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Let X be a metric space and {T1, ..., T N } be a finite family of mappings defined on D ⊂ X. Let r : ℕ → {1,..., N} be a map that assumes every value infinitely often. The purpose of this article is to establish the convergence of the sequence (x n ) defined by
In particular, we extend the study of Bauschke [1] from the linear case of Hilbert spaces to metric spaces. Similarly we show that the examples of convergence hold in the absence of compactness. These type of methods have been used in areas like computerized tomography and signal processing.
Mathematical Subject Classification (2000): Primary 47H09; Secondary 46C99, 47N10, 65F10, 65K05, 90C25, 92C55.
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1. Introduction
Many problems in mathematics [2] and physical sciences [3–5] uses a technique known as finding common fixed point. Let X be a real Hilbert space and suppose T1,...,T N are pairwise distinct self-mappings of some nonempty and closed subset D of X. Suppose further that the fixed point set, Fix(T i ) = {x ∈ D : T i (x) = x}, of each mapping T i is nonempty and that . The aim is to find a common fixed point of these mappings. One frequently employed approach is the following:
Let r be a random mapping for {1,..., N}, i.e., a surjective mapping from ℕ onto {1,..., N} that takes each value in {1,...,N} infinitely often. Then generate a random sequence (x n ) n by taken x0 ∈ D arbitrary, and
and hope that this sequence converges to a point in C. We call it a random or unrestricted product (resp. iteration). For products generated by using control sequence, there are many results: for instance, cyclic control arises when r(n) = n + 1 mod N (see, for example, [6]).
In general, this random product fails to have well convergence behavior. The first positive results were done in the case, when D = X and each mapping T i , is the projection onto nonempty, closed, and convex subset C i of X; hence Fix(T i ) = C i , i = 1,..., N. The problem of finding a common fixed point is then the well-known Convex Feasibility Problem (see, for example, [6]). In [7], there are several interesting applications of this problem. Some of the early known results in this case are:
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Amemiya and Ando [8]: If each set C i , is a closed subspace, then the random product converges weakly to the projection onto C.
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Bruck [9]: If some set C i , is compact, then the random product converges in norm to a point in C. If N = 3 and each set C i , is symmetric, then the random product converges weakly to some point in C.
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Dye [10]: If the sets C i , are finite-dimensional subspaces, then the random product converges in norm to a point in C.
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Dye and Reich [11]: If the sets C i , have a common weak internal point or if N = 3, then the random product converges weakly to a point in C.
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Youla [12]: If the sets C i , have a common "inner point", then the random product converges weakly to a point in C.
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Aharoni and Censor [13], Flam and Zowe [14], Tseng [15], and Eisner et al. [16]: If X is finite dimensional, then the random product converges in norm to a point in C.
For more recent references, one can consult [17] and the references therein.
Dye et al. [18] were successful in their extension of Amemiya and Ando's results from Hilbert spaces to Banach spaces. In this study, we try to do the same by extending Bauschke's results [1] from linear Hilbert spaces to nonlinear metric spaces.
2. Basic definitions and results
Definition 2.1. Let (X, d) be a metric space and D be a nonempty subset of X. The mapping T : D → D is said to be projective w.r.t. c0 ∈ Fix(T) whenever
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d(T(x), c) ≤ d(x, c), for any x ∈ D, and any c ∈ Fix(T);
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for any bounded sequence (x n ) n ⊂ D, we have
Moreover T is called a projective mapping if and only if T is projective w.r.t. any point in Fix(T).
It is worth to mention that in [1] it is assumed that T is nonexpansive to be projective. In particular it is not immediate that T is continuous under our definition.
Example 2.1. Let X be a Hilbert space and Y be a closed subspace of X. Let P : X → Y be the orthogonal projection. Then Fix(P) = Y. For any x ∈ X and c ∈ Y, we have
Let (x n ) n be a bounded sequence such that , for some c ∈ Y. Then we have
Since P(x) ∈ Fix(P), for any x ∈ X, we conclude that . In other words, P is a projective mapping. This example explains why the word projective is used in the above definition.
More examples of projective mappings may be found in [1]. We have the following result about projective mappings.
Proposition 2.1. Let (X, d) be a complete metric space and D be a nonempty and closed subset of X. Let T : D → D be a projective mapping. Then for any x ∈ D, the iterates (Tn(x)) n converge. Set . Then P : D → Fix(T) is a retract which satisfies
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P ∘ T = T ∘ P = P;
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d(P(x), c) ≤ d(x, c), for any x ∈ D, and c ∈ Fix(T).
Moreover P is nonexpansive whenever T is nonexpansive.
Proof. Let x ∈ D and consider the iterates (Tn(x)) n . Then from the assumptions on T, we can see that (d (Tn(x), c)) n is decreasing. So this sequence must be convergent. In particular we must have . Hence . Let us show that (Tn(x)) n is a Cauchy sequence. Indeed, for any n < m in ℕ, we have
for any c ∈ Fix(T), which implies
Since , we conclude that (Tn(x)) n is indeed a Cauchy sequence. The completeness of X will imply that (Tn(x)) n is convergent. Denote its limit by P(x). It is easy to check that, since T is projective, Fix(T) is closed. Moreover for each n ≥ 1, there exists c n ∈ Fix(T) such that
Therefore (c n ) n also converges to P(x). Since Fix(T) is closed, we must have P(x) ∈ Fix(T) which implies T ∘ P = P. The fact that P ∘ T = P is obvious from the properties of the iterates. The last part (ii) follows from the fact
for any x ∈ D and c ∈ Fix(T).
For a family of mappings, we have the following extension.
Definition 2.2. Let (X, d) be a metric space and D be a nonempty subset of X. Let be a family of mappings defined from D into D. The fixed point set of is the set. We will say that is projective w.r.t. c∈ Fix() if any T ∈ is projective w.r.t. c. Similarly, we will say that is projective if and only if any T ∈ is a projective mapping w.r.t. any point in Fix().
In the proof of the previous proposition, we used some interesting properties of the iterates. These properties are satisfied by what is known as Fejér sequences.
Definition 2.3. Let (X, d) be a metric space and D be a nonempty subset of X. A sequence (x n ) n ⊂ X is said to be Fejér monotone w.r.t. D if
Note that if (x n ) n is Fejér monotone then it is bounded, and (d(x n ,D)) n is monotone decreasing.
Definition 2.4. Let (X, d) be a metric space. Let {C1,...,C N } be a finite family of nonempty subsets of X. We will say that {C1,...,C N } is boundedly regular, if for any bounded sequence (x n ) n ⊂ X we have
We will say that {C1,..., C N } is innately boundedly regular if (C i )i∈Jis boundedly regular for any nonempty subset J of {1,..., N}.
For examples on boundedly regular sets, the reader may consult [1]. In fact this property is the one that weakens the compactness assumption used in many results.
Next, we define the concept of quasi-projection as introduced by Baillon and Bruck [19].
Definition 2.5. Let (X, d) be a metric space and C be a nonempty subset of X. Let x0 ∈ X.
The quasi-projection of x0 onto C, denoted by , is defined by
Under the above assumptions, the definition of the projection is given by
Clearly we have . And if x0 ∈ C, we have
3. Main results
Definition 3.1. Let (X, d) be a metric space and D be a nonempty subset of X. Let {T1, ... ,T N } be a finite family of mappings defined from D into D. A mapping T : D → D is called a full word if T can be written as a finite product of the mappings {T1, ..., T N }, where each T i will occur at least once. The set of all full word mappings will be denoted by ℱ. A mapping T : D → D is called a M-word, where M ∈ {1, ..., N}, if T is a finite product of the mappings {T1, ..., T N }, where at most M different occur in this product for some{i1, ..., i M } ⊂ {1, ..., N}. The set of all M-words will be denoted by .
Note that the identity map belongs to , for any M ∈ {1, ..., N}, and .
Proposition 3.1. Let (X, d) be a complete metric space. Let {T1, ..., T N } be a finite family of mappings defined from D into D, where D is a nonempty and closed subset of X. Assume that {T1, ..., T N } are projective w.r.t. a common fixed point c ∈ D. Also assume that {Fix(T1), ..., Fix(T N )} is innately boundedly regular. Let (x n ) n be a bounded sequence in D and such that . Then
Moreover if , then .
Proof Consider the following statement , where M ∈ {1, ..., N}:
For any bounded sequence (x n ) n ⊂ D and any sequence of words such that we must have
The proof will be done via an induction argument on M. First we prove , when M = 1. Assume it is not true. Then there exists a bounded sequence (x n ) n ⊂ D, an i ∈ {1, ..., N} and a sequence of words (W n ) n , where such that
and . Note that we have
where the last inequality holds, since T i is projective w.r.t. c. Thus, we have , which implies that . For any z ∈ Fix(T i ), we have
Since z ∈ Fix(T i ) is arbitrary, we obtain d(x n ,W n (x n )) ≤ 2d(x n ,Fix(T i )). This is a contradiction. Therefore, is true for M = 1. Assume , for M ∈ {2, ..., N}, is true and let us prove that is also true. Let (x n ) n ⊂ D be a bounded sequence and be any sequence of words such that . From the definition of , there exists {i1, ..., i M } ⊂ {1, ..., N} such that each W n is a full word of Fix i m ∈ {i1, ..., i M }. Then we have where L n is a word generated by and is a word generated by for any n ≥ 0. Since
for any n ≥ 0, we obtain
Since (x n )n is bounded, we deduce that is also bounded. Using the fact that is true and is projective w.r.t. c, we conclude that
This will easily imply . Since i m was arbitrarily chosen in {i1, ..., i M }, we conclude that
Using the innately boundedness regularity of , for i m ∈ {1, ..., N}, we conclude that
Obviously, we have , for any n ≥ 0. Hence we have
which implies that . This concludes that is true for any M ∈ {1, ..., N}. Therefore, we have proven that is true as well. This completes the proof of the first part of our proposition. The second part follows easily from the fact that for any i ∈ {1, ..., N}, we have and the innately boundedness regularity of Fix(T i ), for i ∈ {1, ..., N}.
Note that condition (*) first appeared in Dye and Reich [20] as the condition (S).
Next, we give the main result of this article.
Theorem 3.1. Let (X, d) be a complete metric space. Let {T1, ..., T N } be a finite family of mappings defined from D into D, where D is a nonempty and closed subset of X. Assume that {T1, ..., T N } are projective w.r.t. a common fixed point c ∈ D. Also Assume that {Fix(T1), ..., Fix(T N )} is innately boundedly regular. Let r : ℕ → {1, ..., N} be a random mapping which assumes each value infinitely often. Then the random sequence (x n ) n , defined by
converges to a point in , where .
Proof. Since r is a random mapping, there exists a subsequence of (x n ) n such that is a full word of {T1,....,T N }, for any k. It is easy to check that (x n ) n is Fejér monotone w.r.t. C. Our assumptions and Proposition 3.1 will then imply . Since (d(x n ,C)) n is decreasing, we conclude that . As we did before, we can easily show that for any n < m, we have d(x n , x m ) < 2d(x n , C). Hence (x n ) n is a Cauchy sequence which converges to a point ω ∈ D. Since (x n ) n is Fejér monotone w.r.t. C, we have
for any c ∈ C. In particular, we have d(ω, c) ≤ d(x0, c) for any c ∈ C. Moreover since C is closed and , we conclude that ω ∈ C. Putting everything together we obtain that ω ∈ . This proves Theorem 3.1.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals for supporting research project SB 101021. The authors would also like to thank the referees for excellent suggestions and useful comments.
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Khamsi, M.A., Louhichi, I. A convergence result on random products of mappings in metric spaces. Fixed Point Theory Appl 2012, 43 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-1812-2012-43
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