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Coincidence points of mappings and relations with applications
Fixed Point Theory and Applications volume 2012, Article number: 50 (2012)
Abstract
We obtain coincidence points of mappings and relations under a contractive condition in a metric space. As applications, we achieve an existence and uniqueness theorem of solution for a general class of nonlinear integral equations.
2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: 47H10; 54H25; 54C60.
1 Introduction
The advancement and the rich growth of fixed point theorems in metric spaces has important theoretical and practical applications. This developments in the last three decades were tremendous. For most of them, their reference result is the Banach contraction theorem, which states that if X is a complete metric space and T : X → X a contractions mapping on X (i.e., d(Tx, Ty) ≤ λd(x, y) for all x, y ∈ X, where 0 < λ < 1), then T has a unique fixed point in X (see also [1], Lemma 1]). This theorem looks simple but plays a fundamental role in fixed point theory [2]. Jungck [3] studied coincidence and common fixed points of commuting mappings and improved the Banach contraction principle. The coincidence and common fixed points generalizations were further studied by many authors (e.g., see [4–6]). In addition, see Kirk [7], Murthy [8], Park [9, 10], and Rhoades [11, 12], for a survey of this subject. Currently Aydi et al. [13] established some coincidence and common fixed point results for three self-mappings on a partially ordered cone metric space satisfying a contractive condition and proved an existence theorem of a common solution of integral equations. In the same way, Shatanawi et al. [14] studied some new real generalizations on coincidence points for weakly decreasing mappings satisfying a weakly contractive condition in an ordered metric space.
On the other hand Haghi et al. [15] showed that some coincidence point and common fixed point generalizations for two mappings in fixed point theory are not real generalizations and they obtained some coincidence and common fixed point results for two self mappings from their corresponding fixed point theorems.
In the present article, we prove the existence of a coincidence point of a mapping and a relation under a contractive condition which is an innovative and real generalization of the Banach contraction theorem. Moreover, a result is deduced on existence of a unique coincidence point for two nonself mappings under a contractive condition. As applications, we achieve an existence and uniqueness theorem of solution for a class of nonlinear integral equations.
2 Preliminaries
Let A and B be arbitrary nonempty sets. A relation R from A to B is a subset of A × B and is denoted by R : A ⇝ B. The statement (x, y) ∈ R is read "x is R-related to y", and is denoted by xRy. A relation R : A ⇝ B is called left-total if for all x ∈ A there exists a y ∈ B such that xRy. R is called right-total if for all y ∈ B there exists an x ∈ A such that xRy. R is known as functional, if xRy, xRz implies that y = z, for x ∈ A and y, z ∈ B. A mapping T : A → B is a relation from A to B which is both functional and left-total. For R : A ⇝ B, E ⊂ A we define
For convenience, we denote R ({x}) by R {x}. The class of relations from A to B is denoted by . Thus the collection of all mappings from A to B is a proper sub collection of . An element w ∈ A is called coincidence point of T : A → B and R : A ⇝ B if Tw ∈ R {w}. In the following, we always suppose that X is nonempty set and (Y, d) is a metric space. For R : X ⇝ Y and u, υ ∈ dom (R), we define
A function Ψ : [0, ∞) → [0,1) is said to have property (p) [16–18] if for t > 0, there exists δ(t) > 0, s(t) < 1 such that
3 Coincidence points
Theorem 3.1 Let X be a nonempty set and (Y, d) be a metric space. Let T : X → Y, R : X ⇝ Y be such that R is left-total, Range (T) ⊆ Range (R) and Range (T) or Range (R) is complete. If there exists a non-decreasing function Ψ : [0, ∞) → [0, 1) having property (p) such that for all x, y ∈ X
Then there exists w ∈ X such that Tw ∈ R {w}.
Proof. Let x0 be an arbitrary, but fixed element of X. We shall construct sequences{x n } ⊂ X, {y n } ⊂ Range (R). Let y1 = Tx0, using the fact that Range (T) ⊆ Range (R), we may choose x1 ∈ X such that
Let y2 = Tx1, if
then by assumptions Tx0 = Tx1. It implies that
Then x1 is the point of X we are looking for. If
then using inequality (1) we have
Choose x2 ∈ X such that x2Ry2. In the case
x2 is the required point in X. If
then inequality (1) implies that
By induction we produce sequences {x n } ⊂ X and {y n } ⊂ Range (R) such that y n = Tx n -1, x n Ry n and
Since x n Ry n , x n +1Ry n +1 therefore, by definition of D, we have
Thus,
It follows that
Thus,
Assume that
We claim t = 0. Otherwise by property (p) of Ψ, there exists δ(t) > 0, s(t) < 1, such that
For this δ(t) > 0, there exists a natural number N such that
Hence,
Then inequality (1) implies that
Assume that
Then M < 1 and
Hence
this contradicts the assumption that t > 0. Consequently
Now we prove that {y n } is a Cauchy sequence. Assume that {y n } is not a Cauchy sequence. Then there exists a positive number t* and subsequences {n(i)}, {m(i)} of the natural numbers with n(i) < m(i) such that
for i = 1, 2, 3, .... Then
Letting i → ∞ and using the fact that d(y n (i), y m (i)-1) < t*, we obtain
For this t* > 0, by property (p) of Ψ there exists δ (t*) > 0, s(t*) < 1, such that
For this δ(t*) > 0, there exists a natural number N0 such that
Hence
Now, inequality (1) yields
Thus
Letting i → ∞, we get
a contradiction. Hence {y n } is a Cauchy sequence in Range (R). By completeness of this space there exists an element z ∈ Range (R) such that y n → z. It further implies that wRz for some w ∈ X. Now,
Letting n → ∞, we have d(z, Tw) = 0. It follows that z = Tw. Hence Tw ∈ R{w}. In the case when Range (T) is complete. The fact Range (T) ⊆ Range (R) implies that there exists an element z* ∈ Range (R) such that y n → z*. The remaining part of the proof is same as in previous case.
Example 3.2 Let X = Y = R, d(x, y) = |x - y|. Define T : R → R, R : R ⇝ R as follows:
Then Range (T) = {0, 1} ⊂ Range (R) = [0, 4] ∪ [7, 9]. For, all conditions of the above theorem are satisfied.
From Theorem 3.1, we deduce the following result immediately.
Theorem 3.3 Let X be nonempty set and (Y, d) be a metric space. Let T : X → Y, R : X ⇝ Y be such that R is left-total, Range (T) ⊆ Range (R) and Range (T) or Range (R) is complete. If there exists λ ∈ [0, 1) such that for all x, y ∈ X
Then there exists w ∈ X such that Tw ∈ R{w}.
In the following theorem, we prove the existence of a unique coincidence point of a pair of nonself mappings under a contractive condition.
Theorem 3.4 Let X be a nonempty set and (Y, d) be a metric space. T, S : X → Y be two mappings such that Range (T) ⊆ Range (S) and Range (T) or Range (S) is complete. If there exists a λ ∈ [0, 1) such that for all x, y ∈ X
Then S and T have a coincidence point in X. Moreover, if either T or S is injective, then S and T have a unique coincidence point in X.
Proof. By Theorem 3.1, we obtain that there exists w ∈ X such that Tw = Sw, where,
For uniqueness, assume that w1, w2 ∈ X, w1 ≠ w2, Tw1 = Sw1, and Tw2 = Sw2. Then d(Tw1, Tw2) ≤ λd(Sw1, Sw2). If S or T is injective, then
and
a contradiction.
Remark 3.5 If in the above theorem we choose X = Y, and S = I (the identity mapping on X), we obtain the Banach contraction theorem.
4 Integral equations
The purpose of this section is to study the existence and uniqueness of solution of a general class of Fredholm integral equations of 2nd kind under various assumptions on the functions involved. Theorem 3.4 coupled with a function space (C [a, b], ℝ) and a contractive inequality are used to establish the result. Consider the integral equation:
were, x : [a, b] → ℝ is unknown, g : [a, b] → ℝ and h, f : ℝ → ℝ are given, μ is a parameter. The kernel K of the integral equation is defined on [a, b] × [a, b]. If f = h = I (the identity mapping on ℝ), then (2) is Known as Fredholm integral equation of 2nd kind (see also [19] and the references cited therein).
Theorem 4.1 Let K, f, g, h be continuous. Let c ∈ R such that, for all t, s ∈ [a, b]
and for each x ∈ (C[a, b], ℝ) there exists y ∈ (C[a, b], ℝ) such that
If f is injective, there exists L ∈ R such that for all x, y ∈ R
and {fx : x ∈ (C[a, b], ℝ)} is complete. Then, for, there exists w ∈ (C[a, b], ℝ) such that for x0 ∈ (C[a, b], ℝ),
and w is the unique solution of (2).
Proof. Let X = Y = (C[a, b], ℝ) and for all x, y ∈ X. Let T, S : X → X be defined as follows:
Then by assumptions SX = {Sx : x ∈ X} is complete. Let x* ∈ TX, then x* = Tx for x ∈ X and x* (t) = Tx (t). By assumptions there exists y ∈ X such that Tx (t) = fy (t), hence TX ⊆ SX. Since,
Therefore, for any , all conditions of Theorem 3.4 are satisfied. Hence, there exists a unique w ∈ X such that
for all t, which is the unique solution of (2).
Example 4.2 Consider the integral equation:
Letfor all x, y ∈ X. Since,
and
for all x, y ∈ R, therefore all conditions of Theorem 4.2 are satisfied forHence for, there exists a unique solution of (4). We approximate the solution, by constructing the iterative sequences:
in connection with the mappings S, T : X → X defined as follows:
Letbe defined as x0 (t) = 0. Then
It follows that
Now
It implies that
Similarly,
As, the seriesis convergent and
Hence,
is the required solution.
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Azam, A. Coincidence points of mappings and relations with applications. Fixed Point Theory Appl 2012, 50 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-1812-2012-50
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