Ann. Funct. Anal. 3 (2012), no. 2, 155–169 A nnals of F unctional A nalysis ISSN: 2008-8752 (electronic) URL: www.emis.de/journals/AFA/ FIXED POINT AND COMMON FIXED POINT THEOREMS FOR THE MEIR-KEELER TYPE FUNCTIONS IN CONE BALL-METRIC SPACES CHIMING CHEN∗ , PEISHAN TSAI Communicated by H.-K. Xu Abstract. In this paper, we define a new cone ball-metric and get fixed points and common fixed points for the Meir-Keeler type functions in cone ball-metric spaces. Department of Applied Mathematics, National Hsinchu University, of Education, Taiwan. E-mail address: ming@mail.nhcue.edu.tw E-mail address: g10024212@mail.nhcue.edu.tw Date: Received: 2 November 2011; Accepted: 26 May 2012. ∗ Corresponding author. 2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 47H10; Secondary 54H25, 55M20. Key words and phrases. Meir-Keeler type mapping, cone ball-metric space; common fixed point theorem; fixed point theorem. 155