1. Introduction

Let H be a real Hilbert space with inner product 〈·,·〉, and induced norm ||·||. A mapping T: HH is called nonexpansive if ||Tx - Ty|| ≤ ||x - y|| for all x,yH. The set of the fixed points of T is denoted by Fix(T) := {xH: Tx = x}.

The viscosity approximation method was first introduced by Moudafi [1] in 2000. Starting with an arbitrary initial x0H, define a sequence {x n } generated by

x n + 1 = ε n 1 + ε n f ( x n ) + 1 1 + ε n T x n , n 0 ,
(1.1)

where f is a contraction with a coefficient α ∈ [0,1) on H, i.e., ||f(x) - f(y)|| ≤ α||x - y|| for all x,yH, T is nonexpansive, and {ε n } is a sequence in (0,1) satisfying the following given conditions:

(i1) limn→∞ε n = 0;

(i2) n = 0 ε n =;

(i3) lim n ( 1 ε n - 1 ε n + 1 ) =0.

It is proved that the sequence {x n } generated by (1.1) converges strongly to the unique solution x* ∈ C(C := Fix(T)) of the variational inequality:

( I - f ) x * , x - x * 0 , x F i x ( T ) .

In 2003, Xu [2] proved that the sequence {x n } defined by the below process where T is also nonexpansive, started with an arbitrary initial x0H:

x n + 1 = α n b + ( I - α n A ) T x n , n 0 ,
(1.2)

converges strongly to the unique solution of the minimization problem (1.3) when the sequence {α n } satisfies certain conditions:

min x C 1 2 A x , x - x , b ,
(1.3)

where C is the set of fixed points set of T on H and b is a given point in H.

In 2006, Marino and Xu [3] combined the iterative method (1.2) with the viscosity approximation method (1.1) and considered the following general iterative method:

x n + 1 = α n γ f ( x n ) + ( I - α n A ) T x n , n 0 .
(1.4)

It is proved that if the sequence {α n } satisfies appropriate conditions, the sequence {x n } generated by (1.4) converges strongly to the unique solution of the variational inequality:

( γ f - A ) x ̃ , x - x ̃ 0 , x C ,
(1.5)

or equivalently x ̃ = P F i x ( T ) ( I - A + γ f ) x ̃ , where C is the fixed point set of a nonexpansive mapping T.

In 2009, Maingè [4] considered the viscosity approximation method (1.1), and expanded the strong convergence to quasi-nonexpansive mappings in Hilbert space.

In 2010, Tian [5] considered the following general iterative method under the frame of nonexpansive mappings:

x n + 1 = α n γ f ( x n ) + ( I - μ α n F ) T x n , n 0 ,
(1.6)

and gave some strong convergent theorems.

Very recently, Tian [6] extended (1.6) to a more general scheme, that is: the mapping f: H → H is no longer a contraction but a L-Lipschitzian continuous operator with coefficient L > 0, and proved that if the sequence {α n } satisfies appropriate conditions, the sequence {x n } generated by xn+1= α n γf(x n ) + (I - μα n F)Tx n converges strongly to the unique solution x ̃ Fix ( T ) of the variational inequality where T is still nonexpansive:

( γ f - μ F ) x ̃ , x - x ̃ 0 , x F i x ( T ) .
(1.7)

Motivated by Maingè [4] and Tian [6], we consider the following iterative process:

x 0 = x H arbitrarily chosen , x n + 1 = α n γ f ( x n ) + ( I - α n μ F ) T ω x n , n 0 ,
(1.8)

where f is L-Lipschitzian, T ω = (1 - ω)I + ωT, and T is a quasi-nonexpansive mapping. Under some appropriate conditions on ω and {α n }, we obtain strong convergence over the class of quasi-nonexpansive mappings in Hilbert spaces. Our result is more general than Maingè's [4] conclusion.

2. Preliminaries

Throughout this article, we write x n x to indicate that the sequence {x n } converges weakly to x. x n → x implies that the sequence {x n } converges strongly to x. The following lemmas are useful for our article.

The following statements are valid in a Hilbert space H: for each x,yH, t ∈ [0,1]

  1. (i)

    ||x + y|| ≤ ||x||2 + 2〈y, x + y〉;

  2. (ii)

    ||(1 - t)x + ty||2 = (1 - t)||x||2 + t||y||2 - (1 - t)t||x - y||2;

  3. (iii)

    x , y =- 1 2 x-y 2 + 1 2 x 2 + 1 2 y 2 .

Lemma 2.1. Let f: HH be a L-Lipschitzian continuous operator with coefficient L > 0. F: HH is a κ-Lipschitzian continuous and η-strongly monotone operator with κ > 0 and η > 0. Then, for 0 < γμη/L,

x - y , ( μ F - γ f ) x - ( μ F - γ f ) y ( μ η - γ L ) x - y 2 .
(2.1)

That is, μF - γf is strongly monotone with coefficientμη-γL.

Lemma 2.2.[4]Let T ω := (1 - ω)I + ωT, with T quasi-nonexpansive on H, Fix(T) ≠ ∅, and ω ∈ (0,1]. Then, the following statements are reached:

(a1) Fix(T) = Fix(T ω );

(a2) T ω is quasi-nonexpansive;

(a3) ||T ω x - q||2 ≤ ||x - q||2 - ω(1 - ω)||Tx - x||2for all xH and qFix(T);

(a4) x - T ω x , x - q ω 2 x-Tx 2 for all xH and qFix(T).

Proposition 2.3. From the equality (iii) and the fact that T is quasi-nonexpansive, we have

x - T x , x - q = - 1 2 T x - q 2 + 1 2 x - T x 2 + 1 2 x - q 2 1 2 x - T x 2 .

(a4) is easily deduced by I-T ω = ω(I-T) and the previous inequality.

Lemma 2.4.[7]Let n } be a sequence of real numbers that does not decrease at infinity, in the sense that there exist a subsequence { Γ n j } j 0 of n } which satisfies Γ n j < Γ n j + 1 for all j ≥ 0. Also, consider the sequence of integers { τ ( n ) } n n 0 defined by

τ ( n ) = max { k n Γ k < Γ k + 1 } .

Then, { τ ( n ) } n n 0 is a nondecreasing sequence verifying limn→∞τ(n) = ∞ and for all nn0, it holds that Γτ(n)< Γτ(n)+1and we have

Γ n Γ τ ( n ) + 1 .

Recall the metric projection P K from a Hilbert space H to a closed convex subset K of H is defined: for each xH the unique element P K xK such that

x - P K x : = inf { x - y : y K } .

Lemma 2.5. Let K be a closed convex subset of H. Given xH, and zK, z = P K x, if and only if there holds the inequality:

x - z , y - z 0 , y K .

Lemma 2.6. If x* is the solution of the variational inequality (1.7) with T: HH demi-closed and {y n } ∈ H is a bounded sequence such that ||Ty n - y n || → 0, then

lim inf n ( μ F - γ f ) x * , y n - x * 0 .
(2.2)

Proof. We assume that there exists a subsequence { y n j } of {y n } such that y n j . From the given conditions T y n - y n 0 and T: HH demi-closed, we have that any weak cluster point of {y n } belongs to the fixed point set Fix(T). Hence, we conclude that Fix ( T ) , and also have that

lim inf n ( μ F - γ f ) x * , y n - x * = lim j ( μ F - γ f ) x * , y n j - x * .

Recalling (1.7), we immediately obtain

lim inf n ( μ F - γ f ) x * , y n - x * = ( μ F - γ f ) x * , - x * 0 .

This completes the proof.   □

3. Main results

Let H be a real Hilbert space, let F be a κ-Lipschitzian and η-strongly monotone operator on H with k > 0, η > 0, and let T be a quasi-nonexpansive mapping on H, and f is a L-Lipschitzian mapping with coefficient L > 0 for all x,yH. Assume the set Fix(T) of fixed points of T is nonempty and we note that Fix(T) is closed and convex.

Theorem 3.1. Let0<μ<2η κ 2 ,0<γ<μ ( η - μ κ 2 2 ) L=τL, and start with an arbitrary chosen x0H, let the sequence {x n } be generated by

x n + 1 = α n γ f ( x n ) + ( I - α n μ F ) T ω x n ,
(3.1)

where the sequence {α n } ⊂ (0,1) satisfies limn→∞α n = 0, and n = 0 α n =. Alsoω ( 0 , 1 2 ) , T ω := (1 - ω)I + ωI with two conditions on T:

(C1) ||Tx - q|| ≤ ||x - q|| for any xH, and qFix(T); this means that T is a quasi-nonexpansive mapping;

(C2) T is demi-closed on H; that is: if {y k } ∈ H, y k z, and (I - T)y k → 0, then zFix(T).

Then, {x n } converges strongly to the x* ∈ Fix(T) which is the unique solution of the VIP:

( μ F - γ f ) x * , x - x * 0 , x F i x ( T ) .
(3.2)

Proof. First, we show that {x n } is bounded.

Take any pFix(T), by Lemma 2.2 (a3), we have

x n + 1 - p = α n γ f ( x n ) + ( I - α n μ F ) T ω x n - p = α n γ ( f ( x n ) - f ( p ) ) + α n ( γ f ( p ) - μ F p ) + ( I - α n μ F ) T ω x n - ( I - α n μ F ) p α n γ L x n - p + α n γ f ( p ) - μ F p + ( 1 - α n τ ) x n - p ( 1 - α n ( τ - γ L ) ) x n - p + α n γ f ( p ) - μ F p .
(3.3)

By induction, we have

x n - p max x 0 - p , γ f ( p ) - μ F p τ - γ L , n 0 .

Hence, {x n } is bounded, so are the {f(x n )} and {F(x n )}.

From (3.1), we have

x n + 1 - x n + α n ( μ F x n - γ f ( x n ) ) = ( I - α n μ F ) T ω x n - ( I - α n μ F ) x n .
(3.4)

Since x* ∈ Fix(T), from Lemma 2.2 (a4), and together with (3.4), we obtain

x n + 1 - x n + α n ( μ F ( x n ) - γ f ( x n ) ) , x n - x * = ( I - α n μ F ) T ω x n - ( I - α n μ F ) x n , x n - x * = ( 1 - α n ) T ω x n - x n , x n - x * + α n ( I - μ F ) T ω x n - ( I - μ F ) x n , x n - x * - ω 2 ( 1 - α n ) x n - T x n 2 + α n ( I - μ F ) T ω x n - ( I - μ F ) x n x n - x * - ω 2 ( 1 - α n ) x n - T x n 2 + α n ( 1 - τ ) T ω x n - x n x n - x * = - ω 2 ( 1 - α n ) x n - T x n 2 + ω α n ( 1 - τ ) T x n - x n x n - x * ,

it follows from the previous inequality that

- x n - x n + 1 , x n - x * - α n ( μ F - γ f ) x n , x n - x * - ω 2 ( 1 - α n ) x n - T x n 2 + ω α n ( 1 - τ ) T x n - x n x n - x * .
(3.5)

From (iii), we obviously have

x n - x n + 1 , x n - x * = - 1 2 x n + 1 - x * 2 + 1 2 x n - x * 2 + 1 2 x n + 1 - x n 2 .
(3.6)

Set Γ n := 1 2 x n - x * 2 , and combine (3.5) with (3.6), it follows that

Γ n + 1 - Γ n - 1 2 x n + 1 - x n 2 - α n ( μ F - γ f ) x n , x n - x * - ω 2 ( 1 - α n ) x n - T x n 2 + ω α n ( 1 - τ ) T x n - x n x n - x * .
(3.7)

Now, we calculate ||x n +1 - x n ||.

From the given condition: T ω := (1 - ω)I + ωT, it is easy to deduce that ||T ω x n - x n || = ω||x n - Tx n ||. Thus, it follows from (3.4) that

x n + 1 - x n 2 = α n ( γ f ( x n ) - μ F x n ) + ( I - α n μ F ) T ω x n - ( I - α n μ F ) x n 2 2 α n 2 γ f ( x n ) - μ F x n 2 + 2 ( 1 - α n τ ) 2 T ω x n - x n 2 = 2 α n 2 γ f ( x n ) - μ F x n 2 + 2 ω 2 ( 1 - α n τ ) 2 T x n - x n 2 .
(3.8)

Then, from (3.7) and (3.8), we have

Γ n + 1 - Γ n + ω 2 ( 1 - α n ) - ω 2 ( 1 - α n τ ) 2 x n - T x n 2 α n [ α n γ f ( x n ) - μ F x n 2 - ( μ F - γ f ) x n , x n - x * + ω ( 1 - τ ) T x n - x n x n - x * ] .
(3.9)

Finally, we prove x n x*. To this end, we consider two cases.

Case 1: Suppose that there exists n 0 such that { Γ n } n n 0 is nonincreasing, it is equal to Γn+1≤ Γ n for all nn0. It follows that limn→∞Γ n exists, so we conclude that

lim n ( Γ n + 1 - Γ n ) = 0 .
(3.10)

It follows from (3.9),(3.10) and combine with the fact that limn→∞α n = 0, we have limn→∞||x n - Tx n || = 0. Considering (3.9) again, from (3.10), we have

- α n [ α n γ f ( x n ) - μ F x n 2 - ( μ F - γ f ) x n , x n - x * + ω ( 1 - τ ) T x n - x n x n - x * ] Γ n - Γ n + 1 .
(3.11)

Then, by n = 0 α n =, we conclude that

lim inf n - [ α n γ f ( x n ) - μ F x n 2 - ( μ F - γ f ) x n , x n - x * + ω ( 1 - τ ) T x n - x n x n - x * ] 0 .
(3.12)

Since {f(x n )} and {x n } are both bounded, as well as α n → 0, and limn→∞||x n - Tx n || = 0, it follows from (3.12) that

lim inf n ( μ F - γ f ) x n , x n - x * 0 .
(3.13)

From Lemma 2.1, it is obvious that

( μ F - γ f ) x n , x n - x * ( μ F - γ f ) x * , x n - x * + 2 ( μ η - γ L ) Γ n .
(3.14)

Thus, from (3.14), and the fact that limn→∞Γ n exists, we immediately obtain*******

lim inf n ( μ F - γ f ) x * , x n - x * + 2 ( μ η - γ L ) Γ n = 2 ( μ η - γ L ) lim n Γ n + lim inf n ( μ F - γ f ) x * , x n - x * 0 ,
(3.15)

or equivalently

2 ( μ η - γ L ) lim n Γ n - lim inf n ( μ F - γ f ) x * , x n - x * .
(3.16)

Finally, by Lemma 2.6, we have

2 ( μ η - γ L ) lim n Γ n 0 ,
(3.17)

so we conclude that limn→∞Γ n = 0, which equivalently means that {x n } converges strongly to x*.

Case 2: Assume that there exists a subsequence { Γ n j } j 0 of {Γ n }n ≥ 0such that Γ n j < Γ n j + 1 for all j ∈ ℕ. In this case, it follows from Lemma 2.4 that there exists a subsequence {Γτ(n)} of {Γ n } such that Γτ(n)+1> Γτ(n), and {τ(n)} is defined as in Lemma 2.4.

Invoking (3.9) again, it follows that

Γ τ ( n ) + 1 - Γ τ ( n ) + ω 2 ( 1 - α τ ( n ) ) - ω 2 ( 1 - α τ ( n ) τ ) 2 x τ ( n ) - T x τ ( n ) 2 α τ ( n ) [ α τ ( n ) γ f ( x τ ( n ) ) - μ F x τ ( n ) 2 - ( μ F - γ f ) x τ ( n ) , x τ ( n ) - x * + ω ( 1 - τ ) T x τ ( n ) - x τ ( n ) x τ ( n ) - x * ] .

Recalling the fact that Γτ(n)+1> Γτ(n), we have

ω 2 ( 1 - α τ ( n ) ) - ω 2 ( 1 - α τ ( n ) τ ) 2 x τ ( n ) - T x τ ( n ) 2 α τ ( n ) [ α τ ( n ) γ f ( x τ ( n ) ) - μ F x τ ( n ) 2 - ( μ F - γ f ) x τ ( n ) , x τ ( n ) - x * + ω ( 1 - τ ) T x τ ( n ) - x τ ( n ) x τ ( n ) - x * ] .
(3.18)

From the preceding results, we get the boundedness of {x n } and α n → 0 which obviously lead to

lim n x τ ( n ) - T x τ ( n ) = 0 .
(3.19)

Hence, combining (3.18) with (3.19), we immediately deduce that

( μ F - γ f ) x τ ( n ) , x τ ( n ) - x * α τ ( n ) γ f ( x τ ( n ) ) - μ F x τ ( n ) 2 + ω ( 1 - τ ) T x τ ( n ) - x τ ( n ) x τ ( n ) - x * .
(3.20)

Again, (3.14) and (3.20) yield

( μ F - γ f ) x * , x τ ( n ) - x * + 2 ( μ η - γ L ) Γ τ ( n ) α τ ( n ) γ f ( x τ ( n ) ) - μ F x τ ( n ) 2 + ω ( 1 - τ ) T x τ ( n ) - x τ ( n ) x τ ( n ) - x * .
(3.21)

Recall that limn→∞ατ(n)= 0, from (3.19) and (3.21), we immediately have

2 ( μ η - γ L ) lim sup n Γ τ ( n ) - lim inf n ( μ F - γ f ) x * , x τ ( n ) - x * .
(3.22)

By Lemma 2.6, we have

lim inf n ( μ F - γ f ) x * , x τ ( n ) - x * 0 .
(3.23)

Consider (3.22) again, we conclude that

lim sup n Γ τ ( n ) = 0 ,
(3.24)

which means that limn→∞Γτ(n)= 0. By Lemma 2.4, it follows that Γ n ≤ Γτ(n), thus, we get limn→∞Γ n = 0, which is equivalent to x n x*.   □

Remark 3.2. Corollary 3.3 is only valid for ω ( 0 , 1 2 ) . This is revised by Wongchan and Saejung [8].

corollary 3.3.[4]Let the sequence {x n } be generated by

x n + 1 = α n f ( x n ) + ( 1 - α n ) T ω x n ,
(3.25)

where the sequence {α n } ⊂ (0,1) satisfies limn→∞α n = 0, and n = 0 α n =. Alsoω ( 0 , 1 2 ) , and T ω := (1 - ω)I + ωT with two conditions on T:

(C1) ||Tx - q|| ≤ ||x - q|| for any xH, and qFix(T); this means that T is a quasi-nonexpansive mapping;

(C2) T is demi-closed on H; that is: if {y k } ∈ H, y k z, and (I - T)y k → 0, zFix(T).

Then, {x n } converges strongly to the x* ∈ Fix(T) which is the unique solution of the VIP(3.26):

( I - f ) x * , x - x * 0 , x F i x ( T ) .
(3.26)