best approximation results provide an approximate solution to the fixed point equation $tx=x$, when the non-self mapping $t$ has no fixed point. in particular, a well-known best approximation theorem, due to fan cite{5}, asserts that if $k$ is a nonempty compact convex subset of a hausdorff locally convex topological vector space $e$ and $t:krightarrow e$ is a continuous mapping, then there exi...