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==Applications==

* A standard application is the proof of the [[Picard–Lindelöf theorem]] about the existence and uniqueness of solutions to certain [[ordinary differential equation]]s. The sought solution of the differential equation is expressed as a fixed point of a suitable integral operator whichon changesthe space of continuous functions intounder continuousthe functions[[uniform norm]]. The Banach fixed-point theorem is then used to show that this integral operator has a unique fixed point.

* One consequence of the Banach fixed-point theorem is that small Lipschitz perturbations of the identity are [[Lipschitz continuity#Definitions|bi-lipschitz]] homeomorphisms. Let Ω be an open set of a Banach space ''E''; let {{nobr|''I'' : Ω → ''E''}} denote the identity (inclusion) map and let ''g'' : Ω → ''E'' be a Lipschitz map of constant ''k'' < 1. Then

# Ω′ := (''I'' + ''g'')(Ω) is an open subset of ''E'': precisely, for any ''x'' in Ω such that {{nobr|''B''(''x'', ''r'') ⊂ Ω}} one has {{nobr|''B''((''I'' + ''g'')(''x''), ''r''(1 − ''k'')) ⊂ Ω′;}}