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We study two properties for subsets of a metric space. One of them is generalization of chainability, finite chainability, and Menger convexity for metric spaces; while the other is a generalization of compactness. We explore the basic results related to these two properties. Further, in the perspective of these properties, we explore relations among the Hausdorff, Vietoris, and locally finite hypertopologies.

A generalization of the Lebesgue number lemma is obtained. It is proved that, if each countably infinite locally finite open cover of a chainable metric space $X$ has a Lebesgue number, then $X$ is totally bounded. A property of metric spaces which is a generalization of connectedness and Menger convexity is introduced. It is observed that Atsujiness and compactness are equivalent for a metric space with this introduced property as well as for a chainable metric space., Comment: 6

Given uniformly homeomorphic metric spaces $X$ and $Y$, it is proved that the hyperspaces $C(X)$ and $C(Y)$ are uniformly homeomorphic, where $C(X)$ denotes the collection of all nonempty closed subsets of $X$, and is endowed with Hausdorff distance. Gerald Beer has proved that the hyperspace $C(X)$ is Atsuji when $X$ is either compact or uniformly discrete. An Atsuji space is a generalization of compact metric spaces as well as of uniformly discrete spaces. In this article, we investigate the space $C(X)$ when $X$ is Atsuji, and a class of Atsuji subspaces of $C(X)$ is obtained. Using the obtained results, some fixed point results for continuous maps on Atsuji spaces are obtained., Comment: 9

Shimizu and Takahashi have shown that every decreasing sequence of nonempty, bounded, closed, convex subsets of a complete, uniformly Takahashi convex metric space has nonempty intersection. It is well known that the Menger convexity is a generalization of the Takahashi convexity. In this article, we acquire a nonempty intersection property, in terms of the Hausdorff metric, for Menger convex metric spaces, that also provides a class of reflexive Menger convex spaces. We introduce a generalization of $(\alpha, \beta)-$generalized hybrid mapping, and using the obtained nonempty intersection property we derive the fixed point results for this generalized mapping defined on Menger convex spaces., Comment: 12 pages