Abstract
In this paper, we introduce the notion of unified interpolative contractions of the Reich–Rus–Ćirić type and give some results about the fixed points for these mappings in the framework of relational metric spaces. We present examples where the results of some previous research are not relevant. Also, we apply our results to solving problems related to nonlinear matrix equations, emphasizing their practical importance.
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1 Introduction
The Banach contraction principle, a cornerstone of metric fixed-point theory, has found extensive applications across various disciplines, including physics, chemistry, economics, computer science, and biology. Consequently, the exploration and generalization of this principle have become focal points of research within nonlinear analysis [1–4].
The mappings that satisfy the Banach contraction principle are continuous. This prompts a natural question:
Can a discontinuous map in a complete metric space while satisfying analogous contractive conditions, possess a fixed point?
This intriguing question spurred investigation within the field, leading to an affirmative answer by Kannan [5]. Through the introduction of a novel form of contraction, Kannan [5] illuminated the possibility of fixed points within the realm of discontinuous maps and expanded the domain of inquiry within nonlinear analysis.
In 1972, Reich [6] extended the principles introduced by Banach and Kannan. For instance, a self-mapping \(\mathcal{S}: X \to X\) is referred to as a Reich-contraction mapping if there exist values \(\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma \in [0,1)\), where \(\alpha +\beta +\gamma <1\), such that
for all \(\nu ,\mu \in X\).
Additional significant variations of the Banach contraction principle were explored independently by Ćirić, Reich, and Rus [7–9]. A collective outcome attributed to their work is presented below, recognized as the Ćirić–Reich–Rus contraction if there exits \(\lambda \in [0,\frac{1}{3} )\) such that
for all \(\nu ,\mu \in X\).
In 2018, Karapınar [10] employed the interpolative method and converted the fundamental contraction concept of Kannan [5] into an interpolative form. Karapınar et al. [11] detected a deficiency in the analysis conducted by [10] concerning the assumption that the fixed point is unique. They accomplished this by presenting a counterexample and formulated an amended version, while also introducing the notions of interpolative Reich, Rus, and Ćirić type contractions, e.g., a mapping \(\mathcal{S} : X \to X\) is called an interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić-type contraction, if there are constants \(\lambda \in [0, 1)\) and \(\alpha , \beta \in (0, 1)\) such that
for all \(\nu ,\mu \in X\setminus F(\mathcal{S})\). They also proved that in the framework of partial metric space \((X, d )\), a mapping \(\mathcal{S}\), characterized as an interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić-type contraction, possesses a fixed point. Additionally, noteworthy contributions have been made by several authors [12–15], further enriching this area of study.
On the other hand, Gordji et al. [16] introduced the notion of orthogonal sets. It is imperative to note that we let X denote a nonempty set and ⊥ represent a binary relation defined on it. The relation ⊥ is termed orthogonal if there exists \(\nu _{0} \in X\) such that
where \(\nu _{0}\) is referred to as an orthogonal element, and the tuple \((X, \bot )\) is identified as an orthogonal set. An orthogonal set \((X, \bot )\) equipped with a metric d is denoted as an orthogonal-metric space, symbolized by \((X, \bot , d)\). In the framework of orthogonal metric spaces, Nazam et al. [17] have recently generalized condition (1.3) as follows.
Definition 1.1
[17] Let \((X, \bot , d)\) be an orthogonal metric space and
be two functions. The mapping \(\mathcal{S} : X \to X\) is said to be a \((\psi , \phi )\)-orthogonal interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić-type contraction if there exists \(\alpha , \beta \in [0, 1)\) with \(\alpha + \beta < 1\) such that
and
for all \((\nu , \mu ) \in \{(\nu , \mu ) \in X \times X : \nu \bot \mu \}\).
In recent years, the establishment of fixed-point results in metric spaces, characterized by various types of binary relations, has emerged as a significant area in fixed-point theory. Numerous types of binary relations, including partial orders, preorders, transitive relations, finitely transitive relations, locally \(\mathcal{S}\)-transitive relations, strict orders, and symmetric closures (see [18–26]), have been extensively employed in this endeavor.
Recently, Alam and Imdad [27] presented fixed-point results in metric spaces endowed with an arbitrary binary relation \(\mathcal{R}\). Given the arbitrary nature of \(\mathcal{R}\), it is notable that in specific cases, \(\mathcal{R}\) can be construed as partial order [19, 20] (i.e., \(\mathcal{R}:=\text{``}\preccurlyeq \text{''}\)), orthogonal [16] (i.e., \(\mathcal{R} := \text{``}\bot \text{''}\)), or similar instances. Due to its significance and wide applicability in the literature, numerous fixed-point results have been derived (see [28–34]). It is noteworthy that these results often pertain to weaker properties such as \(\mathcal{R}\)-continuity (not necessarily implying continuity) and \(\mathcal{R}\)-completeness (not necessarily implying completeness), among others. This context offers more flexibility as the contraction condition is not mandated for every element but only for those that are related. Importantly, these contraction conditions return to their usual forms when considering the universal relation.
In our current study, we introduce a broader idea called unified interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić-type contraction. This concept encompasses many existing findings, including those presented by [7–11, 17, 27]. We demonstrate several fixed-point results for such contractions within relational metric spaces.
2 Preliminaries
Before presenting our main results, it is important to introduce formal notations that will be used throughout this paper.
Let X be a nonempty set, with a binary relation \(\mathcal{R}\). In this context, the pair \((X, \mathcal{R})\) is acknowledged as a relational set. Similarly, within the framework of a metric space \((X, d )\), we designate that the triplet \((X, d , \mathcal{R})\) constitutes a relational metric space. The collection of fixed points of the self-mapping \(\mathcal{S}\) is indicated by \(F(\mathcal{S})\), and we let \(X_{\mathcal{R}}\) denote the set defined by
Furthermore, \(X(\mathcal{S}, \mathcal{R})\) is a subset of X, containing elements ν such that \((\nu , \mathcal{S}\nu ) \in \mathcal{R}\). These formalized notations ensure precision and consistency throughout our subsequent analyses and discussions.
Definition 2.1
[27] In the context of a relational set \((X, \mathcal{R})\), and a self-map \(\mathcal{S}\) defined on X:
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any two elements \(\nu ,\mu \in X\) are considered \(\mathcal{R}\)-comparative if \((\nu , \mu )\in \mathcal{R}\) or \((\mu , \nu )\in \mathcal{R}\). This relationship is symbolically represented as \([\nu , \mu ] \in \mathcal{R}\);
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a sequence \(\{\nu _{k}\} \subset X\) satisfies the condition \((\nu _{k}, \nu _{k+1}) \in \mathcal{R}\) for all \(k \in \mathbb{N}_{0}\), is referred to as an \(\mathcal{R}\)-preserving sequence;
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\(\mathcal{R}\) is designated as \(\mathcal{S}\)-closed when it satisfies the condition that if \((\nu , \mu )\) belongs to \(\mathcal{R}\), then \((\mathcal{\mathcal{S}}\nu , \mathcal{S}\mu )\) also belongs to \(\mathcal{R}\), for any \(\nu ,\mu \in X\);
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\(\mathcal{R}\) is referred to as d-self-closed under the condition that whenever there exists a \(\mathcal{R}\)-preserving sequence \(\{\nu _{k}\}\) such that \(\nu _{k} \overset{ d }{\longrightarrow} \nu \), we can always find a subsequence \(\{\nu _{k_{n}}\}\) of \(\{\nu _{k}\}\) such that \([\nu _{k_{n}}, \nu ]\) belongs to \(\mathcal{R}\) for all \(n \in \mathbb{N}_{0}\).
Definition 2.2
[35] \((X, d , \mathcal{R})\) is considered as \(\mathcal{R}\)-complete if every \(\mathcal{R}\)-preserving Cauchy sequence converges in X.
Definition 2.3
[35] A self-map \(\mathcal{S}\) defined on X is termed \(\mathcal{R}\)-continuous at \(\nu \in X\), if any \(\mathcal{R}\)-preserving sequence \(\nu _{k} \overset{ d }{\longrightarrow} \nu \), implies \(\mathcal{S}\nu _{k} \overset{ d }{\longrightarrow} \mathcal{S}\nu \). Furthermore, if \(\mathcal{S}\) exhibits this behavior at every point in X, it is simply categorized as \(\mathcal{R}\)-continuous.
Definition 2.4
[36] Consider a self-map \(\mathcal{S}\) defined on X. If for every \(\mathcal{R}\)-preserving sequence \(\{\nu _{n}\}\subset \mathcal{S}(X)\), with a range denoted as \(E = \{\nu _{n} : n \in \mathbb{N}\}\), \(\mathcal{R}|_{E}\) is transitive, then \(\mathcal{S}\) is designated as locally \(\mathcal{S}\)-transitive.
Samet et al. [37] introduced the concept of α-admissible mappings, which has been applied by various authors in numerous fixed-point theorems.
Definition 2.5
[37] Suppose \(\mathcal{S}\) is a self-map on X, and \(\alpha : X \times X \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}\) is a function. Then, \(\mathcal{S}\) is considered α-admissible if \(\alpha (\nu , \mu ) \geq 1 \Rightarrow \alpha (\mathcal{S}\nu , \mathcal{S}\mu ) \geq 1\) for all \(\nu , \mu \in X\).
In the following definition, we generalize this concept by incorporating certain relational metrical notions.
Definition 2.6
Let \((X, \mathcal{R})\) be a relational set. A self-map \(\mathcal{S}\) defined on X is termed \(\mathcal{R}\)-admissible if there exists a function \(\vartheta : X \times X \rightarrow [0, +\infty )\), satisfying the following conditions:
- \((r_{1})\):
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\(\vartheta (\nu , \mu ) \geq 1\) for all \((\nu , \mu ) \in \mathcal{R}\);
- \((r_{2})\):
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\(\mathcal{R}\) is \(\mathcal{S}\)-closed.
Remark 2.7
From the above two definitions, we can observe that if \(\mathcal{S}\) is α-admissible, it also holds that \(\mathcal{S}\) is \(\mathcal{R}\)-admissible when considering
However, it should be noted that the converse is not necessarily true, as illustrated in the following example.
Example 2.8
Let \(X=\{0,1,2,3\}\), \(\vartheta : X\times X\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}\) by
Let \(\mathcal{S}:X\rightarrow X\) be defined by
In this example, it is evident that \(\vartheta (2,3) \geq 1\), but \(\vartheta (\mathcal{S}2, \mathcal{S}3) = \vartheta (1,3)\ngeq 1 \), indicating that \(\mathcal{S}\) is not α-admissible. Now, let us consider the binary relation \(\mathcal{R}\) defined as
It can be observed that for all \(\nu , \mu \in X\) with \((\nu , \mu ) \in \mathcal{R}\), we have \(\vartheta (\nu , \mu ) \geq 1\). Therefore, \(\mathcal{S}\) satisfies condition \((r_{1})\). Furthermore, whenever \((\nu , \mu ) \in \mathcal{R}\), we have \((\mathcal{S}\nu , \mathcal{S}\mu ) \in \mathcal{R}\), indicating that \(\mathcal{R}\) is \(\mathcal{S}\)-closed and satisfies condition \((r_{2})\). Hence, \(\mathcal{S}\) is \(\mathcal{R}\)-admissible.
Let \(\psi ,\phi : [0, +\infty ) \rightarrow [0, +\infty )\) be two functions. Then, we consider the following conditions:
- \((C_{1})\):
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ϕ is upper semicontinuous with \(\phi (0)=0\);
- \((C_{2})\):
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ψ is lower semicontinuous;
- \((C_{3})\):
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ψ, ϕ are nondecreasing;
- \((C_{4})\):
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\(\psi (t)>\phi (t)\), \(\text{ for all } t>0\);
- \((C_{5})\):
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\(\limsup_{t\rightarrow c+}\phi (t)<\psi (c+)\), \(\text{ for all } c>0\);
- \((C_{6})\):
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\(\limsup_{t\rightarrow e+}\phi (t)\leq \liminf_{t\rightarrow e+} \psi (t)\), for any \(e>0\).
In the next section, we will introduce a novel concept termed as the unified interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić-type contraction condition and establish several fixed-point results for such contractions.
3 Main results
First, we give a definition of a unified interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić-type contraction.
Definition 3.1
Let \((X, d ,\mathcal{R})\) be a relational metric space. A self-mapping \(\mathcal{S}\) defined on X is termed a unified interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić-type contraction, if there exist the functions \(\psi , \phi : [0, +\infty ) \rightarrow [0, +\infty )\), and a function \(\vartheta :X\times X\to \mathbb{R}^{+}\), along with the parameters \(\alpha ,\beta \in [0, 1)\) with \(\alpha +\beta <1\) such that
for all \(\nu , \mu \in X_{\mathcal{R}}\), where \(\Omega :\mathbb{R}^{3}\to \mathbb{R}\) is a mapping such that
Remark 3.2
By giving the precise definitions of the functions ψ, ψ, ϑ, and Ω, it becomes evident that we can draw the following conclusions, underscoring the extensive applicability and versatility of Definition 3.1.
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When we consider \(\vartheta (\nu ,\mu )=1\), and \(\Omega (u,v,w)=u^{\alpha}\cdot v^{\beta}\cdot w^{1-\alpha -\beta}\), where \(\alpha +\beta <1\) in equation (3.1), also consider the binary relation \(\mathcal{R}\) as
$$ \mathcal{R}=\bigl\{ (\nu ,\mu )\in X^{2}:\nu \perp \mu \bigr\} , $$we obtain the \((\psi , \phi )\)-orthogonal interpolative Ćirić–Reich–Rus-type contraction [17]
$$ \psi \bigl( d (\mathcal{S}\nu ,\mathcal{S}\mu ) \bigr)\leq \phi \bigl( d (\nu , \mu )^{\alpha}\cdot d (\nu ,\mathcal{S}\nu )^{\beta} \cdot d (\mu , \mathcal{S}\mu )^{1-\alpha -\beta} \bigr) $$(3.2)for all \(\nu ,\mu \in X_{\mathcal{R}}\).
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By taking \(\alpha =0\) in (3.2) we obtain the \((\psi ,\phi )\)-orthogonal Kannan contraction [17],
$$ \psi \bigl( d (\mathcal{S}\nu ,\mathcal{S}\mu ) \bigr)\leq \phi \bigl( d (\nu ,\mathcal{S}\nu )^{\beta}\cdot d (\mu ,\mathcal{S}\mu )^{1-\beta} \bigr) $$(3.3)for all \(\nu ,\mu \in X_{\mathcal{R}}\).
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By taking \(\psi (t)=t\), and \(\psi (t)=\lambda t\), \(\lambda <1\), and considering \(\mathcal{R}\) as a universal relation in (3.2) and (3.3) we obtain the interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić-type contraction [11] and interpolative Kannan contraction [10], respectively.
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By considering \(\psi (t)=t\), \(\phi (t)=\lambda t\), \(\lambda <1\), and \(\Omega (u,v,w)=\frac{u+v+w}{3}\), we obtain the combined result of Ćirić, Reich, and Rus [7–9]:
$$ d (\mathcal{S}\nu ,\mathcal{S}\mu )\leq \lambda \bigl( d (\nu ,\mu )+ d (\nu , \mathcal{S}\nu )+ d (\mu ,\mathcal{S}\mu ) \bigr) $$(3.4)for all \(\nu ,\mu \in X_{\mathcal{R}}\).
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By considering \(\psi (t)=t\) and \(\phi (t)=\lambda t\), \(\lambda <1\), and \(\Omega (u,v,w)=u\), we obtain the relational theoretic version of the famous Banach contraction that is introduced by Aftab Alam and Mohammad Imdad [27].
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By considering \(\psi (t)=t\), \(\phi (t)=\lambda t\) and \(\Omega (u,v,w)=\frac{v+w}{2}\), we obtain the Kannan contraction with the constant \(\lambda \in [0,\frac{1}{2} )\),
$$ d (\mathcal{S}\nu ,\mathcal{S}\mu )\leq \lambda \bigl( d (\nu , \mathcal{S}\nu )+ d (\mu ,\mathcal{S}\mu ) \bigr) $$(3.5)for all \(\nu ,\mu \in X_{\mathcal{R}}\).
Now, we will proceed to establish our main results concerning the unified interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić contraction maps.
Theorem 3.3
Consider the relational metric space \((X, d ,\mathcal{R})\), where \(\mathcal{R}\) is a locally \(\mathcal{S}\)-transitive binary relation. Suppose that \(\mathcal{S}\) is a unified interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić-type contraction, and there exist functions \(\psi , \phi : [0,+\infty ) \rightarrow [0,+\infty )\) satisfying conditions \(C_{i}\), (\(i=1,2,3,4\)). Under the following conditions:
- \((D_{1})\):
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\(\mathcal{S}\) is \(\mathcal{R}\)-admissible;
- \((D_{2})\):
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there exists \(Y\subseteq X\) with \(\mathcal{S}(X) \subseteq Y\), such that \((Y, d ,\mathcal{R})\) is \(\mathcal{R}\)-complete;
- \((D_{3})\):
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\(X(\mathcal{S},\mathcal{R})\) is nonempty;
- \((D_{4})\):
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either \(\mathcal{S}\) is \(\mathcal{R}|_{Y}\)-continuous or \(\mathcal{R}\) is d-self-closed;
there exists at least one \(\gamma \in X\) such that \(\gamma \in F(\mathcal{S})\).
Proof
Under the assumption \((D_{3})\), suppose that \(\nu _{0}\in X(\mathcal{S},\mathcal{R})\). Define the sequence \(\{\nu _{n}\}\) of Picard iterates with initial point \(\nu _{0}\), i.e., \(\nu _{n}=\mathcal{S}^{n}\nu _{0}\) for all \(n\in \mathbb{N}_{0}\). As \((\nu _{0},\mathcal{S}\nu _{0})\in \mathcal{R}\) and \(\mathcal{S}\) is \(\mathcal{R}\)-admissible, using \((r_{1})\) it follows that
Consequently, \((\nu _{n},\nu _{n+1})\in \mathcal{R}\) for all \(n\in \mathbb{N}_{0}\), and this yields that the sequence \(\{\nu _{n}\}\) is \(\mathcal{R}\)-preserving and from \((r_{2})\) we have \(\vartheta (\nu _{n},\nu _{n+1})\geq 1\). Let \(d _{n}= d (\nu _{n},\nu _{n+1})\), and applying the contractive condition (3.1), we obtain that
By the monotonicity of the function ψ we obtain
Now, suppose there exists \(n\in \mathbb{N}\) for which \(d _{n-1}\leq d _{n}\), then from (3.7) we obtain that \(d _{n}< d _{n}\), which is a contradiction. Therefore, \(d _{n}\leq d _{n-1}\), now we can conclude that \(\{\nu _{n}\}\) is a nonincreasing sequence and thus a nonnegative constant C exists such that, \(\lim_{n\to +\infty} d _{n}=C+\). Suppose, if possible, \(C>0\), then from (3.6), it can be deduced that
but, from \((C_{4})\) we have \(\psi (\nu )>\phi (\nu )\) for all \(\nu >0\), therefore C must be 0, i.e., \(\lim_{n\to +\infty} d _{n}=0\). Our next objective is to establish that the sequence \(\{\nu _{n}\}\) is Cauchy. For the sake of contradiction, suppose it is not, then there exists a positive real number \(\epsilon > 0\) along with subsequences \(\{\nu _{n_{k}}\}\) and \(\{\nu _{m_{k}}\}\) of \(\{\nu _{n}\}\), with \(n_{k}>m_{k}\geq k\), such that
Selecting \(n_{k}\) as the smallest integer exceeding \(m_{k}\) such that (3.8) holds, we deduce that
Using the triangular inequality and (3.8) and (3.9) we obtain that
On taking the limit \(k\to +\infty \) and utilizing the fact that \(\lim_{n\to +\infty} d _{n}=0\), we obtain
By using the triangular inequality, we obtain that
letting limit \(k\to +\infty \) in the above inequality and employing (3.10), we obtain the following:
Since \(\{\nu _{n}\} \subset \mathcal{S}(X)\) and \(\{\nu _{n}\}\) is \(\mathcal{R}\)-preserving, the local \(\mathcal{S}\)-transitivity of \(\mathcal{R}\) leads to the implication that \((\nu _{m_{k}},\nu _{n_{k}})\in \mathcal{R}\). Thus, we can deduce
On taking the limit as \(k\to +\infty \) in the aforementioned inequality, leads to the contradiction with \((C_{4})\). Hence, \(\{\nu _{n}\}\) is the \(\mathcal{R}\)- preserving Cauchy sequence in Y. The \(\mathcal{R}\)-completeness of the metric space \((Y, d ,\mathcal{R})\) now guarantees the existence of a point \(\gamma \in Y\) such that, \(\lim_{n\rightarrow +\infty}\nu _{n}=\gamma \). First, we assumed that \(\mathcal{S}\) is \(\mathcal{R}\)-continuous, then we can deduce that \(\lim_{n\to +\infty}\nu _{n+1}=\lim_{n\to +\infty} \mathcal{S}\nu _{n}=\mathcal{S}\gamma \). Applying the uniqueness of the limit, we consequently establish that \(\mathcal{S}\gamma =\gamma \), indicating that \(\gamma \in F(\mathcal{S})\).
Alternatively, let \(\mathcal{R}|_{Y}\) be d-self-closed. We again utilize the fact that \(\{\nu _{n}\}\) is \(\mathcal{R}\)-preserving and \(\{\nu _{n}\}\rightarrow \gamma \). This implies the existence of a subsequence \(\{\nu _{n_{k}}\}\) of \(\{\nu _{n}\}\) with \([\nu _{n_{k}},\gamma ]\in \mathcal{R}\), \(\text{ for all } k\in \mathbb{N}_{0}\). If \((\nu _{n_{k}},\gamma )\in \mathcal{R}\), then since \(\mathcal{S}\) is a unified interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić contraction, we have
On taking the limit \(k\to +\infty \), in (3.12), we obtain
It is important to note that in equation (3.13), if \(d (\gamma ,\mathcal{S}\gamma )\neq 0\), then we face a contradiction with \((C_{4})\). Similarly, if \((\gamma ,\nu _{n_{k}})\in \mathcal{R}\), then by utilizing the symmetry of d, we once again encounter a contradiction with \((C_{4})\). Therefore, \(d (\gamma ,\mathcal{S}\gamma )= 0\), implying \(\gamma \in F(\mathcal{S})\). □
Theorem 3.4
Consider the relational metric space \((X, d ,\mathcal{R})\), where \(\mathcal{R}\) is a locally \(\mathcal{S}\)-transitive binary relation. Suppose that \(\mathcal{S}\) is a unified interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić-type contraction and there exist functions \(\psi , \phi : [0,+\infty ) \rightarrow [0,+\infty )\) satisfying conditions \(C_{i}\), (\(i=3,4,5,6\)) and \(D_{j}\), (\(j=1,2,3,4\)) holds. Then, there exists at least one \(\gamma \in X\) such that \(\gamma \in F(\mathcal{S})\).
Proof
Following the steps of the previous theorem we can obtain an \(\mathcal{R}\)-preserving and nonincreasing sequence \(\{\nu _{n}\}\) such that there exists some \(C\geq 0\) and \(d _{n}\) converges to C+ as \(n\rightarrow +\infty \). Suppose \(C>0\), then (3.6) implies that
a contradiction with \((C_{5})\), thus \(C=0\), i.e., \(\lim_{n\rightarrow +\infty} d _{n}=0\). Now, to establish that the sequence \(\{\nu _{n}\}\) is Cauchy, we make a counter assumption. Suppose it is not Cauchy, then following the steps outlined in the previous theorem, there exists a positive real number \(\epsilon > 0\), along with subsequences \(\{\nu _{n_{k}}\}\) and \(\{\nu _{m_{k}}\}\) of \(\{\nu _{n}\}\), where \(n_{k} > m_{k} \geq k\), satisfying condition (3.11). Since \(\{\nu _{n}\} \subset \mathcal{S}(X)\) and \(\{\nu _{n}\}\) is \(\mathcal{R}\)-preserving, the local \(\mathcal{S}\)-transitivity of \(\mathcal{R}\) leads to the implication that \((\nu _{m_{k}},\nu _{n_{k}})\in \mathcal{R}\). Thus, we can deduce
On taking the limit \(k\to +\infty \) in the above equation, this implies that
This results in a contradiction with \((C_{6})\), thus establishing that the \(\{\nu _{n}\}\) is an \(\mathcal{R}\)-preserving Cauchy sequence is in Y. Given that \((Y, d ,\mathcal{R})\) is an \(\mathcal{R}\)-complete metric space, there exists \(\gamma \in Y\) such that \(\lim_{n\rightarrow +\infty}\nu _{n}=\gamma \). If the self-mapping \(\mathcal{S}\) is \(\mathcal{R}\)-continuous, we can derive the desired conclusion, as demonstrated in the previous theorem.
Alternatively, let \(\mathcal{R}|_{Y}\) be d-self-closed then by utilizing the fact that \(\{\nu _{n}\}\) is \(\mathcal{R}\)-preserving and \(\{\nu _{n}\}\rightarrow \gamma \), which implies the existence of a subsequence \(\{\nu _{n_{k}}\}\) of \(\{\nu _{n}\}\) with \([\nu _{n_{k}},\gamma ]\in \mathcal{R}\), \(\text{ for all } k\in \mathbb{N}_{0}\). We claim that \(d (\gamma ,\mathcal{S}\gamma )=0\). Let us assume that \(d (\gamma ,\mathcal{S}\gamma )>0\), if \((\nu _{n_{k}},\gamma )\in \mathcal{R}\), then since \(\mathcal{S}\) is a unified interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić contraction, we have
and by using \((C_{3})\) and taking the limit as \(k\to +\infty \), we deduce
which leads to a contradiction. Furthermore, if \((\gamma ,\nu _{n_{k}})\in \mathcal{R}\), then by utilizing the symmetry of d, we encounter again a contradiction. Hence, \(d (\gamma ,\mathcal{S}\gamma )= 0\), implying \(\gamma \in F(\mathcal{S})\). □
Theorem 3.5
Consider the relational metric space \((X, d ,\mathcal{R})\), where \(\mathcal{R}\) is locally \(\mathcal{S}\)-transitive and \(\mathcal{S}\)-closed. Suppose conditions \(D_{j}\), (\(j=1,2,3,4\)) hold and there exist functions \(\psi , \phi : [0,+\infty ) \rightarrow [0,+\infty )\) satisfying conditions \(C_{i}\), (\(i=1,2,3,4\)) or (\(i=3,4,5,6\)), such that,
Then, there exists at least one \(\gamma \in X\) such that \(\gamma \in F(\mathcal{S})\).
Example 3.6
Let \((X,d)\) be a metric space with \(X = [0, +\infty )\) and d is the usual metric, define the self-map \(\mathcal{S}\) on X by
Then, it is important to note that \(\mathcal{S}\) is not a Ćirić–Reich–Rus-type contraction [7–9]. It is evident that when considering \(\nu = 1\) and \(\mu = \frac{1}{2}\), there does not exist any constant \(\lambda \in (0,\frac{1}{3} ]\) for which condition (1.2) holds. Additionally, for the same values of \(\nu = 1\) and \(\mu = \frac{1}{2}\), there is no pair of \(\lambda \in [0, 1)\) and \(\alpha ,\beta \in [0, 1)\) satisfying \(\alpha +\beta <1\) for which (3.2) holds. Consequently, \(\mathcal{S}\) is not an interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić-type contraction [10]. Now, let us define the binary relation \(\mathcal{R}\) on X as
This relation \(\mathcal{R}\) exhibits the property of being locally \(\mathcal{S}\)-transitive, and \(\mathcal{S}\) is \(\mathcal{R}\)-continuous. It can also be observed that \(\mathcal{R}\) is \(\mathcal{S}\)-closed. Moreover, the set \(X(\mathcal{S},\mathcal{R})\) is nonempty, and there exists a subset \(Y= [0,1 ]\) of X such that \(\mathcal{S}(X)\subseteq Y\) and \((Y, d )\), is \(\mathcal{R}\)-complete.
Observing the definition of \(\mathcal{R}\), it is clear that \(\mathcal{R}\) is not an orthogonal relation, as there does not exist any \(\nu _{0} \in X\) that satisfies condition (1.4). As a consequence, the function \(\mathcal{S}\) is not a \((\psi , \phi )\)-orthogonal interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić-type contraction [17]. However, we will now demonstrate that \(\mathcal{S}\) is indeed a unified interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić-type contraction. Consider \(\vartheta : X \times X \to [0, +\infty )\) defined by
Observing that \(\vartheta (\nu , \mu ) \geq 1\) for all \(\nu , \mu \in X\) with \((\nu , \mu ) \in \mathcal{R}\), and that \((\nu , \mu ) \in \mathcal{R}\) implies \((\mathcal{S}\nu , \mathcal{S}\mu ) \in \mathcal{R}\), it follows that \(\mathcal{S}\) is \(\mathcal{R}\)-admissible. Suppose there exist functions \(\psi , \phi : [0, +\infty ) \to [0, +\infty )\) defined by \(\phi (t) = \frac{t}{7}\),
In Fig. 1, the red (dashed) line represents \(\phi (t)\), while the blue line denotes \(\psi (t)\). It is evident that ϕ is upper semicontinuous, \(\phi (0)=0\), and ψ is lower semicontinuous, such that \(\psi (t)>\phi (t)\), and both ψ, ϕ are nondecreasing.
We now aim to show that \(\mathcal{S}\) satisfies (3.1). Consider the function \(\Omega : X \times X \to [0, +\infty )\) defined as \(\Omega (u,v,w) = \frac{4}{5}\max \{u,v,w,u^{\alpha}v^{\beta}w^{1-\alpha -\beta} \}\). Then, for every \(\nu , \mu \in X_{\mathcal{R}}\), we can observe that
and
In Fig. 2, for each point \(\nu ,\mu \in X\) such that \((\nu ,\mu )\in \mathcal{R}\), corresponds to a three-dimensional representation of equation (3.16) (illustrated by the red plane) and equation (3.17) (depicted by the blue plane), with the given parameters \(\alpha = 0.1\) and \(\beta = 0.2\). It is evident from the observation that the red plane remains consistently below or coincident with the blue plane. Consequently, we can deduce that equation (3.16), representing the left-hand side of (3.1), consistently maintains a value that is less than or equal to equation (3.17), representing the right-hand side of (3.1). Hence, it follows that Equation (3.1) holds true for all \(\nu , \mu \in X\) with \((\nu , \mu ) \in \mathcal{R}\).
Consequently, we deduce that \(\mathcal{S}\) is a unified interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić contraction.
4 An application
In this section, we have applied our research findings to derive a result concerning the existence of solutions for a nonlinear matrix equation. In this context, let the set denoted as \(\mathcal{M}(n)\) encompass all square matrices with dimensions of \(n\times n\), while \(\mathcal{H}(n)\), \(\mathcal{P}(n)\), and \(\mathcal{K}(n)\), respectively, represent the sets of Hermitian matrices, positive-definite matrices, and positive semidefinite matrices. When we have a matrix \(\mathcal{C}\) from \(\mathcal{H}(n)\), we use the notation \(\|\mathcal{C}\|_{\mathrm{tr}}\) to refer to its trace norm, which is the sum of all its singular values. If we have matrices \(\mathcal{P}\) and \(\mathcal{Q}\) from \(\mathcal{H}(n)\), the notation \(\mathcal{P} \succeq \mathcal{Q}\) signifies that the matrix \(\mathcal{P}-\mathcal{Q}\) is an element of the set \(\mathcal{K}(n)\), while \(\mathcal{P} \succ \mathcal{Q}\) indicates that \(\mathcal{P}-\mathcal{Q}\) belongs to the set \(\mathcal{P}(n)\). The upcoming discussion relies on the significance of the following lemmas.
Lemma 4.1
[38] If \(X \in \mathcal{H}(n)\) satisfies \(X \prec \mathcal{I}_{n}\), then \(\|X\| < 1\).
Lemma 4.2
[38] For \(n \times n\) matrices \(X \succeq O\) and \(Y \succeq O\), the following inequalities hold:
We shall now examine the following nonlinear matrix equation:
In the above equation, \(\mathcal{A}\) is defined as a Hermitian and positive-definite matrix. Additionally, the notation \(\mathcal{C}^{*}_{j}\) refers to the conjugate transpose of a square matrix \(\mathcal{C}_{j}\) of size \(n\times n\). Furthermore, \(\varUpsilon _{k}\) represents continuous functions that preserve order, mapping from \(\mathcal{H}(n)\) to \(\mathcal{P}(n)\). It is noteworthy that \(\varUpsilon (O) =O\), where O represents a zero matrix.
Theorem 4.3
Consider the nonlinear matrix equation expressed in (4.1) and assume the following:
- \((H_{1})\):
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there exists \(\mathcal{A}\in \mathcal{P}(n)\) with \(\sum_{j=1}^{u}\sum_{k=1}^{v}\mathcal{C}^{*}_{j} \varUpsilon _{k}( \mathcal{A})\mathcal{C}_{j}\succ 0\);
- \((H_{2})\):
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for every \(X,Y\in \mathcal{P}(n)\), \(X\preceq Y\) implies
$$ \sum_{j=1}^{u}\sum _{k=1}^{v}\mathcal{C}^{*}_{j} \varUpsilon _{k}(X) \mathcal{C}_{j}\preceq \sum _{j=1}^{u}\sum_{k=1}^{v} \mathcal{C}^{*}_{j} \varUpsilon _{k}(Y) \mathcal{C}_{j}; $$ - \((H_{3})\):
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\(\sum_{j=1}^{u}\mathcal{C}_{j}\mathcal{C}^{*}_{j}\prec N\mathcal{I}_{n}\), for some positive number N, and for all \(X,Y\in \mathcal{P}(n)\) with \(X\preceq Y\), the following inequality holds
Then, there exists at least one solution of the nonlinear matrix equation (4.1). Moreover, the iteration
where \(X_{0}\in \mathcal{P}(n)\) satisfies \(X_{0}\preceq \mathcal{A}+\sum_{j=1}^{u}\sum_{k=1}^{v}\mathcal{C}^{*}_{j} \varUpsilon _{k}(X_{0})\mathcal{C}_{j} and \) converges towards the solution of the matrix equation, in the context of trace norm \(\|\cdot \|_{\mathrm{tr}}\).
Proof
Let \(\mathfrak{T}:\mathcal{P}(n)\rightarrow \mathcal{P}(n)\) be a mapping defined by
Consider \(\mathcal{R}=\{(X,Y)\in \mathcal{P}(n)\times \mathcal{P}(n):X\preceq Y \}\). Consequently, the fixed point of \(\mathfrak{T}\) serves as a solution to the nonlinear matrix equation (4.1). It is pertinent to mention that \(\mathcal{R}\) is \(\mathfrak{T}\)-closed and \(\mathfrak{T}\) is well defined as well as \(\mathcal{R}\)-continuous. Form condition \((H_{1})\) we have \(\sum_{j=1}^{u}\sum_{k=1}^{v}\mathcal{C}^{*}_{j} \varUpsilon _{k}(X) \mathcal{C}_{j} \succ 0\) for some \(X\in \mathcal{P}(n)\), thus \((X,\mathfrak{T}(X))\in \mathcal{R}\) and consequently \(\mathcal{P}(n)(\mathfrak{T},\mathcal{R})\) is nonempty.
Define \(d :\mathcal{P}(n)\times \mathcal{P}(n)\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}\) by
Then, \((\mathcal{P}(n), d ,\mathcal{R})\) is an \(\mathcal{R}\)-complete relational metric space. Then,
Now, we consider \(\psi (t) = t\), \(\phi (t) = \frac{2t}{3}\), \(\alpha =0\), and \(\beta =\frac{1}{2}\), then equation (4.3) becomes
Consequently, upon fulfilling all the hypotheses stated in Theorem 3.3, it can be deduced that there exists an element \(X^{*} \in \mathcal{P}(n)\) for which \(\mathfrak{T}(X^{*}) = X^{*}\) holds good. As a result, the matrix equation (4.1) is guaranteed to possess a solution within the set \(\mathcal{P}(n)\). □
Example 4.4
Consider the nonlinear matrix equation (4.1) for \(u=v=2\), and \(n=3\), with \(\varUpsilon _{1}(X)=X^{\frac{1}{4}}\), \(\varUpsilon _{2}(X)=X^{\frac{1}{5}}\), i.e.,
where
By taking \(N=7\), the conditions specified in Theorem 4.3 can be validated numerically by evaluating various specific values for the matrices involved. For example, they can be tested (and verified to be true) for
To ascertain the convergence of \(\{X_{n} \}\) defined in (4.2), we commence with three distinct initial values:
After conducting 15 iterations, the subsequent approximation of the positive-definite solution for the system presented in (4.1) is as follows:
with error \(1.24906\times 10^{-7}\),
with error \(5.28502\times 10^{-8}\),
with error \(4.64279\times 10^{-8}\).
In Fig. 3, we present a graphical depiction illustrating the convergence phenomenon.
5 Conclusion
In our current study, we introduce a broader idea called a unified interpolative Reich–Rus–Ćirić-type contraction. This concept encompasses many existing findings, including those presented by [7–11, 17, 27]. We demonstrate several fixed-point results for such contractions within relational metric spaces.
It is important to note that in relational metric spaces, we often deal with weaker properties like \(\mathcal{R}\)-continuity (not necessarily implying continuity), \(\mathcal{R}\)-completeness (not necessarily implying completeness), and so on. In this context, we have more flexibility since the contraction condition is not required for every element but only for related ones. Importantly, these contraction conditions return to their usual forms when considering the universal relation.
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Vara Prasad, K.N.V.V., Mishra, V., Mitrović, Z.D. et al. Unified interpolative of a Reich-Rus-Ćirić-type contraction in relational metric space with an application. J Inequal Appl 2024, 95 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13660-024-03176-4
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