Abstract
In this paper, we present a new type of set-valued mappings called partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction mappings and give results as regards fixed points for such mappings in b-metric spaces. By providing some examples, we show that our results are real generalizations of the main results of Aydi et al. (Fixed Point Theory Appl. 2012:88, 2012) and many results in the literature. We also consider fixed point results for single-valued mapping, fixed point results for set-valued mapping in b-metric space endowed with an arbitrary binary relation, and fixed point results in a b-metric space endowed with a graph. By using our result, we establish the existence of solution for the following an integral equations: , where , (the set of continuous real functions defined on ), , and are given mappings.
MSC:47H10, 54H25.
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1 Introduction
The Banach contraction principle is a very popular tool of mathematics in solving many problems in several branches of mathematics since it can be observed easily and comfortably. In 1993, Czerwik [1] introduced the concept of b-metric spaces and also presented the fixed point theorem for contraction mappings in b-metric spaces, that is, we have a generalization of the Banach contraction principle in metric spaces. Afterward, many mathematicians studied fixed point theorems for single-valued and set-valued mappings in b-metric spaces (see [2–7] and references therein).
In 2012, Aydi et al. [8] extended the concept of q-set-valued quasi-contraction mappings in metric spaces due to Amini-Harandi [9] to b-metric spaces. They also established the fixed point results for q-set-valued quasi-contraction mappings in b-metric spaces. Recently, Sintunavarat et al. [10] introduced some set-valued mappings called q-set-valued α-quasi-contraction mappings and obtained fixed point results for such mappings in b-metric spaces which are generalization of the results of Aydi et al. [8], Amini-Harandi [9] and many works in the literature.
Inspired and motivated by several results in the literature, we introduce the class of partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction mappings which is the wider class of many classes in this field. As regards this class, we study and obtain fixed point results in b-metric spaces. These results extend, unify and generalize several well-known comparable results in the existing literature. As an application of our results, we prove the fixed point theorems for a single-valued mapping and give an example to show the generality of our result. We also study the fixed point results in a b-metric space endowed with an arbitrary binary relation and endowed with a graph. As applications, we apply our result to the proof of the existence of a solution for the following an integral equation:
where , (the set of continuous real functions defined on ), , and are given mappings.
2 Preliminaries
In this section, we give some notations and basic knowledge in nonlinear analysis and b-metric spaces. Throughout this paper, ℝ, , and ℕ denote the set of real numbers, the set of nonnegative real numbers, and the set of positive integers, respectively.
Definition 2.1 ([1])
Let X be a nonempty set and be a given real number. A functional is called a b-metric if, for all , the following conditions are satisfied:
(B1) if and only if ;
(B2) ;
(B3) .
A pair is called a b-metric space with coefficient s.
Remark 2.2 The result is obtained that any metric space is a b-metric space with . Thus the class of b-metric spaces is larger than the class of metric spaces.
Some examples of b-metric spaces are given by Berinde [11], Czerwik [6], Heinonen [12]. Some well-known examples of a b-metric which show that the b-metric space is a real generalization of metric space are the following.
Example 2.3 The set of real numbers together with the functional ,
for all , is a b-metric space with coefficient . However, we find that d is not a metric on X since the ordinary triangle inequality is not satisfied. Indeed,
Example 2.4 Let be a metric space and a functional defined by , where is a fixed real number. We show that ρ is a b-metric with . It is easy to see that conditions (B1) and (B2) are satisfied. If , then the convexity of the function () implies the following inequality:
that is,
holds. Therefore, for each , we get
Consequently, condition (B3) is also satisfied and thus ρ is a b-metric on X.
Example 2.5 The set with , where
together with the functional ,
for each , is a b-metric space with coefficient . We see that the above result also holds for the general case with , where X is a Banach space.
Example 2.6 Let p be a given real number in the interval . The space of all real functions , such that , together with the functional ,
is a b-metric space with constant .
Example 2.7 Let and a functional be defined by
and
where m is given real number such that . It easy to see that
for all . Therefore, is a b-metric space with coefficient . We find that the ordinary triangle inequality does not hold if and then is not a metric space.
Next, we give the concepts of convergence, compactness, closedness, and completeness in a b-metric space.
Definition 2.8 ([4])
Let be a b-metric space. The sequence in X is called:
-
(1)
convergent if and only if there exists such that as . In this case, we write .
-
(2)
Cauchy if and only if as .
Remark 2.9 In a b-metric space the following assertions hold:
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(1)
a convergent sequence has a unique limit;
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(2)
each convergent sequence is Cauchy;
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(3)
in general a functional b-metric for coefficient is not jointly continuous in all its variables.
The following example is an example of a b-metric which is not continuous.
Example 2.10 (see [13])
Let and a functional be defined by
It is easy to see that conditions (B1) and (B2) are satisfied. Also, for each , we have
Therefore, is a b-metric space on X with coefficient .
Next, we show that d is not continuous. Let for each . It is easy to see that
that is, , but as . Therefore, d is not continuous.
Definition 2.11 The b-metric space is complete if every Cauchy sequence in X converges.
Definition 2.12 ([4])
Let Y be a nonempty subset of a b-metric space X. The closure of Y is the set of limits of all convergent sequences of points in Y, i.e.,
Definition 2.13 ([4])
Let be a b-metric space. A subset is called:
-
(1)
closed if and only if for each sequence in Y which converges to an element x, we have (i.e. );
-
(2)
compact if and only if for every sequence of element in Y there exists a subsequence that converges to an element in Y;
-
(3)
bounded if and only if .
Throughout this paper, we use the following notations of collection of subsets of a b-metric space :
Next, we give the concept of generalized functionals on a b-metric space .
Definition 2.14 Let be a b-metric space.
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(1)
The functional is said to be a gap functional if and only if it is defined by
In particular, if then .
-
(2)
The functional is said to be an excess generalized functional if and only if it is defined by
-
(3)
The functional is said to be a Pompeiu-Hausdorff generalized functional if and only if it is defined by
Remark 2.15 For b-metric space , the following assertions hold:
-
(1)
is a complete b-metric space provided is a complete b-metric space;
-
(2)
for each and , we have
-
(3)
for and , we get
for all .
The following lemmas are useful for the proofs in the main result.
Lemma 2.16 ([6])
Let be a b-metric space. Then
for all and . In particular, we have
for all and .
Lemma 2.17 ([6])
Let be a b-metric space and . Then for each and, for all , there exists such that .
Lemma 2.18 ([6])
Let be a b-metric space. For and , we have
Lemma 2.19 ([14])
Let be a b-metric space with coefficient and be a sequence in X such that
for all , where . Then is a Cauchy sequence in X provided that .
In 2012, Samet et al. [15] introduced the concepts of α-admissible mapping as follows.
Definition 2.20 ([15])
Let X be a nonempty set, and . We say that t is α-admissible if
They proved the fixed point results for single-valued mapping as regards this concept and also showed that these results can be utilized to derive fixed point theorems in partially ordered spaces. As an application, they obtain the existence of solutions for ordinary differential equations.
Afterward, Asl et al. [16] and Mohammadi et al. [17] introduced the concept of -admissibility and α-admissibility for set-valued mappings as follows.
Let X be a nonempty set, , where is a collection of nonempty subsets of X and . We say that
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(1)
T is -admissible if
where .
-
(2)
T is α-admissible if for each and with , we have , for all .
Remark 2.22 If T is -admissible, then T is also α-admissible mapping.
In recent investigations, the fixed point results for single-valued and set-valued mappings via the concepts of being α-admissible and -admissible occupies a prominent place in many aspects (see [18–25] and references therein).
3 Fixed point theorems for partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction mappings
In this section, we introduce the partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction mapping and obtain the theorem of the existence of a fixed point for such a mapping in b-metric spaces.
Throughout this paper, for the nonempty set X and the given mapping , we use the following notation:
Definition 3.1 Let be a b-metric space and be a given mapping. The set-valued mapping is said to be a partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction if, for all ,
where .
Next, we give the main result in this paper.
Theorem 3.2 Let be a complete b-metric space with coefficient , be a given mapping and be a partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction. Suppose that the following conditions hold:
-
(i)
T is α-admissible;
-
(ii)
there exist and such that ;
-
(iii)
if is a sequence in X such that , for all , and as , for some , then .
If , then T has a fixed point in X, that is, there exists such that .
Proof For , we obtain
if and only if is a fixed point of T. Therefore, we suppose that
for all .
Now, we will set
It follows from that and .
Starting from and in (ii), by Lemma 2.17, there exists such that
It follows from that
From (3.2) and (3.3), we get
Since T is α-admissible, , and such that , we get and so . Using Lemma 2.17, there exists such that
Since T is a partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction and , we obtain
From (3.4) and (3.5), we have
By induction, we can construct a sequence in X such that, for each , we have
and
If there exists such that , then and then the proof is complete. For the rest, we will assume that , that is, , for all . Now we obtain, for all ,
and hence
where .
Since , , and , we get
From (3.7), (3.8), and Lemma 2.19, we see that is a Cauchy sequence in X. By the completeness of X, there exists such that
Next, we will prove that . By the condition (iii), we have , for all . From Lemma 2.16 and (3.1), for each , we get
Letting in the above inequality, we have
It follows from that . From (3.10), we get . Using Lemma 2.18, we have , that is, u is a fixed point of T. This completes the proof. □
Theorem 3.3 Let be a complete b-metric space with coefficient , be a given mapping and be a partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction. Suppose that the following conditions hold:
-
(i)
T is -admissible;
-
(ii)
there exist and such that ;
-
(iii)
if is a sequence in X such that , for all , and as , for some , then .
If we set , then T has a fixed point in X, that is, there exists such that .
Proof We can prove this result by using Theorem 3.2 and Remark 2.22. □
Corollary 3.4 (Theorems 3.2, 3.3 in [10])
Let be a complete b-metric space with coefficient , be a given mapping and be a q-set-valued α-quasi-contraction, that is, for all , we have
where . Suppose that the following conditions hold:
-
(i)
T is α-admissible (or -admissible);
-
(ii)
there exist and such that ;
-
(iii)
if is a sequence in X such that , for all and as , for some , then .
If , then T has a fixed point in X, that is, there exists such that .
Proof We will show that a q-set-valued α-quasi-contraction is a partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction. Assume that and so . Since T is a q-set-valued α-quasi-contraction, we get
This implies that T is a partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction. By Theorem 3.2 (or Theorem 3.3), we get the desired result. □
Corollary 3.5 Let be a complete b-metric space with coefficient , be a given mapping and let satisfy
for all , where and . Suppose that the following conditions hold:
-
(i)
T is α-admissible (or -admissible);
-
(ii)
there exist and such that ;
-
(iii)
if is a sequence in X such that , for all , and as , for some , then .
If , then T has a fixed point in X, that is, there exists such that .
Proof We will show that T is a partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction. Suppose that and then . From (3.12), we get
that is,
This implies that T is a partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction. By Theorem 3.2 (or Theorem 3.3), we get the desired result. □
Corollary 3.6 Let be a complete b-metric space with coefficient , be a given mapping and satisfies
for all , where and . Suppose that the following conditions hold:
-
(i)
T is α-admissible (or -admissible);
-
(ii)
there exist and such that ;
-
(iii)
if is a sequence in X such that , for all , and as , for some , then .
If , then T has a fixed point in X, that is, there exists such that .
Proof We will show that T is a partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction. Suppose that and then . From (3.13), we get
It follows from that
This implies that T is a partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction. By Theorem 3.2 (or Theorem 3.3), we get the desired result. □
Corollary 3.7 (Theorem 2.2 in [8])
Let be a complete b-metric space with coefficient and be a q-set-valued quasi-contraction. If , then T has a fixed point in X, that is, there exists such that .
Proof Set , for all . By Theorem 3.2 (or Theorem 3.3), we obtain the desired result. □
Remark 3.8 If we take (it corresponds to the case of metric spaces), then the condition of q in Theorem 3.2 becomes . Therefore, Theorems 3.2 and 3.3 are generalization of several known fixed point results in metric spaces. Also Theorem 3.2 is a generalization of Theorem 3.2 and 3.3 of Sintunavarat et al. [10], Theorem 2.2 of Aydi et al. [8], main results of Amini-Harandi [9], Daffer and Kaneko [26], Rouhani and Moradi [27], and Singh et al. [14].
The following example shows that Theorem 3.2 properly generalizes Theorem 2.2 of Aydi et al. [8].
Example 3.9 Let and the functional defined by
for all . Clearly, is a complete b-metric space with coefficient . Define set-valued mapping by
and by
We obtain
and
Therefore,
for all . This implies that the contraction condition of Theorem 2.2. of Aydi et al. [8] is not true for this case. Therefore, Theorem 2.2 cannot be used to claim the existence of fixed point of T.
Next, we show that Theorem 3.2 can be applied for this case. First of all, we show that T is a partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction mapping, where . Assume that
Then we have
This shows that T is a partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction mapping. Also we have
It is easy to see that T is an α-admissible mapping. We find that there exist and for which . Further, for any sequence in X with as , for some , and , for all , we see that , for all .
Therefore, all hypotheses of Theorem 3.2 are satisfied and so T has a fixed point. In this case, T have infinitely many fixed points.
4 Consequences
4.1 Fixed point results of single-valued mappings
In this section, we give the fixed point result for single-valued mappings. Before presenting our results, we introduce the new concept of a partial q-single-valued quasi-contraction mapping.
Definition 4.1 Let be a b-metric space and be a mapping. The single-valued mapping is said to be a partial q-single-valued quasi-contraction if
where .
Next, we give the fixed point result for partial q-single-valued quasi-contraction mapping.
Theorem 4.2 Let be a complete b-metric space with coefficient , be a given mapping and be a partial q-single-valued quasi-contraction. Suppose that the following conditions hold:
-
(i)
t is α-admissible;
-
(ii)
there exists such that ;
-
(iii)
if is a sequence in X such that , for all and as , for some , then .
If , then t has a fixed point in X, that is, there exists such that .
Proof It follows by applying Theorem 3.2 or Theorem 3.3. □
Remark 4.3 Theorem 4.2 is an extension of Corollary 3.8 of Sintunavarat et al. [10], Corollary 2.4 of Aydi et al. [8], and the result of Ćirić [28].
Example 4.4 Let and the functional defined by
for all . Clearly, is a complete b-metric space with coefficient . Define single-valued mapping by
and by
We obtain
and
Therefore,
for all . This implies that the contraction condition of Corollary 2.4 of Aydi et al. [8] is not true for this case. Therefore, Corollary 2.4 of Aydi et al. [8] cannot be used to claim the existence of fixed point of t.
Next, we show that Theorem 4.2 can be applying for this case. First of all, we show that t is a partial q-single-valued quasi-contraction mapping, where . Assume that . We obtain
This shows that t is a partial q-single-valued quasi-contraction mapping. Also we have
It is easy to see that t is an α-admissible mapping.
We find that there exists such that . Further, for any sequence in X with as , for some , and , for all , we obtain , for all since is closed.
Therefore, all hypotheses of Theorem 4.2 are satisfied and so t has a fixed point, that is, a point .
4.2 Fixed point results on b-metric space endowed with an arbitrary binary relation
In this section, we give the fixed point results on a b-metric space endowed with an arbitrary binary relation. Before presenting our results, we give the following definitions.
Definition 4.5 Let be a b-metric space and ℛ be a binary relation over X. We say that is a weakly preserving mapping if for each and with , we have , for all .
Definition 4.6 Let be a b-metric space and ℛ be a binary relation over X. The set-valued mapping is said to be a q-set-valued quasi-contraction with respect to ℛ if, for all , we have
where .
Theorem 4.7 Let be a complete b-metric space with coefficient , ℛ be a binary relation over X, and be a q-set-valued quasi-contraction with respect to ℛ. Suppose that the following conditions hold:
-
(i)
T is a weakly preserving mapping;
-
(ii)
there exist and such that ;
-
(iii)
if is a sequence in X such that , for all , and as , for some , then .
If , then T has a fixed point in X, that is, there exists such that .
Proof Consider the mapping defined by
From condition (ii), we get and so . It follows from T being a preserving mapping that T is an α-admissible mapping. Since T is a q-set-valued quasi-contraction with respect to ℛ, we have, for all ,
This implies that T is a partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction mapping. Now all the hypotheses of Theorem 3.2 are satisfied and so the existence of the fixed point of T follows from Theorem 3.2. □
Next, we give some special case of Theorem 4.7 in partially ordered b-metric spaces. Before we study the next results, we give the following definitions.
Definition 4.8 Let X be a nonempty set. Then is called a partially ordered b-metric space if is a b-metric space and is a partially ordered space.
Definition 4.9 Let be a partially ordered b-metric space. We say that is a weakly preserving mapping with ⪯ if for each and with , we have , for all .
Definition 4.10 Let be a partially ordered b-metric space. The set-valued mapping is said to be a q-set-valued quasi-contraction with respect to ⪯ if, for all , we have
where .
Corollary 4.11 Let be a complete partially ordered b-metric space with coefficient and be a q-set-valued quasi-contraction with respect to ⪯. Suppose that the following conditions hold:
-
(i)
T is a weakly preserving mapping with ⪯;
-
(ii)
there exist and such that ;
-
(iii)
if is a sequence in X such that , for all , and as , for some , then .
If we set , then T has a fixed point in X, that is, there exists such that .
Proof The result follows from Theorem 4.7 by considering the binary relation ⪯. □
4.3 Fixed point results on b-metric spaces endowed with a graph
Throughout this section, let be a b-metric space. A set is called a diagonal of the Cartesian product and is denoted by Δ. Consider a directed graph G such that the set of its vertices coincides with X and the set of its edges contains all loops, i.e., . We assume that G has no parallel edges, so we can identify G with the pair . Moreover, we may treat G as a weighted graph by assigning to each edge the distance between its vertices.
In this section, we give the fixed point results for set-valued mappings in a b-metric space endowed with a graph. Before presenting our results, we will introduce new definitions in a b-metric space endowed with a graph.
Definition 4.12 Let be a b-metric space endowed with a graph G and be set-valued mapping. We say that T weakly preserves the edges of G if for each and with implies , for all .
Definition 4.13 Let be a b-metric space endowed with a graph G. A set-valued mapping is said to be a q-G-set-valued quasi-contraction if, for all , we have
where .
Example 4.14 Let X be a nonempty set. Any mapping defined by , where , is a q-G-set-valued quasi-contraction for any graph G with .
Example 4.15 Let X be a nonempty set. Any mapping is trivially a q-G-set-valued quasi-contraction, where .
Definition 4.16 Let be a b-metric space endowed with a graph G. We say that X has G-regular property if given and sequence in X such that as and , for all , then , for all .
Here, we give a fixed point result for set-valued mappings in a b-metric space endowed with a graph.
Theorem 4.17 Let be a complete b-metric space with coefficient and endowed with a graph G and let be a q-G-set-valued quasi-contraction. Suppose that the following conditions hold:
-
(i)
T weakly preserves edges of G;
-
(ii)
there exist and such that ;
-
(iii)
X has G-regular property.
If , then T has a fixed point in X, that is, there exists such that .
Proof Consider the mapping defined by
Since T is a q-G-set-valued quasi-contraction, we have, for all ,
This implies that T is a partial q-set-valued quasi-contraction.
By construction of α and condition (i), we find that T is α-admissible. From condition (ii) and the construction of α, we get and thus . Using G-regular property of X, the result is obtained that the condition (iii) in Theorem 3.2 holds. Now all the hypotheses of Theorem 3.2 are satisfied and so the existence of the fixed point of T follows from Theorem 3.2. □
5 Existence of a solution for an integral equation
In this section, we prove the existence theorem for a solution of the following integral equation by using Theorem 4.2:
where , (the set of continuous real functions defined on ), , and are given mappings.
Theorem 5.1 Suppose that the following hypotheses hold:
(I1) is continuous;
(I2) there exists satisfies the following condition for each and with , for all :
where is a continuous function satisfying
(I3) there exists such that , for all .
Then the integral equation (5.1) has a solution .
Proof Let and let be a mapping defined by
for all and . Clearly, X with the b-metric given by
for all , is a complete b-metric space with coefficient .
Define a mapping by
It is easy to see that t is an α-admissible mapping. From (I3), we have . Also we find that condition (iii) in Theorem 4.2 holds (see [29]).
Next, we show that t is a partial q-single-valued quasi-contraction mapping with . Let with . Now, let be such that , that is, , for all . From (I1), (I2), and the Hölder inequality, for each we have
This shows that
Therefore, by using Theorem 4.2, we see that t has a fixed point, that is, there exists such that x is a fixed point of t. This implies that x is a solution for (5.1) because the existence of a solution of (5.1) is equivalent to the existence of a fixed point of t. This completes the proof. □
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Kumam, P., Sintunavarat, W. The existence of fixed point theorems for partial q-set-valued quasi-contractions in b-metric spaces and related results. Fixed Point Theory Appl 2014, 226 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-1812-2014-226
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-1812-2014-226