%0 Journal Article %T Some generalizations of Caristi's fixed point theorem with applications %A Seong-Hoon Cho %J International Journal of Mathematical Analysis %D 2013 %I %X In this paper, we prove some generalizations of Caristi¡¯s fixed pointtheorem, and then we give applications to Ekeland¡¯s variational principleand maximal element theorem. %K Caristi¡¯s fixed point theorem %K Maximal element %K Lower semicontinuous %U http://www.m-hikari.com/ijma/ijma-2013/ijma-9-12-2013/choIJMA9-12-2013.pdf