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Noncommutativity of mappings in hybrid fixed point results

Abstract

In this note, some coincidence and common fixed points of nonlinear hybrid mappings have been obtained under certain noncommutativity conditions of mappings. Our results improve several known results in the field of hybrid fixed point theory.

MSC:54H25, 47H10, 54C60.

Introduction

As a generalization of the Banach fixed point theorem, Nadler’s contraction principle has lead to an excellent fixed point result in the area of nonlinear analysis. Some other works focused on fixed point results for multi-valued mappings are, for instance, [15]. Coincidence and common fixed points of nonlinear hybrid contractions (i.e., contractions involving single-valued and multi-valued mappings) have been recently studied by many authors. To mention some of the achievements, we cite, for example, [612].

The concept of commutativity of single-valued mappings [13] was extended in [14] to the setting of a single-valued mapping and a multi-valued mapping on a metric space. This concept of commutativity has been further generalized by different authors, viz weakly commuting [15], compatible [16], weakly compatible [8]. It is interesting to note that in all the results obtained so far concerning common fixed points of hybrid mappings the (single-valued and multi-valued) mappings under consideration satisfy either the commutativity condition or one of its generalizations (see, for instance, [610]). In this note, we show the existence of fixed points of hybrid contractions which do not satisfy any of the commutativity conditions or its above-mentioned generalizations. Our result extends and improves several well-known results in the field of hybrid fixed point theory. Some other recent related references are [17, 18], where common fixed point theorems for hybrid mappings on a symmetric space are proved under the assumptions of weak compatibility and occasional weak compatibility. Some analogous results for the case of contractivity conditions of integral type are presented in [1921] and generalized contractive hybrid pairs are considered in [22]. Finally, in [23], fixed point results are proved in topological vector space valued cone metric spaces (with nonnormal cones).

Preliminaries

For a metric space (X,d), let (CB(X),H) and (CL(X),H) denote respectively the hyper-space of non-empty closed bounded and non-empty closed subsets of X, where H is the Hausdorff metric induced by d. For f:XX and T:XCL(X), we shall use the following notations:

L(x,y)=max { d ( f x , f y ) , d ( f x , T x ) , d ( f y , T y ) , 1 2 ( d ( f x , T y ) + d ( f y , T x ) ) }

and

N ( x , y ) = [ max { d 2 ( f x , f y ) , d ( f x , T x ) d ( f y , T y ) , d ( f x , T y ) d ( f y , T x ) , 1 2 d ( f x , T x ) d ( f y , T x ) , 1 2 d ( f x , T y ) d ( f y , T y ) } ] 1 2 .

We recall some definitions.

Definition 1 Mappings f and T are said to be commuting at a point xX if fTxTfx. The mappings f and T are said to be commuting on X if fTxTfx for all xX.

Definition 2 Mappings f and T are said to be weakly commuting at a point xX if

H(fTx,Tfx)d(fx,Tx).

The mappings f and T are said to be weakly commuting on X if

H(fTx,Tfx)d(fx,Tx)

for all xX.

Definition 3 The mappings f and T are said to be compatible if fTxCB(X) for all xX and lim n + H(Tf x n ,fT x n )=0, whenever { x n } is a sequence in X such that T x n MCB(X) and f x n tM, as n+.

Definition 4 The mappings f and T are said to be f-weak compatible if fTxCB(X) for all xX and the following limits exist and satisfy the inequalities:

  1. (i)

    lim n H(Tf x n ,fT x n ) lim n H(Tf x n ,T x n ),

  2. (ii)

    lim n d(fT x n ,f x n ) lim n H(Tf x n ,T x n ),

whenever { x n } is a sequence in X such that T x n MCB(X) and f x n tM as n.

Let C(T,f) denote the set of all coincidence points of the mappings f and T, that is, C(T,f)={u:fuTu}.

Definition 5 The mappings f and T are said to be coincidentally commuting if they commute at their coincidence points.

Definition 6 Mappings f and T are said to be coincidentally idempotent if ffu=fu for every uC(T,f), that is, if f is idempotent at the coincidence points of f and T.

Definition 7 Mappings f and T are said to be occasionally coincidentally idempotent (or, in brief, oci) if ffu=fu for some uC(T,f).

It should be remarked that coincidentally idempotent pairs of mappings are occasionally coincidentally idempotent, but the converse is not necessarily true as shown in Example 18 of this note.

Main results

We recall the following lemma.

Lemma 8 [8]

Let T:YCB(X) and f:YX be f-weak compatible. If {fw}=Tw for some wY and H(Tx,Ty)h(aL(x,y)+(1a)N(x,y)) for all x, y in Y, where 0<h<1, 0a1, then fTw=Tfw.

We remark that the above-mentioned lemma has been used in [8, 9] and [10] to prove the existence of fixed points of hybrid mappings. However, we have noticed some typos in its original statement which have been rectified in the above statement without altering the proof.

Next, we prove a fixed point result for hybrid mappings under a general integral-type contractivity condition. In contrast to [20], we avoid the complete character of the base space X, and we introduce hybrid mappings. With respect to the study in [21], we consider here occasionally coincidentally idempotent mappings.

Theorem 9 Let Y be an arbitrary non-empty set, (X,d) be a metric space, f:YX and T:YCB(X) be such that

T(Y)f(Y),
(1)

that is, y Y T(y)f(Y),

there exists q ( 0 , 1 ) such that 0 H ( T x , T y ) ψ ( t ) d t q 0 L ( x , y ) ψ ( t ) d t for all x , y in Y ,
(2)
f(Y) is complete ,
(3)

ψ: R + R + is a Lebesgue measurable mapping which is nonnegative, summable on each compact interval and such that

ψ(x)>0,x>0,
(4)

which trivially implies that

0 ϵ ψ(t)dt>0 for each ϵ>0
(5)

and

0 ϵ ψ(t)dt< 0 ϵ ˜ ψ(t)dt for each 0<ϵ< ϵ ˜ .
(6)

Suppose also that

0 μ ϵ ψ(t)dtγ(μ) 0 ϵ ψ(t)dt for each μ>1 and ϵ>0,
(7)

where γ:(1,+) R + is such that

0<γ ( q 1 / 2 ) q<1
(8)

and

γ ( q 1 / 2 ) qγ ( 1 γ ( q 1 / 2 ) q ) 1.
(9)

Then T and f have a coincidence point. Further, if f and T are occasionally coincidentally idempotent, then f and T have a common fixed point.

Proof In view of (1) and Nadler’s remark in [24], given the point x 0 Y, we can construct two sequences { x n } in Y and { y n } in X such that, for each nN,

y n =f x n T x n 1 andd( y n , y n + 1 ) q 1 / 2 H(T x n 1 ,T x n ).

Indeed, since T x 0 f(Y), there exists x 1 Y such that f x 1 = y 1 T x 0 . Besides, given y 1 T x 0 , by Nadler’s remark in [24] and using that q 1 / 2 >1, we can choose y 2 T x 1 f(Y) such that d( y 1 , y 2 ) q 1 / 2 H(T x 0 ,T x 1 ) and y 2 =f x 2 for a certain x 2 Y. The continuation of this process allows to construct the two above-mentioned sequences { x n } and { y n } inductively.

We claim that { y n } is a Cauchy sequence. Using the inequality in (2) and also property (7), which is trivially valid for ϵ=0, it follows, for n2, that

0 d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) ψ ( t ) d t 0 q 1 / 2 H ( T x n 2 , T x n 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t γ ( q 1 / 2 ) 0 H ( T x n 2 , T x n 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t γ ( q 1 / 2 ) q 0 L ( x n 2 , x n 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t ,

where

L ( x n 2 , x n 1 ) = max { d ( f x n 2 , f x n 1 ) , d ( f x n 2 , T x n 2 ) , d ( f x n 1 , T x n 1 ) , 1 2 ( d ( f x n 2 , T x n 1 ) + d ( f x n 1 , T x n 2 ) ) } max { d ( f x n 2 , f x n 1 ) , d ( f x n 2 , f x n 1 ) , d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) , 1 2 d ( f x n 2 , f x n ) } max { d ( f x n 2 , f x n 1 ) , d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) , 1 2 ( d ( f x n 2 , f x n 1 ) + d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) ) } = max { d ( f x n 2 , f x n 1 ) , d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) } .

Suppose that

d(f x n 1 ,f x n )>λd(f x n 2 ,f x n 1 )for some nN with n2,

where λ=γ( q 1 / 2 )q(0,1), hence d(f x n 1 ,f x n )>0 and

0<max { d ( f x n 2 , f x n 1 ) , d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) } < 1 λ d(f x n 1 ,f x n ),

so that

0 d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) ψ ( t ) d t γ ( q 1 / 2 ) q 0 max { d ( f x n 2 , f x n 1 ) , d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) } ψ ( t ) d t < γ ( q 1 / 2 ) q 0 1 λ d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) ψ ( t ) d t γ ( q 1 / 2 ) q γ ( 1 λ ) 0 d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) ψ ( t ) d t 0 d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) ψ ( t ) d t ,

where we have also used (6) (a consequence of (4)), (7), (8) and (9). The previous inequalities imply that

0 d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) ψ(t)dt< 0 d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) ψ(t)dt,

which is a contradiction. In consequence,

d(f x n 1 ,f x n )λd(f x n 2 ,f x n 1 ),for every nN,n2,

where λ=γ( q 1 / 2 )q(0,1), by hypothesis, and hence {f x n } is a Cauchy sequence in f(Y). This is clear from the following inequality, valid for n,mN, n>m,

d ( f x n , f x m ) j = m + 1 n d ( f x j , f x j 1 ) j = m + 1 n λ j 1 d ( f x 1 , f x 0 ) = λ m λ n 1 λ d ( f x 1 , f x 0 ) λ m 1 λ d ( f x 1 , f x 0 ) ,

which tends to zero as m+.

Since f(Y) is complete, then the sequence {f x n } has a limit in f(Y), say u. Let w f 1 (u) and prove that fwTw.

Suppose that fwTw, then, by (2), we have

0 d ( f x n + 1 , T w ) ψ(t)dt 0 H ( T x n , T w ) ψ(t)dtq 0 L ( x n , w ) ψ(t)dt,

where

L ( x n , w ) = max { d ( f x n , f w ) , d ( f x n , T x n ) , d ( f w , T w ) , 1 2 ( d ( f x n , T w ) + d ( f w , T x n ) ) } = d ( f w , T w ) for  n  large .

Here, we have used that d(f x n ,fw)=d(f x n ,u)0, as n+, d(f x n ,T x n )d(f x n ,f x n + 1 )0, as n+, d(fw,Tw)>0 due to fwTw and Tw closed, and

1 2 ( d ( f x n , T w ) + d ( f w , T x n ) ) 1 2 ( 2 d ( f x n , f w ) + d ( f w , T w ) + d ( f x n , T x n ) ) 1 2 d ( f w , T w ) , as  n + .

Hence, for n large enough, we have

0 d ( f x n + 1 , T w ) ψ(t)dtq 0 d ( f w , T w ) ψ(t)dt.

Making n tend to +∞ in the previous inequality, we have

0 d ( f w , T w ) ψ(t)dtq 0 d ( f w , T w ) ψ(t)dt

and, therefore, since q<1 and d(fw,Tw)>0, we get 0 d ( f w , T w ) ψ(t)dt< 0 d ( f w , T w ) ψ(t)dt, which is a contradiction. Hence fwTw, that is, w is a coincidence point for T and f.

Although this fact is not relevant to the proof, we note that H(T x n 1 ,T x n )0 since

lim n d( y n 1 , y n )=0.

Indeed,

0 H ( T x n 1 , T x n ) ψ(t)dtq 0 L ( x n 1 , x n ) ψ(t)dt,

where

L ( x n 1 , x n ) max { d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) , d ( f x n , f x n + 1 ) } max { d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) , λ d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) } = d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) ,

therefore

0 H ( T x n 1 , T x n ) ψ(t)dtq 0 d ( f x n 1 , f x n ) ψ(t)dt.

Then lim n + 0 H ( T x n 1 , T x n ) ψ(t)dt=0 and, by the properties of ψ, we get H(T x n 1 ,T x n )0 as n+. From the definition of { y n }, we deduce that d(f x n ,T x n )H(T x n 1 ,T x n ) for every n and, therefore, lim n d(f x n ,T x n )=0, so that { x n } is asymptotically T-regular with respect to f. However, this property can be deduced directly from the fact that

0d(f x n ,T x n )d(f x n ,f x n + 1 )0as n+.

Now, if f and T are occasionally coincidentally idempotent, then ffw=fw for some wC(T,f). Then we have

0 H ( T f w , T w ) ψ(t)dtq 0 L ( f w , w ) ψ(t)dt,
(10)

where

L ( f w , w ) = max { d ( f f w , f w ) , d ( f f w , T f w ) , d ( f w , T w ) , 1 2 ( d ( f f w , T w ) + d ( f w , T f w ) ) } = max { d ( f w , f w ) , d ( f w , T f w ) , d ( f w , T w ) , 1 2 ( d ( f w , T w ) + d ( f w , T f w ) ) } = d ( f w , T f w ) H ( T w , T f w ) .

If TfwTw, then from inequality (10) and using (5) (which is guaranteed by (4)), we have that

0 H ( T f w , T w ) ψ(t)dtq 0 H ( T f w , T w ) ψ(t)dt< 0 H ( T f w , T w ) ψ(t)dt,

which is a contradiction. Hence Tfw=Tw. Thus we have fw=ffw and fwTw=Tfw, i.e., fw is a common fixed point of f and T. □

Let Φ denote the family of maps ϕ from the set R + of nonnegative real numbers to itself such that

ϕ(t)qtfor all t0 and for some q(0,1).
(11)

Corollary 10 Let Y be an arbitrary non-empty set, (X,d) be a metric space, f:YX and T:YCB(X) be such that T(Y)f(Y),

0 H ( T x , T y ) ψ(t)dtϕ ( 0 L ( x , y ) ψ ( t ) d t )
(12)

for all x, y in Y, where ϕΦ (satisfying (11) for a certain q(0,1)),

f(Y) is complete ,

ψ: R + R + is a Lebesgue measurable mapping which is nonnegative, summable on each compact interval and such that (4) holds. Suppose also that (7), (8) and (9) hold for a certain γ:(1,+) R + and q determined by (11). Then T and f have a coincidence point. Further, if f and T are occasionally coincidentally idempotent, then f and T have a common fixed point.

Proof It is a consequence of Theorem 9 since (11) and (12) imply that

0 H ( T x , T y ) ψ(t)dtϕ ( 0 L ( x , y ) ψ ( t ) d t ) q 0 L ( x , y ) ψ(t)dt

for all x, y in Y and q(0,1). □

Remark 11 The condition

0 μ ϵ ψ(t)dtμ 0 ϵ ψ(t)dtfor each μ>1 and ϵ>0
(13)

implies the validity of hypothesis (7) in Theorem 9 for the particular case of γ the identity mapping. Moreover, for 0<q<1, hypotheses (8) and (9) are trivially satisfied for this choice of γ. Indeed, using that 0<q<1, we get

0<γ ( q 1 / 2 ) q= q 1 / 2 q= q 1 / 2 <1

and

γ ( q 1 / 2 ) qγ ( 1 γ ( q 1 / 2 ) q ) = q 1 / 2 q 1 q 1 / 2 q =1.

Remark 12 Assuming (8), condition (9) is trivially valid if λγ( 1 λ )1 for every λ(0,1) or, equivalently, γ( 1 λ ) 1 λ for every λ(0,1), that is, γ(z)z for every z>1. Note that this last condition is trivially valid for γ the identity mapping. Moreover, if γ(z)z for every z>1, then γ(z)< z 2 for every z>1 and, therefore, if q(0,1), then γ( q 1 / 2 )< q 1 , obtaining (8) if γ( q 1 / 2 )>0.

Remark 13 According to Remark 12, for q(0,1) fixed and ψ satisfying (4), an admissible function γ can be obtained by taking

γ(z) sup ϵ > 0 0 z ϵ ψ ( t ) d t 0 ϵ ψ ( t ) d t ,z>1,

provided that γ( q 1 / 2 )>0 and γ(z)z for every z>1.

Example 14 Taking ψ as the constant function ψ(t)=K>0, t>0, in the statement of Theorem 9, condition (7) is reduced to

Kμϵγ(μ)Kϵfor each μ>1 and ϵ>0,

so that we must choose γ as a nonnegative function satisfying that γ(z)=z for z>1 (obviously, γ( q 1 / 2 )>0 since q(0,1)) in order to guarantee conditions (7), (8) and (9).

Example 15 A simple calculation provides that, for the function ψ(t)=t, t>0, condition (7) is written as γ(z) z 2 for z>1 and, therefore, in this case condition (8) is never fulfilled. If we take ψ(t)=K t m , t>0, for K>0 and m>0 fixed, then (7) implies that γ(z) z m + 1 >z for z>1.

Example 16 Now, we choose ψ(t)=K t m , t>0, where K>0 and 1<m<0 are fixed. Note that the case m=0 has already been studied in Example 14. In this case 1<m<0, condition (7) is reduced to

K ( μ ϵ ) m + 1 m + 1 γ(μ)K ϵ m + 1 m + 1 for μ>1 and ϵ>0,

which is equivalent to γ(z) z m + 1 for z>1. Note that this inequality implies, for 0<q<1, that γ( q 1 / 2 )>0. If we add the hypothesis γ(z)z for z>1, then we guarantee the validity of conditions (8) and (9) due to Remark 12. Hence, we can take any nonnegative function γ satisfying that

z m + 1 γ(z)zfor z>1.

Of course, γ(z)=z and γ(z)= z m + 1 are valid choices.

Example 17 Take ψ(t)= e t , t>0. Condition (7) is equivalent to

1 e μ ϵ γ(μ) ( 1 e ϵ ) for μ>1 and ϵ>0,

that is,

γ(μ) 1 e μ ϵ 1 e ϵ for μ>1 and ϵ>0.

Now, for each z>1 fixed, we calculate sup ϵ > 0 1 e z ϵ 1 e ϵ , which is obviously positive, and we check that its value is equal to z.

It is easy to prove that for z>1 fixed, the function ϵ(0,+) R z (ϵ)= 1 e z ϵ 1 e ϵ is decreasing on (0,+). Indeed, the sign of its derivative coincides with the sign of the function ν(ϵ)=z e z ϵ (1 e ϵ )(1 e z ϵ ) e ϵ and also with the sign of τ(ϵ)=z e z ϵ ( e ϵ 1)+ e z ϵ 1 for ϵ(0,+). Now, the function τ is strictly negative on (0,+) since τ(0)=τ( 0 + )=0 and τ (ϵ)=z(1z) e z ϵ ( e ϵ 1)<0 for ϵ>0.

Moreover, lim ϵ 0 + R z (ϵ)=z for each z>1; in consequence, sup ϵ > 0 R z (ϵ)=z for every z>1. Therefore, if γ(z)z for every z>1, then (7) follows. Note also that if q(0,1), then γ( q 1 / 2 )>0. Finally, for q(0,1), if we take γ:(1,+) R + such that γ(z)=z for z>1, we deduce the validity of (7), (8) and (9).

The following example shows that Theorem 9 is a proper generalization of the fixed point results in [710].

Example 18 Let X= R + be endowed with the Euclidean metric, let f:XX and T:XCB(X) be defined by fx=4( x 2 +x) and Tx=[0, x 2 +7]. Let ϕ: R + R + be defined by ϕ(t)= 1 4 t for all t R + . Then mappings f and T are not commuting and also do not satisfy any of its generalizations, viz weakly commuting, compatibility, weak compatibility. Also the mappings f and T are not coincidentally commuting. Note that f1T1, but ff1f1 and so f and T are not coincidentally idempotent, but f0T0 and ff0=f0 thus f and T are occasionally coincidentally idempotent. For all x and y in X, we have

0 H ( T x , T y ) ψ ( t ) d t = 0 | x 2 y 2 | ψ ( t ) d t = 0 ( x + y 4 ) 1 ( x + y + 1 ) ( 4 | x y | ( x + y + 1 ) ) ψ ( t ) d t = 0 ( x + y 4 ) 1 ( x + y + 1 ) ( 4 | x 2 y 2 + x y | ) ψ ( t ) d t 0 1 4 d ( f x , f y ) ψ ( t ) d t 1 4 0 d ( f x , f y ) ψ ( t ) d t 1 4 0 L ( x , y ) ψ ( t ) d t = ϕ ( 0 L ( x , y ) ψ ( t ) d t ) .

Note that these inequalities are valid if

0 1 4 d ( f x , f y ) ψ(t)dt 1 4 0 d ( f x , f y ) ψ(t)dt,

which is satisfied taking, for instance, the constant function ψ1. On the other hand, γ is chosen as the identity map and it satisfies (8) and (9).

Note that 0 is a common fixed point of f and T. We remark that the results of [79] and [10] cannot be applied to these mappings f and T.

Theorem 19 In Theorem  9, we can assume, instead of condition (2), one of the inequalities

0 H ( T x , T y ) ψ(t)dtq ( a 0 L ( x , y ) ψ ( t ) d t + b 0 N ( x , y ) ψ ( t ) d t ) for all x,y in Y,
(14)

or

0 H ( T x , T y ) ψ(t)dtq 0 a L ( x , y ) + b N ( x , y ) ψ(t)dt for all x,y in Y,
(15)

where a,b0, a+b1 and q(0,1).

Similarly, in Corollary  10, we can consider one of the contractivity conditions

0 H ( T x , T y ) ψ(t)dtϕ ( a 0 L ( x , y ) ψ ( t ) d t + b 0 N ( x , y ) ψ ( t ) d t ) for all x,y in Y,
(16)

or

0 H ( T x , T y ) ψ(t)dtϕ ( 0 a L ( x , y ) + b N ( x , y ) ψ ( t ) d t ) for all x,y in Y,
(17)

where a,b0, a+b1 and ϕΦ (satisfying (11) for a certain q(0,1)) and the conclusion follows.

Proof It follows from the inequality

N(x,y)L(x,y)for every x,y

and the nonnegative character of a, b and ψ. Indeed, d 2 (fx,fy) [ L ( x , y ) ] 2 ,

d ( f x , T x ) d ( f y , T y ) [ L ( x , y ) ] 2 , d ( f x , T y ) d ( f y , T x ) 1 4 ( d ( f x , T y ) + d ( f y , T x ) ) 2 [ L ( x , y ) ] 2 , 1 2 d ( f x , T x ) d ( f y , T x ) [ max { d ( f x , T x ) , 1 2 ( d ( f x , T y ) + d ( f y , T x ) ) } ] 2 [ L ( x , y ) ] 2 , 1 2 d ( f x , T y ) d ( f y , T y ) [ max { d ( f y , T y ) , 1 2 ( d ( f x , T y ) + d ( f y , T x ) ) } ] 2 [ L ( x , y ) ] 2 ,

hence, for instance,

a 0 L ( x , y ) ψ(t)dt+b 0 N ( x , y ) ψ(t)dt(a+b) 0 L ( x , y ) ψ(t)dt 0 L ( x , y ) ψ(t)dt.

Note that, in cases (16) and (17), it is not necessary to assume the nondecreasing character of the function ϕ since, using that ϕΦ, we deduce (14) and (15), respectively. □

Of course, the function ϕ0 is admissible in the results of this paper.

Note that, taking a=1 and b=0 in the inequalities of Theorem 19, we obtain the corresponding contractivity conditions of Theorem 9 and Corollary 10. On the other hand, taking a=0 and b=1 in Theorem 19, we have the following results, which are also corollaries of Theorem 9.

Corollary 20 Let Y be an arbitrary non-empty set, (X,d) be a metric space, f:YX and T:YCB(X) be such that conditions (1), (3) hold and

0 H ( T x , T y ) ψ(t)dtq 0 N ( x , y ) ψ(t)dt for all x,yY,
(18)

where 0<q<1 and ψ: R + R + is a Lebesgue measurable mapping which is nonnegative, summable on each compact interval and such that (4) holds. Assume also that (7), (8) and (9) are fulfilled for a certain γ:(1,+) R + . Then f and T have a coincidence point. Further, if  f and T are occasionally coincidentally idempotent, then f and T have a common fixed point.

Corollary 21 Let Y be an arbitrary non-empty set, (X,d) be a metric space, f:YX and T:YCB(X) be such that conditions (1), (3) hold and

0 H ( T x , T y ) ψ(t)dtϕ ( 0 N ( x , y ) ψ ( t ) d t ) for all x,yY,
(19)

where ϕΦ (satisfying (11) for q(0,1)) and ψ: R + R + is a Lebesgue measurable mapping which is nonnegative, summable on each compact interval and such that (4) holds. Assume also that (7), (8) and (9) are fulfilled for a certain γ:(1,+) R + . Then f and T have a coincidence point. Further, if  f and T are occasionally coincidentally idempotent, then f and T have a common fixed point.

Let η:[0,)[0,1) be a function having the following property (see, for instance, [6, 25]):

(P) For t0, there exist δ(t)>0, s(t)<1 such that 0rt<δ(t) implies η(r)s(t).

This property obviously holds if η is continuous since η attains its maximum (less than 1) on each compact [t,t+δ(t)].

Definition 22 A sequence { x n } is said to be asymptotically T-regular with respect to f if lim n d(f x n ,T x n )=0.

The following theorem is related to the main results of Hu [[25], Theorem 2], Jungck [14], Kaneko [26], Nadler [[24], Theorem 5] and Beg and Azam [[6], Theorem 5.4 and Corollary 5.5].

Theorem 23 Let Y be an arbitrary non-empty set, (X,d) be a metric space, f:YX and T:YCL(X) be such that condition (1) holds and

0 H ( T x , T y ) ψ(t)dt<η ( d ( f x , f y ) ) 0 d ( f x , f y ) ψ(t)dt
(20)

for all x,yY, where η:[0,)[0,1) satisfies (P) and ψ0 is nonincreasing.

Suppose also that Tx is a compact set for every xY.

If f(Y) is complete, then

  1. (i)

    there exists an asymptotically T-regular sequence { x n } with respect to f in Y,

  2. (ii)

    f and T have a coincidence point.

Further, if  f and T are occasionally coincidentally idempotent, then f and T have a common fixed point.

Proof For some x 0 in Y, let y 0 =f x 0 and choose x 1 in Y such that y 1 =f x 1 T x 0 . Then, by (20), we have

0 H ( T x 0 , T x 1 ) ψ(t)dt<η ( d ( f x 0 , f x 1 ) ) 0 d ( f x 0 , f x 1 ) ψ(t)dt.

Using (1), we can choose x 2 Y such that y 2 =f x 2 T x 1 and satisfying that

d( y 1 , y 2 )=d(f x 1 , y 2 )=d(f x 1 ,T x 1 )H(T x 0 ,T x 1 ),

hence

0 d ( y 1 , y 2 ) ψ ( t ) d t = 0 d ( f x 1 , f x 2 ) ψ ( t ) d t < η ( d ( f x 0 , f x 1 ) ) 0 d ( f x 0 , f x 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t 0 d ( f x 0 , f x 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t .

Note that, in the previous inequalities, we have used that d(f x 0 ,f x 1 )>0. If d(f x 0 ,f x 1 )=0, then f x 0 =f x 1 T x 0 and { x n } is asymptotically T-regular with respect to f.

By induction, we construct a sequence { x n } in Y and { y n } in f(Y) such that, for every n,

d(f x n 1 , y n )=d(f x n 1 ,T x n 1 )= min y T x n 1 d(f x n 1 ,y)H(T x n 2 ,T x n 1 ),

and y n =f x n T x n 1 .

Also, we have

0 d ( y n + 1 , y n + 2 ) ψ ( t ) d t = 0 d ( f x n + 1 , f x n + 2 ) ψ ( t ) d t = 0 d ( f x n + 1 , T x n + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t 0 H ( T x n , T x n + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t η ( d ( f x n , f x n + 1 ) ) 0 d ( f x n , f x n + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t < 0 d ( f x n , f x n + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t = 0 d ( y n , y n + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t .

It follows that the sequence {d( y n , y n + 1 )} is decreasing and converges to its greatest lower bound, say t. Clearly t0. If t>0, then by the property (P) of η, there will exist δ(t)>0 and s(t)<1 such that

0rt<δ(t)impliesη(r)s(t).

For this δ(t)>0, there exists NN such that 0d( y n , y n + 1 )t<δ(t), whenever nN. Hence η(d( y n , y n + 1 ))s(t), whenever nN. Let K=max{η(d( y 0 , y 1 )),η(d( y 1 , y 2 )),,η(d( y N 1 , y N )),s(t)}. Then for n=1,2,3, , we have

0 d ( y n , y n + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t < η ( d ( y n 1 , y n ) ) 0 d ( y n 1 , y n ) ψ ( t ) d t K 0 d ( y n 1 , y n ) ψ ( t ) d t K n 0 d ( y 0 , y 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t 0 as  n ,

which contradicts the assumption that t>0. Thus lim n d( y n , y n + 1 )=0; i.e., d(f x n ,T x n )0 as n+. Hence the sequence { x n } is asymptotically T-regular with respect to f.

We claim that {f x n } is a Cauchy sequence. Let n,mN with n<m, then, by the nonincreasing character of ψ, we get

0 d ( y n , y m ) ψ ( t ) d t 0 d ( y n , y n + 1 ) + d ( y n + 1 , y n + 2 ) + + d ( y m 1 , y m ) ψ ( t ) d t = 0 d ( y n , y n + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t + d ( y n , y n + 1 ) d ( y n , y n + 1 ) + d ( y n + 1 , y n + 2 ) ψ ( t ) d t + + d ( y n , y n + 1 ) + d ( y n + 1 , y n + 2 ) + + d ( y m 2 , y m 1 ) d ( y n , y n + 1 ) + d ( y n + 1 , y n + 2 ) + + d ( y m 1 , y m ) ψ ( t ) d t 0 d ( y n , y n + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t + 0 d ( y n + 1 , y n + 2 ) ψ ( t ) d t + + 0 d ( y m 1 , y m ) ψ ( t ) d t = i = n m 1 0 d ( y i , y i + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t .

Now, we recall that

0 d ( y n + 1 , y n + 2 ) ψ(t)dtη ( d ( y n , y n + 1 ) ) 0 d ( y n , y n + 1 ) ψ(t)dt

for every n, which implies that

0 d ( y n + 2 , y n + 3 ) ψ ( t ) d t η ( d ( y n + 1 , y n + 2 ) ) 0 d ( y n + 1 , y n + 2 ) ψ ( t ) d t η ( d ( y n + 1 , y n + 2 ) ) η ( d ( y n , y n + 1 ) ) 0 d ( y n , y n + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t .

Following this procedure, we prove that

0 d ( y j , y j + 1 ) ψ(t)dt i = n j 1 η ( d ( y i , y i + 1 ) ) 0 d ( y n , y n + 1 ) ψ(t)dt,for every j=n+1,,m1.

Therefore,

0 d ( y n , y m ) ψ ( t ) d t i = n m 1 0 d ( y i , y i + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t = 0 d ( y n , y n + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t + i = n + 1 m 1 0 d ( y i , y i + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t [ 1 + i = n + 1 m 1 l = n i 1 η ( d ( y l , y l + 1 ) ) ] 0 d ( y n , y n + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t .

We check that the right-hand side in the last inequality tends to 0 as n,m+. Since 0 d ( y n , y n + 1 ) ψ(t)dt0 as n+, it suffices to show that i = n + 1 m 1 l = n i 1 η(d( y l , y l + 1 )) is bounded (uniformly on n, m). Indeed, we check that i = n + 1 m 1 l = n i 1 η( z l ) is bounded for any sequence { z l } with nonnegative terms and tending to 0 as l+, using the property (P) of the function η. Given t=0, by (P), there exist δ(0)>0, s 0 <1 such that 0r<δ(0) implies η(r) s 0 . Since { z l }0, given δ(0)>0, there exists l 0 N such that, for every l l 0 , we have 0 z l <δ(0). This implies that η( z l ) s 0 for every l l 0 .

In consequence, for n l 0 , we get

0 i = n + 1 m 1 l = n i 1 η ( z l ) i = n + 1 m 1 l = n i 1 s 0 = i = n + 1 m 1 ( s 0 ) i n = s 0 ( s 0 ) m n 1 s 0 < s 0 1 s 0 ,

and this expression is bounded independently of m, n.

Hence {f x n } is a Cauchy sequence in f(Y). Since f(Y) is complete, {f x n } converges to some p in f(Y). Let z f 1 (p). Then fz=p. Next, we have

0 d ( f z , T z ) ψ ( t ) d t 0 d ( f x n + 1 , f z ) + d ( f x n + 1 , T z ) ψ ( t ) d t = 0 d ( f x n + 1 , T z ) ψ ( t ) d t + d ( f x n + 1 , T z ) d ( f x n + 1 , T z ) + d ( f z , f x n + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t 0 d ( f x n + 1 , T z ) ψ ( t ) d t + 0 d ( f z , f x n + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t 0 H ( T x n , T z ) ψ ( t ) d t + 0 d ( f z , f x n + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t η ( d ( f x n , f z ) ) 0 d ( f x n , f z ) ψ ( t ) d t + 0 d ( f z , f x n + 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t .

Letting n, we get 0 d ( f z , T z ) ψ(t)dt0. Thus we have d(fz,Tz)=0. Hence fzTz.

Now, if f and T are occasionally coincidentally idempotent, then ffw=fw for some wC(T,f). Then we have

0 H ( T f w , T w ) ψ(t)dtη ( d ( f f w , f w ) ) 0 d ( f f w , f w ) ψ(t)dt=0.

Thus, Tfw=Tw. It follows that ffw=fwTw=Tfw. Hence, fw is a common fixed point of T and f. □

Now we state some fixed point theorems for Kannan-type multi-valued mappings which extend and generalize the corresponding results of Shiau et al. [10] and Beg and Azam [6, 27]. A proper blend of the proof of Theorem 9 and those of [[10], Th. 6, Th. 7, Th. 8 respectively] and [[9], Theorems 3.1, 3.2, 3.3] will complete the proof.

Theorem 24 Let Y be an arbitrary non-empty set, (X,d) be a metric space, f:YX and T:YCB(X) be such that (1) holds and

0 H r ( T x , T y ) ψ ( t ) d t α 1 ( d ( f x , T x ) ) 0 d r ( f x , T x ) ψ ( t ) d t + α 2 ( d ( f y , T y ) ) 0 d r ( f y , T y ) ψ ( t ) d t
(21)

for all x,yY, where α i : R + [0,1) (i=1,2) are bounded on bounded sets, r is some fixed positive real number and ψ: R + R + is a Lebesgue measurable mapping which is summable on each compact interval and 0 ϵ ψ(t)dt>0 for each ϵ>0. Suppose that there exists an asymptotically T-regular sequence { x n } with respect to f in Y. If T(Y) is complete or

there exists kN such that f x n + k T x n for every nN, and f(Y) is complete ,
(22)

then f and T have a coincidence point. Further, if f and T are occasionally coincidentally idempotent, then f and T have a common fixed point.

Proof By hypotheses,

0 H r ( T x n , T x m ) ψ ( t ) d t α 1 ( d ( f x n , T x n ) ) 0 d r ( f x n , T x n ) ψ ( t ) d t + α 2 ( d ( f x m , T x m ) ) 0 d r ( f x m , T x m ) ψ ( t ) d t .

Since { x n } is asymptotically T-regular with respect to f in Y, then { α 1 ( d ( f x n , T x n ) ) } n and { α 2 ( d ( f x m , T x m ) ) } m are bounded sequences and 0 d r ( f x n , T x n ) ψ(t)dt0, 0 d r ( f x m , T x m ) ψ(t)dt0, as n,m+. This provides the property H(T x n ,T x m )0 as n,m+, so that {T x n } is a Cauchy sequence in (CB(X),H).

If T(Y) is complete, there exists K T(Y)f(Y) such that H(T x n , K )0 as n+. Let uY be such that f(u) K . Then

0 d r ( f u , T u ) ψ ( t ) d t 0 H r ( K , T u ) ψ ( t ) d t 0 ( H ( K , T x n ) + H ( T x n , T u ) ) r ψ ( t ) d t = 0 H r ( T x n , T u ) ψ ( t ) d t + H r ( T x n , T u ) H r ( T x n , T u ) + t e r m s c o n t a i n i n g H ( K , T x n ) ψ ( t ) d t α 1 ( d ( f x n , T x n ) ) 0 d r ( f x n , T x n ) ψ ( t ) d t + α 2 ( d ( f u , T u ) ) 0 d r ( f u , T u ) ψ ( t ) d t + H r ( T x n , T u ) H r ( T x n , T u ) + t e r m s c o n t a i n i n g H ( K , T x n ) ψ ( t ) d t ,

where the number of terms containing H( K ,T x n ) is a finite number depending on r, and therefore fixed. Calculating the limit as n+ and taking into account that the length of the intervals in the last integral tends to zero, we get

0 d r ( f u , T u ) ψ(t)dt ( 1 α 2 ( d ( f u , T u ) ) ) lim n + α 1 ( d ( f x n , T x n ) ) 0 d r ( f x n , T x n ) ψ(t)dt=0.

Therefore,

0 d r ( f u , T u ) ψ(t)dt0

and, by the properties of ψ, we get d r (fu,Tu)=0, which implies that fuTu and u is a coincidence point.

Now, suppose that f(Y) is complete. Note that T x n is closed and bounded for every nN. Take k>1 fixed. By the results in [24], we can affirm that for every y 1 T x n , there exists y 2 T x m such that d( y 1 , y 2 )kH(T x n ,T x m ).

Given n,mN, we choose y 1 T x n and, for this y 1 T x n fixed, we choose y 2 T x m such that d( y 1 , y 2 )kH(T x n ,T x m ). Then

d ( f x n , f x m ) d ( f x n , y 1 ) + d ( y 1 , y 2 ) + d ( y 2 , f x m ) d ( f x n , T x n ) + k H ( T x n , T x m ) + d ( T x m , f x m ) .

By the hypothesis on { x n } and the Cauchy character of {T x n }, we deduce that {f x n } is a Cauchy sequence. Since f(Y) is complete, there exists f(u)f(Y) such that {f( x n )}f(u). By hypotheses, d(f x n + k ,Tu)H(T x n ,Tu) for every n, hence

0 d r ( f x n + k , T u ) ψ ( t ) d t 0 H r ( T x n , T u ) ψ ( t ) d t α 1 ( d ( f x n , T x n ) ) 0 d r ( f x n , T x n ) ψ ( t ) d t + α 2 ( d ( f u , T u ) ) 0 d r ( f u , T u ) ψ ( t ) d t ,

and taking the limit as n+, we get

0 d r ( f u , T u ) ψ(t)dt α 2 ( d ( f u , T u ) ) 0 d r ( f u , T u ) ψ(t)dt.

In this case,

( 1 α 2 ( d ( f u , T u ) ) ) 0 d r ( f u , T u ) ψ(t)dt0

and d(fu,Tu)=0, which implies that fuTu. Now, if f and T are coincidentally idempotent, then ffw=fw for some wC(T,f). Hence

0 H r ( T f w , T w ) ψ ( t ) d t α 1 ( d ( f f w , T f w ) ) 0 d r ( f f w , T f w ) ψ ( t ) d t + α 2 ( d ( f w , T w ) ) 0 d r ( f w , T w ) ψ ( t ) d t = α 1 ( d ( f w , T f w ) ) 0 d r ( f w , T f w ) ψ ( t ) d t .

Since ffw=fwTw, we get

0 d r ( f w , T f w ) ψ(t)dt 0 H r ( T w , T f w ) ψ(t)dt α 1 ( d ( f w , T f w ) ) 0 d r ( f w , T f w ) ψ(t)dt.

Therefore

0 d r ( f w , T f w ) ψ(t)dt ( 1 α 1 ( d ( f w , T f w ) ) ) 0,

obtaining d(fw,Tfw)=0 and fwTfw. Since 0 0 H r ( T f w , T w ) ψ(t)dt0, we deduce that H(Tfw,Tw)=0 and Tfw=Tw. In consequence, ffw=fwTw=Tfw and fw is a common fixed point of T and f. □

Remark 25 In the statement of Theorem 24, condition (22) can be replaced by the more general one

f(Y) is complete.

To complete the proof with this more general hypothesis, take into account that for yY, T(y) is a closed set in X and T(Y)f(Y). Using that f(Y) is complete, we deduce that (CL(f(Y)),H) is complete. Hence {T x n } is a sequence in CL(f(Y)) and it is a Cauchy sequence in (CL(f(Y)),H). Therefore, there exists K CL(f(Y)) such that H(T x n , K )0 as n+. Note also that K is a closed set in the complete space f(Y), then K is complete and, therefore, a closed set, then K CL(X). Once we have proved that H(T x n , K )0 as n+ in (CL(f(Y)),H), the proof follows analogously.

Theorem 26 In addition to the hypotheses of Theorem  24, suppose that T x n is compact for all nN. If f(z) is a cluster point of {f x n }, then z is a coincidence point of f and T.

Proof Let y n T x n be such that d(f x n , y n )=d(f x n ,T x n )0, this is possible since T x n is compact. It is obvious that a cluster point of {f x n } is a cluster point of { y n }. Let f(z) be a cluster point of {f x n } and { y n }, then we check that fzTu, where u is obtained in the proof of Theorem 24. Note that, for every yTu,

d(fz,y)d(fz,f x n )+d(f x n , y n )+d( y n ,y)=d(fz,f x n )+d(f x n ,T x n )+d( y n ,y),

hence

d ( f z , T u ) = inf y T u d ( f z , y ) d ( f z , f x n ) + d ( f x n , T x n ) + inf y T u d ( y n , y ) = d ( f z , f x n ) + d ( f x n , T x n ) + d ( y n , T u ) d ( f z , f x n ) + d ( f x n , T x n ) + H ( T x n , T u ) .

In consequence,

0 d r ( f z , T u ) ψ(t)dt 0 ( d ( f z , f x n ) + d ( f x n , T x n ) + H ( T x n , T u ) ) r ψ(t)dt.

Using that there exists a subsequence f x n k converging to fz, the properties of { x n } and the inequality

0 H r ( T x n k , T u ) ψ ( t ) d t α 1 ( d ( f x n k , T x n k ) ) 0 d r ( f x n k , T x n k ) ψ ( t ) d t + α 2 ( d ( f u , T u ) ) 0 d r ( f u , T u ) ψ ( t ) d t k + 0 ,

then, taking the limit when n k +, we get 0 d r ( f z , T u ) ψ(t)dt0 and fzTu. To prove that fzTz, using that fuTu, we get

0 d r ( f z , T z ) ψ ( t ) d t 0 H r ( T u , T z ) ψ ( t ) d t α 1 ( d ( f u , T u ) ) 0 d r ( f u , T u ) ψ ( t ) d t + α 2 ( d ( f z , T z ) ) 0 d r ( f z , T z ) ψ ( t ) d t = α 2 ( d ( f z , T z ) ) 0 d r ( f z , T z ) ψ ( t ) d t .

This implies that

( 1 α 2 ( d ( f z , T z ) ) ) 0 d r ( f z , T z ) ψ(t)dt0

and, by the properties of α 2 and ψ, we deduce that d(fz,Tz)=0, which proves that z is a coincidence point of f and T. □

The following result extends [[10], Theorem 3.3].

Theorem 27 Let Y be an arbitrary non-empty set, (X,d) be a metric space, f:YX and T:YCB(X) be such that (1) and (21) hold, where α i : R + [0,1) (i=1,2) are bounded on bounded sets and such that

α 1 ( d ( f x , T x ) ) + α 2 ( d ( f y , T y ) ) 1 for every x,y,

r is some fixed positive real number and ψ: R + R + is a Lebesgue measurable mapping which is summable on each compact interval, and ψ(x)>0 for each x>0. Suppose that

inf { d ( f z n , T z n ) : n N } =0 for every sequence { z n } in Y with f z n T z n 1 ,n.
(23)

If T(Y) is complete or f(Y) is complete, then f and T have a coincidence point. Further, if f and T are occasionally coincidentally idempotent, then f and T have a common fixed point.

Proof Using Theorem 24, it suffices to prove that there exists an asymptotically T-regular sequence { x n } with respect to f in Y. Let x 0 Y and take { x n } in Y such that f x n T x n 1 for every nN. Then

0 d r ( f x n , T x n ) ψ ( t ) d t 0 H r ( T x n 1 , T x n ) ψ ( t ) d t α 1 ( d ( f x n 1 , T x n 1 ) ) 0 d r ( f x n 1 , T x n 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t + α 2 ( d ( f x n , T x n ) ) 0 d r ( f x n , T x n ) ψ ( t ) d t .

Hence,

( 1 α 2 ( d ( f x n , T x n ) ) ) 0 d r ( f x n , T x n ) ψ(t)dt α 1 ( d ( f x n 1 , T x n 1 ) ) 0 d r ( f x n 1 , T x n 1 ) ψ(t)dt,

or also, using the hypothesis on α 1 and α 2 ,

0 d r ( f x n , T x n ) ψ ( t ) d t α 1 ( d ( f x n 1 , T x n 1 ) ) ( 1 α 2 ( d ( f x n , T x n ) ) ) 0 d r ( f x n 1 , T x n 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t 0 d r ( f x n 1 , T x n 1 ) ψ ( t ) d t .

The properties of ψ imply that d r (f x n ,T x n ) d r (f x n 1 ,T x n 1 ) for every nN, and { d ( f x n , T x n ) } n N is nonincreasing and bounded below. Therefore it is convergent to the infimum, that is,

d(f x n ,T x n )inf { d ( f x n , T x n ) : n N } =0,

and { x n } is asymptotically T-regular with respect to f in Y. □

Remark 28 Note that condition (23) in Theorem 27 cannot be replaced by

inf { d ( f x , T x ) : x Y } =0

since the infimum taking the sequence { z n } could be positive (we calculate the infimum in a smaller set).

Remark 29 In Theorem 27, condition (23) can be replaced by the following:

inf { H ( T z n 1 , T z n ) : n N } = 0 , for every sequence  { z n }  in  Y  with  f z n T z n 1 , n .
(24)

Indeed, since

d(f z n ,T z n )H(T z n 1 ,T z n ),n,

then

0inf { d ( f z n , T z n ) : n N } inf { H ( T z n 1 , T z n ) : n N } =0,

and d(f z n ,T z n )0.

Remark 30 In Theorem 27, if we are able to obtain a sequence { x n } with an infinite number of terms which are different, then we can relax condition (23) to the following:

inf { d ( f x , T x ) : x B } =0 for every infinite set  B  of  Y .
(25)

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Acknowledgements

Dedicated to Professor Jean Mawhin, on the occasion of his seventieth birthday.

We thank the editor, the anonymous referees and also Professor Stojan Radenović for their helpful comments and suggestions. This research was partially supported by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India; Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, project MTM2010-15314, and co-financed by EC fund FEDER.

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Pathak, H.K., Rodríguez-López, R. Noncommutativity of mappings in hybrid fixed point results. Bound Value Probl 2013, 145 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-2770-2013-145

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