so it has rich contents in probability. By virtue of this definition, the topological structure is discussed and some elementary properties are described in terms of the families of semi-inner products. Also, some convergence theorems and probabilistic Pythagorean theorem are given. As applications, a new fixed point theorem for nonlinear contractions in Menger probabilistic inner product spaces is established.