Introduction

Throughout the paper, unless otherwise stated, let H1 and H2 be real Hilbert spaces with inner product 〈·,·〉 and norm ∥·∥. Let C and Q be nonempty closed convex subsets of H1 and H2, respectively.

A mapping f:CC is said to be a contraction if there exists a constant α∈(0,1) such that ∥f x-f y∥≤αx-y∥, ∀x,yC. A mapping T:CC is said to be nonexpansive if ∥T x-T y∥≤∥x-y∥, ∀x,yC. Fix (T) denotes the fixed point set of the nonexpansive mapping T:CC.

Let B:H1H1 be a strongly positive linear bounded operator, i.e., if there exists a constant γ ̄ >0 such that

Bx , x γ ̄ x 2 , x H 1 .

A typical problem is to minimize a quadratic function over the set of fixed points of nonexpansive mapping T:

min x Fix ( T ) 1 2 Bx , x - x , b ,

where b is a given point in H1.

In 2006, Marino and Xu [1] considered the following iterative method:

x n + 1 = α n γf ( x n ) + ( I - α n B ) T x n , n 0 ,

with 0<γ< γ ̄ α and proved that the sequence {x n } converges strongly to the unique solution of the variational inequality

( B - γf ) z , x - z , x Fix ( T )

which is the optimality condition for the minimization problem

min x Fix ( T ) 1 2 Bx , x - h ( x ) ,

where h is the potential function for γ f.

A family S:={T(s):0≤s<} of mappings from C into itself is called a nonexpansive semigroup on C if it satisfies the following conditions:

  1. (i)

    T(0)x=x for all xC.

  2. (ii)

    T(s+t)=T(s)T(t) for all s,t≥0.

  3. (iii)

    T(s)x-T(s)y∥≤∥x-y∥ for all x,yC and s≥0.

  4. (iv)

    For all xC, sT(s)x is continuous.

The set of all the common fixed points of a family S is denoted by Fix (S), i.e.,

Fix ( S ) : = { x C : T ( s ) x = x , 0 s < } = 0 s < Fix ( T ( s ) ) ,

where Fix(T(s)) is the set of fixed points of T(s). It is well known that Fix (S) is closed and convex.

The fixed point problem (FPP) for a nonexpansive semigroup S is:

FindxCsuch thatxFix(S).
(1)

In 1997, Shimizu and Takahashi [2] introduced and studied the following iterative method to prove a strong convergence theorem for FPP (1) in a real Hilbert space:

x n + 1 = α n u + ( 1 - α n ) 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) x n ds , n N ,

where {α n } is a sequence in (0,1) and {s n } is a sequence of positive real numbers which diverges to +. Later, Chen and Song [3] introduced and studied the following iterative method to prove a strong convergence theorem for FPP (1) in a real Hilbert space:

x n + 1 = α n f ( x n ) + ( 1 - α n ) 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) x n ds , n N ,

where f is a contraction mapping. Recently, Plubtieng and Punpaeng [4] introduced and studied the following iterative method to prove a strong convergence theorem for FPP (1) in a real Hilbert space:

x n + 1 = α n f ( x n ) + β n x n + ( 1 - α n - β n ) 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) x n ds , n N ,

where {α n } and {β n } are the sequences in (0,1) and {s n } is a positive real divergent sequence.

The equilibrium problem (EP) [5] is of finding xC such that

F(x,y)0,yC,
(2)

where F:C×CR is a bifunction. The solution set of EP (2) is denoted by EP (F).

Cianciaruso et al. [6] introduced and studied the following iterative method to prove a strong convergence theorem for FPP (1) and EP (2) in a real Hilbert space: x0H1:

x n + 1 = α n γf ( x n ) + ( 1 - α n B ) 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds , n N ,
F ( u n , y ) + 1 r n y - u n , u n - x n 0 , y H 1 ,

where {α n } is a sequence in (0,1) and {s n } is a positive real divergent sequence.

Recently, Moudafi [7] introduced the following split equilibrium problem (SEP):

Let F 1 :C×CR and F 2 :Q×QR be nonlinear bifunctions and A:H1H2 be a bounded linear operator, then the SEP is to find xC such that

F 1 ( x ,x)0,xC,
(3)

and such that

y =A x Qsolves F 2 ( y ,y)0,yQ.
(4)

When looked separately, (3) is the classical EP, and we denoted its solution set by EP (F1). SEP (3)-(4) constitutes a pair of equilibrium problems which have to be solved so that the image y=A x, under a given bounded linear operator A, of the solution x of EP (3) in H1 is the solution of another EP (4) in another space H2, and we denote the solution set of EP (4) by EP (F2).

The solution set of SEP (3)-(4) is denoted by Ω={p∈EP(F1):A p∈EP(F2)}. SEP (3)-(4) includes the split variational inequality problem, split zero problem, and split feasibility problem (see, for instance, [712]).

In this paper, we consider a split generalized equilibrium problem (SGEP): Find xC such that

F 1 ( x ,x)+ h 1 ( x ,x)0,xC,
(5)

and such that

y =A x Qsolves F 2 ( y ,y)+ h 2 ( y ,y)0,yQ,
(6)

where F 1 , h 1 :C×CR and F 2 , h 2 :Q×QR are nonlinear bifunctions and A:H1H2 is a bounded linear operator.

We denote the solution set of generalized equilibrium problem (GEP) (5) and GEP (6) by GEP (F1,h1) and GEP (F2,h2), respectively. The solution set of SGEP (5)-(6) is denoted by Γ={p∈ GEP(F1,h1):A p∈GEP(F2,h2)}.

If h1=0 and h2=0, then SGEP (5)-(6) reduces to SEP (3)-(4). If h2=0 and F2=0, then SGEP (5)-(6) reduces to the equilibrium problem considered by Cianciaruso et al. [13].

Motivated by the works of Moudafi [7], Marino and Xu [1], Shimizu and Takahashi [2], Chen and Song [3], Plubtieng and Punpaeng [4], and Cianciaruso et al. [6, 13] and by the ongoing research in this direction, we introduce and study an iterative method for approximating a common solution of SGEP (5)-(6) and FPP (6) for a nonexpansive semigroup in real Hilbert spaces. The results presented in this paper extend and generalize the works of Shimizu and Takahashi [2], Chen and Song [3], Plubtieng and Punpaeng [4], and Cianciaruso et al. [6].

Now, we recall some concepts and results which are needed in sequel.

For every point xH1, there exists a unique nearest point in C denoted by P C x such that

x- P C xx-y,yC.
(7)

P C is called the metric projection of H1 onto C. It is well known that P C is a nonexpansive mapping and is characterized by the following property:

x- P C x,y- P C x0.
(8)

Further, it is well known that every nonexpansive operator T:H1H1 satisfies, for all (x,y)∈H1×H1, the inequality

( x - T ( x ) ) - ( y - T ( y ) ) , T ( y ) - T ( x ) ( 1 / 2 ) ( T ( x ) - x ) - ( T ( y ) - y 2 ,
(9)

and therefore, we get, for all (x,y)∈H1×Fix(T),

x-T(x),y-T(x)(1/2)T(x)-x 2
(10)

(see, e.g., Theorem 3 in [14] and Theorem 1 in [15]).

It is also known that H1 satisfies Opial’s condition [16], i.e., for any sequence {x n } with x n x, the inequality

lim inf n x n -x<lim inf n x n -y
(11)

holds for every yH1 with yx.

Lemma 1

[[17]] Let {x n } and {y n } be bounded sequences in a Banach space X and {β n } be a sequence in [0,1] with 0<lim inf n β n lim sup n β n <1. Suppose xn+1=(1-β n )y n +β n x n , for all integers n≥0 and lim sup n ( y n + 1 - y n - x n + 1 - x n )0. Then, lim n y n - x n =0.

Lemma 2

[[2]] Let C be a nonempty bounded closed convex subset of a Hilbert space H1 and let S:={T(s):0≤s<} be a nonexpansive semigroup on C, for each xC and t>0. Then, for any 0≤h<,

lim t sup x C 1 t 0 t T ( s ) xds - T ( h ) 1 t 0 t T ( s ) xds = 0 .

Lemma 3

[[18]] Let {a n } be a sequence of nonnegative real numbers such that

a n + 1 ( 1 - α n ) a n + δ n , n 0 ,

where {α n } is a sequence in (0,1) and {δ n } is a sequence in R such that (i)

n = 1 α n =∞.
  1. (ii)
    lim sup n δ n α n 0

    or n = 1 δ n <.Then,

    lim n a n =0.

Lemma 4

[[1]] Assume that B is a strong positive linear bounded operator on a Hilbert space H1 with coefficient γ ̄ >0 and 0<ρ<∥B-1. Then, I-ρB1-ρ γ ̄ .

Lemma 5

The following inequality holds in a real Hilbert space H1:

x + y 2 x 2 + 2 y , x + y , x , y H 1 .

Assumption 1[19] Let F:C×CR be a bifunction satisfying the following assumptions:

  1. (i)

    F(x,x)≥0, ∀xC,

  2. (ii)

    F is monotone, i.e., F(x,y)+F(y,x)≤0, ∀xC,

  3. (iii)

    F is upper hemicontinuous, i.e., for each x,y,zC,

    lim sup t 0 F(tz+(1-t)x,y)F(x,y),
  4. (iv)

    For each xC fixed, the function yF(x,y) is convex and lower semicontinuous;

let h:C×CR such that

  1. (i)

    h(x,x)≥0, ∀xC,

  2. (ii)

    For each yC fixed, the function xh(x,y) is upper semicontinuous,

  3. (iii)

    For each xC fixed, the function yh(x,y) is convex and lower semicontinuous,

and assume that for fixed r>0 and zC, there exists a nonempty compact convex subset K of H1 and xCK such that

F ( y , x ) + h ( y , x ) + 1 r y - x , x - z < 0 , y C K.

The proof of the following lemma is similar to the proof of Lemma 2.13 in [19] and hence omitted.

Lemma 6

Assume that F 1 , h 1 :C×CR satisfying Assumption 1. Let r>0 and xH1. Then, there exists zC such that

F 1 ( z , y ) + h 1 ( z , y ) + 1 r y - z , z - x 0 , y C.

Lemma 7

[12]Assume that the bifunctions F 1 , h 1 :C×CRsatisfy Assumption 1 and H1is monotone. For r>0 and for all xH1, define a mapping T r ( F 1 , h 1 ) : H 1 Cas follows:

T r ( F 1 , h 1 ) ( x ) = z C : F 1 ( z , y ) + h 1 ( z , y ) + 1 r n y - z , z - x 0 , y C .

Then, the following hold: (i)

T r ( F 1 , h 1 )

is single-valued.(ii)

T r ( F 1 , h 1 )

is firmly nonexpansive, i.e.,

T r ( F 1 , h 1 ) x - T r ( F 1 , h 1 ) y 2 T r ( F 1 , h 1 ) x - T r ( F 1 , h 1 ) y , x - y , x , y H 1 .

(iii) Fix

( T r ( F 1 , h 1 ) )=GEP( F 1 , h 1 ).
  1. (iv)

    GEP(F 1,h 1) is compact and convex.

Further, assume that F 2 , h 2 :Q×QR satisfying Assumption 1. For s>0 and for all wH2, define a mapping T s ( F 2 , h 2 ) : H 2 Q as follows:

T s ( F 2 , h 2 ) ( w ) = d Q : F 2 ( d , e ) + h 2 ( d , e ) + 1 s e - d , d - w 0 , e Q .

Then, we easily observe that T s ( F 2 , h 2 ) is single-valued and firmly nonexpansive, GEP (F2,h2,Q) is compact and convex, and Fix( T s ( F 2 , h 2 ) )=GEP( F 2 , h 2 ,Q), where GEP (F2,h2,Q) is the solution set of the following generalized equilibrium problem:

Find yQ such that F2(y,y) + h2(y,y)≥0, ∀yQ.

We observe that GEP (F2,h2)⊂ GEP (F2,h2,Q). Further, it is easy to prove that Γ is a closed and convex set.

Remark 1

Lemmas 6 and 7 are slight generalizations of Lemma 3.5 in[13]where the equilibrium condition F1(x,x) = h1(x,x) = 0 has been relaxed to F1(x,x)≥0 and h1(x,x)≥0 for all xC. Further, the monotonicity of H1 in Lemma 6 is not required.

Lemma 8

[13]Let F 1 :C×CRbe a bifunction satisfying Assumption 1 hold and let T r F 1 be defined as in Lemma 4 for r>0. Let x , yH1and r1, r2>0. Then,

T r 2 F 1 y - T r 1 F 1 x y - x + r 2 - r 1 r 2 T r 2 F 1 y - y .

Notation. Let {x n } be a sequence in H1, then x n x (respectively, x n x) denotes strong (respectively, weak) convergence of the sequence {x n } to a point xH1.

Methods

In this section, we prove a strong convergence theorem based on the proposed iterative method for computing the approximate common solution of SGEP (5)-(6) and FPP (1) for a nonexpansive semigroup in real Hilbert spaces.

We assume that Γ.

Theorem 1

Let H1and H2be two real Hilbert spaces and let CH1and QH2be nonempty closed convex subsets. Let A:H1H2be a bounded linear operator. Assume that F 1 , h 1 :C×CRand F 2 , h 2 :Q×QRare the bifunctions satisfying Assumption 1; h1,h2are monotone and F2is upper semicontinuous in the first argument. Let S={T(s):0≤s<} be a nonexpansive semigroup on C such that Fix(S)∩Γ. Let f:CC be a contraction mapping with constant α∈(0,1) and B be a strongly positive linear bounded self-adjoint operator on H1with constant γ ̄ >0such that0<γ< γ ̄ α <γ+ 1 α . Let {s n } is a positive real sequence which diverges to + . For a given x0C arbitrarily, let the iterative sequences {u n } and {x n } be generated by iterative algorithm:

u n = T r n ( F 1 , h 1 ) ( x n + δ A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n ) ; x n + 1 = α n γf ( x n ) + β n x n + ( ( 1 - β n ) I - α n B ) 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds ,
(12)

where r n ⊂(0,) and δ∈(0,1/L), L is the spectral radius of the operator AA, and A is the adjoint of A, and {α n } and {β n } are the sequences in (0,1) satisfying the following conditions:

  1. (i)
    lim n α n =0

    and

    n = 0 α n =∞.

    (ii)

    0<lim inf n β n lim sup n β n <1.
  2. (iii)

    lim infr n >0 and

    lim n | r n + 1 - r n |=0.

    (iv)

    lim n | s n + 1 - s n | s n + 1 =0

    .

Then, the sequence {x n } converges strongly to z∈Fix(S)∩Γ, where z = PFix(S)∩Γ(I-B+γ f)z.

Proof

We note that from condition (i), we may assume without loss of generality that α n ≤(1-β n )∥B-1 for all n. From Lemma 4, we know that if 0<ρ≤∥B-1, then I-ρB1-ρ γ ̄ . We will assume that I-B1- γ ̄ . □

Since B is a positive linear bounded self-adjoint operator on H1, then

B = sup { | Bu , u | : u H 1 , u = 1 } .

Observe that

( ( 1 - β n ) I - α n B ) u , u = 1 - β n - α n Bu , u 1 - β n - α n B 0 ,

which implies that (1-β n )I-α n B is positive. It follows that

( 1 - β n ) I - α n B = sup { ( ( 1 - β n ) I - α n B ) u , u : u H 1 , u = 1 } = sup { 1 - β n - α n Bu , u : u H 1 , u = 1 } 1 - β n - α n γ ̄ .

Let q = PFix(S)∩Γ. Since f is a contraction mapping with constant α∈(0,1), it follows that

q ( I - B + γf ) ( x ) - q ( I - B + γf ) ( y ) ( I - B + γf ) ( x ) - ( I - B + γf ) ( x ) I - B x - y + γ f ( x ) - f ( y ) ( 1 - γ ̄ ) x - y + γα x - y ( 1 - ( γ ̄ - γα ) ) x - y ,

for all x,yH1. Therefore, the mapping q(I-B + γ f) is a contraction mapping from H1 into itself. It follows from the Banach contraction principle that there exists an element zH1 such that z = q(I-B + γ f)z = PFix(S)∩Γ(I-B + γ f)(z).

Let p∈Fix(S)∩Γ, i.e., pΓ, and we have p= T r n ( F 1 , h 1 ) p and

Ap= T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) (Ap).

We estimate

u n - p 2 = T r n ( F 1 , h 1 ) ( x n + δ A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n ) - p 2 = T r n ( F 1 , h 1 ) ( x n + δ A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n ) - T r n ( F 1 , h 1 ) p 2 x n + δ A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n - p 2 x n - p 2 + δ 2 A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n 2 + 2 δ x n - p , A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n .
(13)

Thus, we have

u n - p 2 x n - p 2 + δ 2 ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n , A A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n + 2 δ x n - p , A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n .
(14)

Now, we have

δ 2 ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n , A A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n L δ 2 ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n , ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n = L δ 2 ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n 2 .
(15)
DenotingΛ=2δ x n -p, A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) -I)A x n

and using (10), we have

Λ = 2 δ x n - p , A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n = 2 δ A ( x n - p ) , ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n = 2 δ A ( x n - p ) + ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n - ( T r ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n , ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n = 2 δ T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) A x n - Ap , ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n - ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n 2 2 δ 1 2 ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n 2 - ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n 2 - δ ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n 2 .
(16)

Using (14), (15), and (16), we obtain

u n -p 2 x n -p 2 +δ(-1)( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) -I)A x n 2 .
(17)

Since δ(0, 1 L ), we obtain

u n -p 2 x n -p 2 .
(18)

Now, setting t n := 1 s n 0 s n T(s) u n ds and since p∈Fix(S)∩Γ, we obtain

t n - p = 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds - p 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n - T ( s ) p ds u n - p x n - p .
(19)

Further, we estimate

x n + 1 - p = α n γf ( x n ) + β n x n + ( ( 1 - β n ) I - α n B ) t n - p = α n ( γf ( x n ) - Bp ) + β n ( x n - p ) + ( ( 1 - β n ) I - α n B ) ( t n - p ) α n γf ( x n ) - Bp + β n x n - p + ( 1 - β n - α n γ ̄ ) t n - p α n γ f ( x n ) - f ( p ) + α n γf ( p ) - Bp + β n x n - p + ( 1 - β n - α n γ ̄ ) x n - p α n γα x n - p + α n γf ( p ) - Bp + ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) x n - p = ( 1 - ( γ ̄ - γα ) α n ) x n - p + α n γf ( p ) - Bp max x n - p , 1 γ ̄ - γα γf ( p ) - Bp , n 0 max x 0 - p , 1 γ ̄ - γα γf ( p ) - Bp .
(20)

Hence, {x n } is bounded, and consequently, we deduce that {u n }, {t n }, and {f(x n )} are bounded.

Next, we estimate

t n + 1 - t n = 1 s n + 1 0 s n + 1 T ( s ) u n + 1 ds - 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds = 1 s n + 1 0 s n + 1 [ T ( s ) u n + 1 - T ( s ) u n ] ds + 1 s n + 1 - 1 s n × 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds + 1 s n + 1 s n s n + 1 T ( s ) u n ds = 1 s n + 1 0 s n + 1 [ T ( s ) u n + 1 - T ( s ) u n ] ds + 1 s n + 1 - 1 s n × 0 s n [ T ( s ) u n - T ( s ) p ] ds + 1 s n + 1 s n s n + 1 [ T ( s ) u n - T ( s ) p ] ds u n + 1 - u n + | s n + 1 - s n | s n ( s n + 1 ) s n u n - p + | s n + 1 - s n | s n + 1 u n - p u n + 1 - u n + 2 | s n + 1 - s n | s n + 1 u n - p .
(21)

Since T r n + 1 ( F 1 , h 1 ) and T r n + 1 ( F 2 , h 2 ) both are firmly nonexpansive, for δε(0, 1 L ), the mapping T r n + 1 ( F 1 , h 1 ) (I+δ A ( T r n + 1 ( F 2 , h 2 ) -I)A) is nonexpensive, see [7, 10]. Further, since u n = T r n ( F 1 , h 1 ) ( x n +δ A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) -I)A x n ) and u n + 1 = T r n + 1 ( F 1 , h 1 ) ( x n + 1 +δ A ( T r n + 1 ( F 2 , h 2 ) -I)A x n + 1 ), it follows from Lemma 8 that

u n + 1 - u n T r n + 1 ( F 1 , h 1 ) x n + 1 + δ A T r n + 1 ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I A x n + 1 - T r n + 1 ( F 1 , h 1 ) x n + δ A T r n + 1 ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I A x n + T r n + 1 ( F 1 , h 1 ) x n + δ A T r n + 1 ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I A x n - T r n ( F 1 , h 1 ) x n + δ A T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I A x n x n + 1 - x n + x n + δ A T r n + 1 ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I A x n - x n + δ A T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I A x n + 1 - r n r n + 1 T r n + 1 ( F 1 , h 1 ) x n + δ A T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I A x n - x n + δ A T r n + 1 ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I A x n x n + 1 - x n + δ A T r n + 1 ( F 2 , h 2 ) A x n - T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) A x n + δ n x n + 1 - x n + δ A 1 - r n r n + 1 T r n + 1 ( F 2 , h 2 ) A x n - A x n + δ n = x n + 1 - x n + δ A σ n + δ n
(22)

where

σ n = 1 - r n + 1 r n T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) A x n - A x n

and

δ n = 1 - r n + 1 r n T r n ( F 1 , h 1 ) ( x n + δ A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n ) - ( x n + δ A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n ) .

Using (21) and (22), we have

t n + 1 - t n x n + 1 - x n + δ A σ n + δ n + 2 | s n + 1 - s n | s n + 1 u n - p .
(23)

Setting xn + 1 = β n x n + (1-β n )e n implies from (12) that

e n = x n + 1 - β n x n 1 - β n = α n γf ( x n ) + ( ( 1 - β n ) I - α n B ) t n 1 - β n .

Further, it follows that

e n + 1 - e n = α n + 1 γf ( x n + 1 ) + ( ( 1 - β n + 1 ) I - α n + 1 B ) t n + 1 1 - β n + 1 - α n γf ( x n ) + ( ( 1 - β n ) I - α n B ) t n 1 - β n = α n + 1 1 - β n + 1 γf ( x n + 1 ) + ( 1 - β n + 1 ) t n + 1 1 - β n + 1 - α n + 1 B t n + 1 1 - β n + 1 - α n 1 - β n γf ( x n ) - ( 1 - β n ) t n 1 - β n + α n B t n 1 - β n = α n + 1 1 - β n + 1 ( γf ( x n + 1 ) + B t n + 1 ) + t n + 1 - t n + α n 1 - β n ( B t n - γf ( x n ) ) .

Using (23), we have

e n + 1 - e n = α n + 1 1 - β n + 1 ( γf ( x n + 1 ) + B t n + 1 ) + t n + 1 - t n + α n 1 - β n ( B t n - γf ( x n ) ) α n + 1 1 - β n + 1 γf ( x n + 1 ) + B t n + 1 + α n 1 - β n ( γf ( x n ) + B t n ) + t n + 1 - t n α n + 1 1 - β n + 1 γf ( x n + 1 ) + B t n + 1 + α n 1 - β n ( γf ( x n ) + B t n ) + x n + 1 - x n + γ A σ n + δ n + 2 | s n + 1 - s n | s n + 1 u n - p

which implies that

e n + 1 - e n - x n + 1 - x n α n + 1 1 - β n + 1 ( f ( x n + 1 ) + B t n + 1 ) + γ A σ n + δ n + α n 1 - β n ( γf ( x n ) + B t n ) + 2 | s n + 1 - s n | s n + 1 u n - p .

Hence, it follows by conditions (i), (iii), and (iv) that

lim sup n e n + 1 - e n - x n + 1 - x n 0.
(24)

From Lemma 1 and (24), we get lim n e n - x n =0 and

lim n x n + 1 - x n = lim n (1- β n ) e n - x n =0.
(25)

Now,

x n + 1 - x n = α n γf ( x n ) + β n x n + ( ( 1 - β n ) I - α n B ) t n - x n = α n ( γf ( x n ) - x n ) + ( ( 1 - β n ) I - α n B ) ( t n - x n ) .

Since ∥xn + 1-x n ∥→0 and α n →0 as n, we obtain

lim n t n - x n =0.
(26)

Next, we have

T ( s ) x n - x n = T ( s ) x n - T ( s ) 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds + T ( s ) 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds - 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds + 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds - x n T ( s ) x n - T ( s ) 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds + T ( s ) 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds - 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds + 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds - x n x n - 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds + T ( s ) 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds - 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds + 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds - x n 2 x n - 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds + T ( s ) 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds - 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds .
(27)

Since {x n } and {f(x n )} are bounded, let K:= w C : w - p x 0 - p , 1 γ ̄ - γα γf ( p ) - Bp , then K is a nonempty bounded closed convex subset of C which is T(s)-invariant for each 0≤s< and contains {x n }. So, without loss of generality, we may assume that S: = {T(s):0≤s<} is a nonexpansive semigroup on K. By Lemma 2, we have

lim n T ( s ) 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds - 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds =0.
(28)

Using (21) to (23), we obtain

lim n T(s) x n - x n =0.
(29)

It follows from (17) and Lemma 5 that

x n + 1 - p 2 = α n γf ( x n ) + β n x n + [ ( 1 - β n ) I - α n B ] t n - p 2 = α n ( γf ( x n ) - Bp ) + β n ( x n - t n ) + ( I - α n B ) ( t n - p ) 2 ( I - α n B ) ( t n - p ) + β n ( x n - t n ) 2 + 2 α n γf ( x n ) - Bp , x n + 1 - p ( I - α n B ) ( t n - p ) + β n x n - t n 2 + 2 α n γf ( x n ) - Bp x n + 1 - p I - α n B u n - p + β n x n - t n 2 + 2 α n γf ( x n ) - Bp x n + 1 - p = ( I - α n γ ̄ ) 2 u n - p 2 + β n 2 x n - t n 2 + 2 ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) β n u n - p x n - t n + 2 α n γf ( x n ) - Bp x n + 1 - p ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) 2 x n - p 2 + δ ( - 1 ) ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n 2 + β n 2 x n - t n 2 + 2 ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) β n u n - p x n - t n + 2 α n γf ( x n ) - Bp x n + 1 - p 1 - 2 α n γ ̄ + ( α n γ ̄ ) 2 x n - p 2 + ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) 2 δ ( - 1 ) ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n 2 + β n 2 x n - t n 2 + 2 ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) β n u n - p x n - t n + 2 α n γf ( x n ) - Bp x n + 1 - p
x n - p 2 + α n γ ̄ 2 x n - p 2 + ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) 2 δ ( - 1 ) ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n 2 + β n 2 x n - t n 2 + 2 ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) β n u n - p x n - t n + 2 α n γf ( x n ) - Bp x n + 1 - p .
(30)

Therefore,

( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) 2 δ ( 1 - ) ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n 2 x n - p 2 - x n + 1 - p 2 + β n 2 x n - t n 2 + α n γ ̄ 2 x n - p 2 + 2 ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) β n u n - p x n - t n + 2 α n γf ( x n ) - Bp x n + 1 - p ( x n - p + x n + 1 - p ) x n - x n + 1 + β n 2 x n - t n 2 + α n γ ̄ 2 x n - p 2 + 2 ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) β n u n - p x n - t n + 2 α n γf ( x n ) - Bp x n + 1 - p .

Since δ(1-L δ) > 0, α n →0, ∥x n -t n ∥→0 and ∥xn + 1-x n ∥→0 as n, we obtain

lim n ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) -I)A x n =0.
(31)

Next, we show that ∥x n -u n ∥→0 as n. Since p∈Fix(S)∩Γ, we obtain

u n - p 2 = T r n ( F 1 , h 1 ) ( x n + δ A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n ) - p 2 = T r n ( F 1 , h 1 ) ( x n + δ A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n ) - T r n ( F 1 , h 1 ) p 2 u n - p , x n + δ A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n - p = 1 2 u n - p 2 + x n + δ A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n - p 2 - ( u n - p ) - [ x n + δ A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n - p ] 2 = 1 2 u n - p 2 + x n - p 2 - u n - x n - δ A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n 2 = 1 2 u n - p 2 + x n - p 2 - u n - x n 2 + δ 2 A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n 2 - 2 δ u n - x n , A ( T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n .

Hence, we obtain

u n - p 2 x n - p 2 - u n - x n 2 + 2 δ A ( u n - x n ) T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n .

It follows from (30) and (31) that

x n + 1 - p 2 ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) 2 x n - p 2 - u n - x n 2 + 2 δ A ( u n - x n ) T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I A x n + β n 2 x n - t n 2 + 2 ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) β n u n - p x n - t n + 2 α n γf ( x n ) - Bp x n + 1 - p 1 - 2 α n γ ̄ + ( α n γ ̄ ) 2 x n - p 2 - ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) 2 u n - x n 2 + 2 ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) 2 δ A ( u n - x n ) T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I A x n + β n 2 x n - t n 2 + 2 ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) β n u n - p x n - t n + 2 α n γf ( x n ) - Bp x n + 1 - p x n - p 2 + α n γ ̄ 2 x n - p 2 - ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) 2 u n - x n 2 + 2 ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) 2 δ A ( u n - x n ) T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I A x n + β n 2 x n - t n 2 + 2 ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) β n u n - p x n - t n + 2 α n γf ( x n ) - Bp x n + 1 - p .

Therefore,

( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) 2 u n - x n 2 x n - p 2 - x n + 1 - p 2 + β n 2 x n - t n 2 + 2 ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) 2 δ A ( u n - x n ) T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I A x n + α n γ ̄ 2 x n - p 2 + 2 ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) β n u n - p x n - t n + 2 α n γf ( x n ) - Bp x n + 1 - p ( x n - p + x n + 1 - p ) x n - x n + 1 + β n 2 x n - t n 2 + 2 ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) 2 δ A ( u n - x n ) T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) - I ) A x n + α n γ ̄ 2 x n - p 2 + 2 ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) β n u n - p x n - t n + 2 α n γf ( x n ) - Bp x n + 1 - p .

Since α n →0, ∥x n -t n ∥→0, T r n ( F 2 , h 2 ) -I)A x n 0 and ∥xn + 1-x n ∥→0 as n, we obtain

lim n u n - x n =0.
(32)

Thus, we can write

T ( s ) t n - x n T ( s ) t n - T ( s ) x n + T ( s ) x n - x n t n - x n + T ( s ) x n - x n 0 as n ∞.

Also, we have

T ( s ) t n - t n T ( s ) t n - T ( s ) x n + T ( s ) x n - x n + x n - t n t n - x n + T ( s ) x n - x n + x n - t n 0 as n ∞.

Next, we show that lim sup n (B-γf)z, x n -z0, where z = PFix(S)∩Γ(I-B + γ f)z. To show this inequality, we choose a subsequence { t n i } of {t n }⊆K such that

lim sup n ( B - γf ) z , t n - z = lim i ( B - γf ) z , t n i - z .

Since { t n i } is bounded, there exists a subsequence { t n i j } of { t n i } which converges weakly to some wC. Without loss of generality, we can assume that t n i w.

Now, we prove that w∈Fix(S)∩Γ. Let us first show that w∈Fix(S). Assume that w∉Fix(S). Since t n i w and T(s)ww, from Opial’s condition (11), we have

lim inf i t n i - w < lim inf i t n i - T ( s ) w lim inf i t n i - T ( s ) t n i + T ( s ) t n i - T ( s ) w lim inf i t n i - w ,

which is a contradiction. Thus, we obtain w∈Fix(S).

Next, we show that w∈GEP(F1,h1). Since u n = T r n ( F 1 , h 1 ) x n , we have

F 1 ( u n , y ) + h 1 ( u n , y ) + 1 r n y - u n , u n - x n 0 , y C.

It follows from the monotonicity of F1 that

h 1 ( u n , y ) + 1 r n y - u n , u n - x n F 1 ( y , u n ) ,

and hence,

h 1 ( u n i , y ) + y - u n i , u n i - x n i r n F 1 ( y , u n i ) .

Since ∥u n -x n ∥→0, we get u n i w and u n i - x n i r n 0. It follows by Assumption 1 (iv) that 0≥F1(y,w), ∀wC. For t with 0<t≤1 and yC, let y t = t y + (1-t)w. Since yC, wC, we get y t C, and hence, F1(y t ,w)≤0. So, from Assumption 1 (i) and (iv), we have

0 = F 1 ( y t , y t ) + h 1 ( y t , y t ) t [ F 1 ( y t , y ) + h 1 ( y t , y ) ] + ( 1 - t ) [ F 1 ( y t , w ) + h 1 ( y t , w ) ] t [ F 1 ( y t , y ) + h 1 ( y t , y ) ] + ( 1 - t ) [ F 1 ( w , y t ) + h 1 ( w , y t ) ] [ F 1 ( y t , y ) + h 1 ( y t , y ) ] .

Therefore, 0≤F1(y t ,y) + h1(y t ,y). From Assumption 1 (iii), we have 0≤F1(w,y) + h1(w,y). This implies that w∈GEP(F1,h1).

Next, we show that A w∈GEP(F2,h2). Since u n - x n 0, u n w as n and {x n } is bounded, there exists a subsequence { x n k } of {x n } such that x n k w, and since A is a bounded linear operator, so A x n k Aw.

Now, setting v n k =A x n k - T r n k F 2 A x n k . It follows from (31) that lim k v n k =0 and A x n k - v n k = T r n k F 2 A x n k .

Therefore, from Lemma 7, we have

F 2 ( A x n k - v n k , z ) + h 2 ( A x n k - v n k , z ) + 1 r n k z - ( A x n k - v n k ) , ( A x n k - v n k ) - A x n k 0 , z Q.

Since F2 and H2 are upper semicontinuous in the first argument, taking lim sup to above inequality as k and using condition (iii), we obtain

F 2 ( Aw , z ) + h 2 ( Aw , z ) 0 , z Q ,

which means that A w∈GEP(F2,h2), and hence, wΓ.

Next, we claim that lim sup n f(z)-z, x n -z0, where z = PFix(S)∩Γ(I-B + γ f)z. Now, from (8), we have

lim sup n ( B - γf ) z - z , x n - z = lim sup n ( B - γf ) z - z , t n - z lim sup i ( B - γf ) z - z , t n i - z = ( B - γf ) z - z , w - z 0 .
(33)

Finally, we show that x n z:

x n + 1 - z 2 = α n γf ( x n ) + β n x n + [ ( 1 - β n ) I - α n B ] t n - z 2 = α n ( γf ( x n ) - Bz ) + β n ( x n - z ) + [ ( 1 - β n ) I - α n B ] ( t n - z ) 2 β n ( x n - z ) + [ ( 1 - β n ) I - α n B ] ( t n - z ) 2 + 2 α n γf ( x n ) - Bz , x n + 1 - z ( ( 1 - β n ) I - α n B ) ( t n - z ) + β n ( x n - z ) 2 + 2 α n γ f ( x n ) - f ( z ) , x n + 1 - z + 2 α n γf ( z ) - Bz , x n + 1 - z ( 1 - β n ) - α n γ ̄ x n - z + β n x n - z 2 + 2 α n γα x n - z x n + 1 - z + 2 α n γf ( z ) - Bz , x n + 1 - z ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) 2 x n - z 2 + α n γα { x n - z 2 + x n + 1 - z 2 } + 2 α n γf ( z ) - Bz , x n + 1 - z ( 1 - α n γ ̄ ) 2 x n - z 2 + α n γα x n - z 2 + γα x n + 1 - z 2 + 2 α n γf ( z ) - Bz , x n + 1 - z .

This implies that

x n + 1 - z 2 1 - 2 α n γ ̄ + ( α n γ ̄ ) 2 + α n γα 1 - γα x n - z 2 + 2 α n 1 - γα γf ( z ) - Bz , x n + 1 - z = 1 - 2 ( γ ̄ - γα ) α n 1 - γα x n - z 2 + ( α n γ ̄ ) 2 1 - γα x n - z 2 + 2 α n 1 - γα γf ( z ) - Bz , x n + 1 - z 1 - 2 ( γ ̄ - γα ) α n 1 - γα x n - z 2 + 2 ( γ ̄ - γα ) α n 1 - γα × ( α n γ ̄ 2 ) M 2 ( γ ̄ - γα ) + 1 γ ̄ - γα γf ( z ) - Bz , x n + 1 - z = ( 1 - δ n ) x n - z 2 + δ n σ n ,

where M:= sup{∥x n -z2:n≥1}, δ n = 2 ( γ ̄ - γα ) α n 1 - γα , and σ n = ( α n γ ̄ 2 ) M 2 ( γ ̄ - γα ) + 1 γ ̄ - γα γf(z)-Bz, x n + 1 -z. Since lim n α n =0 and n = 0 α n =, it is easy to see that lim n δ n =0, n = 0 δ n =, and lim sup n σ n 0. Hence, from (33), (34), and Lemma 3, we deduce that x n z. This completes the proof.

We have the following consequences of Theorem 1.

Corollary 1

Let H1 and H2 be two real Hilbert spaces and let CH1 and QH2 be nonempty closed convex subsets. Let A:H1H2 be a bounded linear operator. Assume that F 1 :C×CR and F 2 :Q×QR are the bifunctions satisfying Assumption 1 and F2 is upper semicontinuous in the first argument. Let S = {T(s):0≤s<} be a nonexpansive semigroup on C such that Fix(S)∩Ω. Let f:CC be a contraction mapping with constant α∈(0,1) and B be a strongly positive linear bounded self-adjoint operator on H1 with constant γ ̄ >0 such that 0<γ< γ ̄ α <γ+ 1 α . Let {s n } is a positive real sequence which diverges to +. For a given x0C arbitrarily, let the iterative sequences {u n } and {x n } be generated by

u n = T r n F 1 ( x n + δ A ( T r n F 2 - I ) A x n ) ; x n + 1 = α n γf ( x n ) + β n x n + ( ( 1 - β n ) I - α n B ) 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds ,

where r n ⊂(0,) and δ∈(0,1/L), L is the spectral radius of the operator AA, and A is the adjoint of A, and {α n } and {β n } are the sequences in (0,1) satisfying the following conditions:

(i)

lim n α n =0

and

n = 0 α n =∞.

(ii)

0<lim inf n β n lim sup n β n <1.
  1. (iii)
    lim inf n r n >0

    ,

    n = 1 | r n + 1 - r n |<∞.

    (iv)

    lim n | s n + 1 - s n | s n + 1 =0

    .

Then, the sequence {x n } converges strongly to z∈Fix(S)∩Ω, where z = PFix(S)∩Ω(I-B + γ f)z.

Proof

Taking h1 = h2 = 0 in Theorem 1, then the conclusion of Corollary 1 is obtained. □

Corollary 2

[6]Let H be a real Hilbert space and let CH be a nonempty closed convex subset. Assume thatF:C×CRis a bifunction satisfying Assumption 1 for F only. Let S = {T(s):0≤s<} be a nonexpansive semigroup on C such that Fix(S)∩EP(F)=. Let f:CC be a contraction mapping with constant α∈(0,1) and B be a strongly positive linear bounded self-adjoint operator on H with constant γ ̄ >0such that0<γ< γ ̄ α <γ+ 1 α . Let {s n } is a positive real sequence which diverges to +. For a given x0C arbitrarily, let the iterative sequences {u n } and {x n } be generated by

u n = T r n F x n ; x n + 1 = α n γf ( x n ) + ( 1 - α n B ) 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) u n ds ,

where r n ⊂(0,) and {α n } is a sequence in (0,1) satisfying

  1. (i)
    lim n α n =0

    and

    n = 0 α n =∞.
  2. (ii)
    lim inf n r n >0

    ,

    n = 1 | r n + 1 - r n |<∞.

    (iii)

    lim n | s n + 1 - s n | s n + 1 =0

    .

Then, the sequence {x n } converges strongly to zPFix(S)∩EP(F), where z = PFix(S)∩EP(F)(I-B + γ f)z.

Proof

Taking F1 = F2 = F, H1 = H2 = H, h1 = h2 = 0, {β n } = 0, and A = 0 in Theorem 1, then the conclusion of Corollary 2 is obtained. □

Corollary 3

[4]Let H be a real Hilbert space and let CH be a nonempty closed convex subset. Let S = {T(s):0≤s<} be a nonexpansive semigroup on C such that Fix(S)≠. Let f:CC be a contraction mapping with constant α∈(0,1). Let {s n } be a positive real sequence which diverges to +. For a given x0C arbitrarily, let the iterative sequence {x n } be generated by

x n + 1 = α n γf ( x n ) + β n x n + ( 1 - α n - β n ) 1 s n 0 s n T ( s ) x n ds ,

where {α n } and {β n } are the sequences in (0,1) satisfying the following conditions:

  1. (i)
    lim n α n =0

    and

    n = 0 α n =∞.

    (ii)

    0<lim inf n β n lim sup n β n <1.

    (iii)

    lim n | s n + 1 - s n | s n + 1 =0

    .

Then, the sequence {x n } converges strongly to zFix(S), where z = PFix(S)f(z).

Proof

Taking H1 = H2 = H, u n = x n , F1 = F2 = h1 = h2 = 0, and B = I in Theorem 1, then the conclusion of Corollary 3 is obtained. □

Results and discussion

We introduce and study an iterative method for approximating a common solution of split generalized equilibrium problem and fixed point problem for a nonexpansive semigroup in real Hilbert spaces. We obtain a strong convergence result for approximating a common solution of split generalized equilibrium problem and fixed point problem for a nonexpansive semigroup in real Hilbert spaces. Further, we obtain some consequences of our main result.

Conclusions

The results presented in this paper extend and generalize the works of Shimizu and Takahashi [2], Chen and Song [3], Plubtieng and Punpaeng [4], and Cianciaruso et al. [6]. The algorithm considered in Theorem 1 is different from those considered in [710] in the sense that the variable sequence {r n } has been taken in place of fixed r. Further, the approach of the proof presented in this paper is also different. The use of the iterative method presented in this paper for the split monotone variational inclusions considered in Moudafi [9] needs further research effort.