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Fixed points of Suzuki type generalized multivalued mappings in fuzzy metric spaces with applications
Fixed Point Theory and Applications volume 2015, Article number: 36 (2015)
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to introduce a class of multivalued mappings satisfying a Suzuki type generalized contractive condition in the framework of fuzzy metric spaces and to present fixed point results for such mappings. Some examples are presented to support the results proved herein. As an application, a common fixed point result for a hybrid pair of single and multivalued mappings is obtained. We show the existence and uniqueness of a common bounded solution of functional equations arising in dynamic programming. Our results generalize and extend various results in the existing literature.
1 Introduction and preliminaries
One of the basic fixed point theorems with a wide range of applications in all types of analyses is the Banach (or Banach-Cassioppoli) contraction principle due to Banach [1]. The Banach contraction principle [1] is a simple and powerful result including iterative methods for solving linear, nonlinear, differential, integral, and difference equations. Due to its applications in mathematics and other related disciplines, this principle has been generalized in many directions. Banach contractions are continuous mappings. Kannan [2] proved fixed point theorems for mappings which are not necessarily continuous. Kikkawa and Suzuki [3] further generalized Banach contractions and Kannan mappings. Suzuki [4] obtained a variant of Banach contraction principle that characterizes metric completeness by using a different type of contractive condition. There are multivalued generalizations of Banach contraction principle (see [5–8]). Ðorić and Lazović [9] extended a Suzuki type fixed point theorem and obtained fixed points of a multivalued mapping. They also gave applications of their results in dynamic programming.
On the other hand, the evolution of fuzzy mathematics commenced with an introduction of the notion of fuzzy sets by Zadeh [10] in 1965 as a new way to represent vagueness in everyday life. There are different notions of fuzzy metric spaces. Kramosil and Michalek [11] introduced the notion of fuzzy metric space by using continuous t-norms, which generalizes the concept of probabilistic metric space to fuzzy situation. Moreover, George and Veeramani [12, 13] modified the concept of fuzzy metric spaces and obtained a Hausdorff topology for this kind of fuzzy metric spaces. Recently, Gregori et al. [14] gave applications of fuzzy metrics to color image process and used the concept of fuzzy metric to filter noisy images and in other engineering problems of special interests. Fixed point theory in fuzzy metric spaces has been studied by a number of authors (compare for details [15–27]). Rodríguez-López and Romaguera [28] introduced Hausdorff fuzzy metric on a set of nonempty compact subsets of a fuzzy metric space.
In this paper, we obtain Suzuki type fixed point theorems for multivalued mappings in fuzzy metric spaces. Our results extend the comparable results given in [3, 4, 7] to fuzzy metric spaces.
The following definitions and well-known results will be needed in the sequel.
Definition 1.1
([29])
A binary operation \(\ast:[0,1]^{2}\rightarrow[ 0,1]\) is called a continuous t-norm if
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(1)
∗ is associative and commutative;
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(2)
\(\ast:[0,1]^{2}\rightarrow[ 0,1]\) is continuous (note that a t-norm is continuous if it is continuous as a mapping under usual topology on \([0,1]^{2}\));
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(3)
\(a\ast1=a\) for all a∈ \([0,1]\);
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(4)
\(a\ast b\leq c\ast d\) whenever \(a\leq c\) and \(b\leq d\).
Some basic examples of continuous t-norms are ∧, ⋅ and \(\ast_{L}\), where, for all \(a,b\in[ 0,1]\), \(a\wedge b=\min\{ a,b\}\), \(a\cdot b=ab\), and \(\ast_{L}\) is the Lukasiewicz t-norm defined by \(a\ast_{L}b=\max\{a+b-1,0\}\).
It is easy to check that \(\ast_{L}\leq\cdot\leq\wedge\). In fact ∗ ≤ ∧ for all continuous t-norm ∗.
Definition 1.2
Let X be a nonempty set and ∗ be a continuous t-norm. A fuzzy set M on \(X\times X\times(0,+\infty)\) is said to be a fuzzy metric on X if for any \(x,y,z\in X\) and \(s,t>0\), the following conditions hold:
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(i)
\(M(x,y,t)>0\);
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(ii)
\(x=y\) if and only if \(M(x,y,t)=1\) for all \(t>0\);
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(iii)
\(M(x,y,t)=M(y,x,t)\);
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(iv)
\(M(x,z,t+s)\geq M(x,y,t)\ast M(y,z,s)\) for all \(t,s>0\);
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(v)
\(M(x,y,\cdot):(0,+\infty)\rightarrow(0,1]\) is continuous.
The triplet \((X,M,\ast)\) is called a fuzzy metric space. Each fuzzy metric M on X generates Hausdorff topology \(\tau_{M}\) on X whose base is the family of open M-balls \(\{B_{M}(x,\varepsilon,t):x\in X,\varepsilon \in (0,1),t>0\}\), where
Note that a sequence \(\{x_{n}\}\) converges to \(x\in X\) (with respect to \(\tau_{M}\)) if and only if \(\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}M(x_{n},x,t)=1\) for all \(t>0\).
It is well known that for each \(x,y\in X\), \(M(x,y,\cdot)\) is a nondecreasing function on \((0,+\infty)\) (see [17]). Moreover, every fuzzy metric space X (in the sense of George and Veeramani [12]) is metrizable, that is, there exists a metric d on X which induces a topology that agrees with \(\tau_{M}\) (see [18]). Conversely if \((X,d)\) is a metric space and \(M_{d}:X\times X\times(0,+\infty )\rightarrow (0,1]\) is defined as
for all \(t>0\), then \((X,M_{d},\wedge)\) is a fuzzy metric space called the standard fuzzy metric space induced by the metric d (see [12]). The topologies induced by the standard fuzzy metric and the corresponding metric are the same [19].
A sequence \(\{x_{n}\}\) in a fuzzy metric space X is said to be a Cauchy sequence if for each \(\varepsilon\in(0,1)\), there exists \(n_{0}\in \mathbb{N}\) such that \(M(x_{n},x_{m},t)>1-\varepsilon\) for all \(n,m\geq n_{0}\). A fuzzy metric space X is complete [13] if every Cauchy sequence converges in X. A subset A of X is closed if for each convergent sequence \(\{x_{n}\}\) in A with \(x_{n}\rightarrow x\), we have \(x\in A\). A subset A of X is compact if each sequence in A has a convergent subsequence. We denote the set of all nonempty compact subsets of X by \(\mathcal{K}(X)\). Let \(T:X\rightarrow\mathcal{K}(X)\) be a multivalued mapping and g be a self-mapping on X. Further a point \(x\in X\) is called: (1) a fixed point of T if and only if \(x\in Tx\), (2) a coincidence point of T and g if and only if \(gx\in Tx\), (3) a common fixed point of T and g if and only if \(x=gx\in Tx\).
We denote the set of all fixed points of T by \(F(T)\) and the set of all coincidence points (common fixed points) of mappings T and g by \(C(g,T)\) (\(F(g,T)\)). A mapping g is called T-weakly commuting at some point \(x\in X\) if \(g^{2}x\in Tgx\). The hybrid pair \((T,g)\) is called w-compatible if \(gTx\subseteq Tgx\) whenever \(x\in C(g,T)\) (see [30] and the references therein).
Definition 1.3
([28])
A fuzzy metric M is said to be continuous on \(X^{2}\times (0,\infty)\) if
whenever \(\{(x_{n},y_{n},t_{n})\}\) is a sequence in \(X^{2}\times (0,\infty)\) which converges to a point \((x,y,t)\in X^{2}\times(0,\infty)\).
Proposition 1.4
([28])
Let \((X,M,\ast)\) be a fuzzy metric space. Then M is a continuous function on \(X\times X\times(0,\infty)\).
Consistent with [28], we recall the notion of Hausdorff fuzzy metric induced by a fuzzy metric M as follows: For \(x\in X\), \(A\in\mathcal{K}(X)\) and \(A,B\in\mathcal{K}(X)\) define
for all \(t>0\), where \(M(x,A,t)=\sup_{a\in A}M(x,a,t)\). Then \(H_{M}\) is called the Hausdorff fuzzy metric induced by the fuzzy metric M. The triplet \((\mathcal{K}(X),H_{M},\ast)\) is called Hausdorff fuzzy metric space.
Lemma 1.5
([28])
Let X be a fuzzy metric space. Then, for each \(a\in X\), \(B\in\mathcal{K}(X)\) and \(t>0\), there is \(b_{0}\in B\) such that \(M(a,B,t)=M(a,b_{0},t)\).
Lemma 1.6
([31])
Let g be a self-mapping on a nonempty set X. Then there exists a subset \(E\subseteq X \) such that \(g(E)=g(X) \) and \(g:E\rightarrow X \) is one-to-one.
Let \(\Omega=\{ \eta:[0,1]\rightarrow[ 0,1], \eta\mbox{ is continuous}, \mbox{nondecreasing and }\eta(t)>t\mbox{ for }t\in(0,1) \}\).
Note that \(\eta(1)=1\) and \(\eta(0)=0\), then \(\eta(t)\geq t\) for all \(t\in [ 0,1]\).
A sequence \(\{t_{n}\}\) of positive real numbers is said to be s-increasing (for further details, see [19]) if there exists \(n_{0}\in \mathbb{N}\) such that
for all \(m\geq n_{0}\). In a fuzzy metric space \((X,M,\wedge)\), an infinite product (compare [32]) is denoted by
for all \(x,y\in X\).
2 Fixed points of multivalued mappings in fuzzy metric space
Suppose that
In this section, we obtain several fixed point theorems for multivalued mappings satisfying a Suzuki type contractive condition in the setup of fuzzy metric spaces. We start with the following result.
Theorem 2.1
Let \((X,M,\wedge)\) be a complete fuzzy metric space and \(T:X\rightarrow\mathcal{K}(X)\) be a multivalued mapping. Suppose that there exists r in \([0,1)\) such that for each \(x,y\in X\) and \(\eta\in \Omega\),
implies
where
Then \(F(T)\neq\phi\) provided that the following conditions hold:
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(c-1)
For each \(\varepsilon>0\) and an s-increasing sequence \(\{t_{n}\}\), there exists \(n_{0}\) in \(\mathbb{N}_{0}\) such that \(\prod_{n\geq n_{0}}^{\infty}M(x,y,t_{n})\geq 1-\varepsilon\) for all \(n\geq n_{0}\).
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(c-2)
If a sequence \(\{u_{n}\}\) converges to z in \((X,M,\wedge)\), then there exists \(n_{1}\) in \(\mathbb{N}_{0}\) such that \(M(u_{n},x,t)\leq M(z,x,t)\) for all \(z\neq x\), for all \(n\geq n_{1}\) and for all \(t>0\).
Proof
Let \(u_{1}\) be a given point in X. Since \(Tu_{1}\in\mathcal{K}(X)\), we can choose \(u_{2}\in Tu_{1}\) such that
As \(\varphi(r)<1\), so we have
Then, by a given assumption, it follows that
Since \(Tu_{2}\) is compact, so by Lemma 1.5 there exists \(u_{3}\in Tu_{2}\) such that \(M(u_{2},Tu_{2},t)=M(u_{2},u_{3},t)\). Note that
Hence we obtain that
If \(\min\{M(u_{1},u_{2},t), M(u_{2},u_{3},t)\}=M(u_{2},u_{3},t)\), then
gives a contradiction. Thus we have
Continuing this way, we can obtain a sequence \(\{u_{n}\}\) in X such that \(u_{n+1}\in Tu_{n}\), which satisfies
Let \(t>0\), \(\varepsilon>0\), \(m,n\in \mathbb{N}\) such that \(m>n\) and \(h_{i}=\frac{1}{i(i+1)}\) for \(i\in\{ n,n+1,\ldots m-1\}\). As \(h_{n}+h_{n+1}+\cdots+h_{m-1}<1\), so we have
where \(t_{n}=\frac{t}{n(n+1)r^{n}}\). Since \(\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}(t_{n+1}-t_{n})=\infty\), therefore \(\{t_{n}\}\) is an s-increasing sequence. Consequently, there exists \(n_{0}\in \mathbb{N}\) such that for each \(\varepsilon>0\), we have \(\prod_{n=1}^{\infty }M(u_{0},u_{1},t_{n})\geq1-\varepsilon\) for all \(n\geq n_{0}\) and hence we obtain \(M(u_{n},u_{m},t)\geq1-\varepsilon\) for all \(n,m\geq n_{0}\). Thus \(\{u_{n}\}\) is a Cauchy sequence in X. As X is a complete, so there exists a point z in X such that \(\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty }M(u_{n},z,t)=1\). Now we show that
for all x in \(X\setminus\{z\}\). Since \(\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}u_{n}=z\), so there exists a positive integer \(n_{1}\in N\) such that for all \(n\geq n_{1}\), we have
and by (c-2) there exists \(n_{2}\) in \(\mathbb{N}_{0}\) such that \(M(u_{n},x,t)\leq M(z,x,t)\) for all \(z\neq x\), \(n\geq n_{2}\) and for all \(t>0\). Now if we take \(n_{3}=\max\{n_{1},n_{2}\}\), then we obtain that
for all \(n\geq n_{3}\). Thus, we have
which on taking limit as \(n\rightarrow\infty\) gives
Hence
Now, we show that \(z\in Tz\). For this, we consider the following cases:
(a) Take \(0\leq r<\frac{1}{2}\). Assume on the contrary that \(z\notin Tz\). Let \(a\in Tz\). Then \(a\neq z\) and it follows that
Using (1) we have
Also,
Thus, we have
Now \(M(a,Ta,t)\geq H_{M}(Tz,Ta,t)\) implies that
Hence
Since \(\eta(t)>t\) for \(t\in(0,1)\), so for \(a\neq z\) we have
That is, \(M(z,Tz,2rt)>M(z,Tz,2rt)\), a contradiction. Consequently \(z\in Tz\).
(b) Take \(\frac{1}{2}\leq r<1\). We claim that
for all x. If \(x=z\), then the above inequality is immediate. If \(x\neq z\), then we have
Using (2) we have
If \(\min\{M(z,x,t),M(x,Tx,t)\}=M(z,x,t)\), then
If \(\min\{M(z,x,t),M(x,Tx,t)\}=M(x,Tx,t)\), then
If \(M(x,z,\varphi(r)t)\wedge\eta(M(x,Tx,t))=M(x,z,\varphi(r)t)\), then we obtain
If not, then \(M(x,z,\varphi(r)t)\wedge\eta(M(x,Tx,t))=\eta (M(x,Tx,t)) \) gives
a contradiction. Hence
Thus the claim follows. Using \(x=u_{n}\) in (3) we obtain that
Since \(\eta(t)\geq t\). Hence \(\eta(M(z,Tz,t))=M(z,Tz,t)\) shows that \(M(z,Tz,t)=1\). Since Tz is compact, consequently \(z\in Tz\). □
Problem 2.2
Does Theorem 2.1 hold for an arbitrary continuous t-norm?
Now we present an example of fuzzy metric space that satisfies all the conditions of Theorem 2.1.
Example 2.3
Let \(X=\{0,1,2\}\) and \(d:X\times X\rightarrow R\) be a metric defined by
The fuzzy metric M on X is given by
Define \(T:X\times X\rightarrow CB(X)\) as
Let \(r=\sqrt{\frac{3}{4}}\) and \(\eta=t^{\frac{9}{10}}\in\Omega\). Note that for all \(x,y\in X\), except at \(x=1=y\),
holds true. It is sufficient to check the validity of
for all \(x,y\) for which (4) holds true. For this, we consider the following cases:
(i) If \(x=y=0\), then we have
So (5) holds in this case.
(ii) If \(x=0\), \(y=1\) or \(x=1\), \(y=0\), then
Note that
(iii) If \(x=0\), \(y=2\) or \(x=2\), \(y=0\), then \(H_{M}(T0,T2,\sqrt{\frac{3}{4}}t)=1\) and \(N_{T}^{M}(x,y)=\eta ( \frac{t^{2}}{t^{2}+1} ) \).
(iv) If \(x=1\), \(y=2\) or \(x=2\), \(y=1\), then
Note that
Hence, for all \(x,y\in X\),
Moreover, for any s-increasing sequence \(\{t_{n}\}\), \(\prod _{n=1}^{\infty}M(x,y,t_{n})\) is convergent (see [19], Examples 4.10 and 4.11), that is, (c-1) is satisfied. Since only convergent sequences in X are constant sequences \(\{u_{n}\}\), where \(u_{n}=c\) and \(c\in X\), therefore (c-2) holds true. Thus all the conditions of Theorem 2.1 are satisfied.
Remark 2.4
If we consider the standard fuzzy metric \(M_{d}(x,y,t)=\frac{t}{t+d(x,y)}\) in the example above, then all the conditions in Theorem 2.1 are satisfied except (c-1). Indeed, for any s-increasing sequence \(\{ t_{n}\}\) with \(t_{n}=n\), \(\prod_{n=1}^{\infty}M_{d}(x,y,t_{n})\) converges to 0 (see [19], Example 4.11).
Remark 2.5
Let \((X,M,\wedge)\) be a complete fuzzy metric space and \(T:X\rightarrow\mathcal{K}(X)\) be a multivalued mapping. We modify condition (c-1) in Theorem 2.1 as follows:
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(c-3)
For each \(\varepsilon>0\) and an s-increasing sequence \(\{t_{n}\}\), there exist \(n_{0}\in \mathbb{N}\), \(u_{0}\in X\) and \(u_{1}\in Tu_{0}\) such that \(\prod_{n=1}^{\infty }M(u_{0},u_{1},t_{n})\geq1-\varepsilon\).
If we replace condition (c-3) with (c-1) in Theorem 2.1 and start the proof of the theorem with initial points \(u_{0}\in X\) and \(u_{1}\in Tu_{0}\) for which (c-3) holds, then the conclusion of Theorem 2.1 remains the same.
Example 2.6
Let \(X=\mathbb{N}\) and \(P:X\times X\times(0,\infty)\rightarrow(0,1]\) be a fuzzy metric defined by
Note that \((X,P,\wedge)\) is a complete fuzzy metric space which induces the discrete topology on X and there does not exist any metric d on X satisfying
Moreover, for an s-increasing sequence \(\{t_{n}=n\}\), \(\prod_{n=1}^{\infty}P(x,y,t_{n})\) converge to 0 (see [19], Examples 4.10 and 4.11). Hence P does not satisfy condition (c-1) of Theorem 2.1. Define \(T:X\rightarrow CB(X)\) as
If \(u_{0}=1\) and \(u_{1}=1\in Tu_{0}\), then for any s-increasing sequence \(\{t_{n}\}\), \(\prod_{n=1}^{\infty}M(u_{0},u_{1},t_{n})\) converges to 1. That is, P satisfies condition (c-3) in Remark 2.5. Note that for any \(r\in[ 0,1)\) and \(x\neq y\),
is satisfied, whereas
holds true for all x, y in X. Moreover, conditions (c-2) and (c-3) are satisfied. Hence all the conditions of the variant of Theorem 2.1 are satisfied in the setup of \((X,P,\wedge)\).
Corollary 2.7
Let \((X,M,\wedge)\) be a complete fuzzy metric space and \(T:X\rightarrow\mathcal{K}(X)\) be a multivalued mapping. Suppose that there exists r in \([0,1)\) such that for each \(x,y\in X\) and \(\eta\in \Omega\),
implies
Then there exists a point \(z\in X\) such that \(z\in Tz\) provided that conditions (c-1) and (c-2) in Theorem 2.1 hold.
Corollary 2.8
Let \((X,M,\wedge)\) be a complete fuzzy metric space and \(T:X\rightarrow\mathcal{K}(X)\) be a multivalued mapping. Suppose that there exists r in \([0,1)\) such that for each \(x,y\in X\) and \(\eta\in \Omega\),
implies
Then there exists a point \(z\in X\) such that \(z\in Tz\) provided that conditions (c-1) and (c-2) in Theorem 2.1 hold.
Corollary 2.9
Let \((X,M,\wedge)\) be a complete fuzzy metric space and \(T:X\rightarrow\mathcal{K}(X)\) be a multivalued mapping. Suppose that there exists r in \([0,1)\) such that for each \(x,y\in X\) and \(\eta\in \Omega\),
implies
Then there exists a point \(z\in X\) such that \(z\in Tz\) provided that conditions (c-1) and (c-2) in Theorem 2.1 hold.
Corollary 2.10
Let \((X,M,\wedge)\) be a complete fuzzy metric space and \(T:X\rightarrow\mathcal{K}(X)\) be a multivalued mapping. Suppose that there exists r in \([0,1)\) such that for each \(x,y\in X\) and \(\eta\in \Omega\),
implies
where \(\sum_{i=1}^{3}\alpha_{i}=1 \) and \(\eta\in\Omega\). Then there exists a point \(z\in X\) such that \(z\in Tz\) provided that conditions (c-1) and (c-2) in Theorem 2.1 hold.
Now, in the next theorem, we prove the existence of coincidence and common fixed points of a hybrid pair of single and multivalued mappings.
Theorem 2.11
Let \((X,M,\wedge)\) be a complete fuzzy metric space, \(T:X\rightarrow\mathcal{K}(X)\) and g be a self-mapping on X such that \(T(X)\subseteq g(X)\). Suppose that there exists r in \([0,1)\) such that for each \(x,y\in X\), \(t>0\) and \(\eta\in\Omega\),
implies
Then \(C(g,T)\neq\phi\) provided that the following conditions hold:
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(c-4)
For each \(\varepsilon>0\) and an s-increasing sequence \(\{t_{n}\}\), there exists \(n_{0}\) in \(\mathbb{N}_{0}\) such that \(\prod_{n\geq n_{0}}^{\infty}M(gx,gy,t_{n})\geq 1-\varepsilon\).
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(c-5)
If a sequence \(\{gu_{n}\}\) converges to gz in X, then \(M(gu_{n},gx,t)\leq M(gz,gx,t)\) for all \(z\neq x\).
Further, if one of the following conditions holds:
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(a)
T and g are w-compatible, \(\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty }g^{n}x=y\) for some \(x\in C(g,T)\), \(y\in X\) and g is continuous at y.
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(b)
g is T-weakly commuting for some \(x\in C(g,T)\) and gx is a fixed point of g, that is, \(g^{2}x=gx\).
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(c)
g is continuous at x for some \(x\in C(g,T)\) and for some \(y\in X\), \(\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}g^{n}y=x\).
Then \(F(g,T)\neq\phi\).
Proof
By Lemma 1.6, there exists \(E\subseteq X\) such that \(g:X\rightarrow X\) is one-to-one and \(g(E)=g(X)\). We define \(A:g(E)\rightarrow K(X)\) by
As g is one-to-one on E, so A is well defined. Further
implies
Thus, A satisfies (6) and all the conditions of Corollary 2.9. It follows that A has a fixed point \(u\in g(E)\). Now we show that T and g have a coincidence point. Since A has a fixed point u in \(g(E)\) and \(T(X)\subseteq g(X)\), so there exists \(v\in X\) such that \(gv=u\). Hence
That is, \(v\in X\) is a coincidence point of T and g. Hence \(C(g,T)\) is nonempty. If (a) holds, then, for some \(x\in C(g,T)\), \(\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}g^{n}x=y\), where \(y\in X\). Since g is continuous at y, so y is a fixed point of g. As T and g are w-compatible, so \(g^{n}x\in C(g,T)\) for all \(n\geq1\). That is, for all \(n\geq1\), \(g^{n}x\in T(g^{n-1}x)\). Now
On taking limit as \(n\rightarrow\infty\), we get that
Hence \(gy\in T(y)\). Consequently, \(y=gy\in Ty\) and y is a common fixed point of T and g. If (b) holds, that is, for some \(x\in C(g,T)\), g is T-commuting and \(g^{2}x=gx\), then \(gx=g^{2}x\in T(gx)\). Hence, gx is a common fixed point of T and g. If (c) holds, then, by the continuity of g at x, we obtain that \(x=gx\in T(x)\). Hence, x is a common fixed point of T and g. □
Corollary 2.12
Let \((X,M,\wedge)\) be a complete fuzzy metric space, \(T:X\rightarrow\mathcal{K}(X)\) and g be a self-mapping on X such that \(T(X)\subseteq g(X)\). Suppose that there exists r in \([0,1)\) such that for each \(x,y\in X\), \(t>0\) and \(\eta\in\Omega\),
implies
Then T and g have a coincidence point provided that conditions (c-4) and (c-5) in Theorem 2.11 are satisfied. Moreover, F and g have a common fixed point if conditions (a)-(c) in Theorem 2.11 hold.
Now we prove the following corollary for a pair of single-valued self-mappings.
Corollary 2.13
Let \((X,M,\wedge)\) be a complete fuzzy metric space, \(T,g:X\rightarrow X \) such that \(T(X)\subseteq g(X)\). Suppose that there exists r in \([0,1)\) such that for each \(x,y\in X\), \(t>0\) and \(\eta \in \Omega\),
implies
Then T and g have a coincidence point provided that conditions (c-4) and (c-5) in Theorem 2.11 hold. Further, if T and g commute at x for \(x\in C(g,T)\), then F and g have a unique common fixed point.
Proof
By Corollary 2.12, \(C(g,T)\) is nonempty. Let \(x\in C(g,T)\). Now, we claim that \(g^{2}x=Tgx\). To prove the result, we need to show that \(gx=g^{2}x\). If \(gx\neq g^{2}x\), then \(M(gx,Tx,t)=1\geq M(gx,gy,\varphi (r)t)\). Note that
a contradiction. Hence \(gx=g^{2}x=Tgx\) implies that \(gx\in F(g,T)\). To prove the uniqueness, assume on the contrary that there exist u and w such that \(u=gu=Tu\), \(w=gw=Tw\) and \(u\neq w\). Since \(M(gu,Tu,t)=1\geq M(gu,gw,\varphi (r)t)\), by a given assumption we have
a contradiction. Hence \(F(g,T)\) is singleton. □
3 Application in dynamic programming
Now we present an application of our result in solving functional equations arising in dynamic programming.
Let U and V be Banach spaces, \(W\subseteq U\) be a state space and \(D\subseteq V\) be a decision space. A set of all feasible states or situations is the state space and a decision space is the resultant network formed by the nodes of feasible states and all the feasible decisions. It is desirable to find an optimal decision in the given state space using dynamic programming. Dynamic programming provides useful tools for mathematical optimization and computer programming as well. In particular, the problem of dynamic programming related to multistage process reduces to the problem of solving the functional equation
However, for detailed background of the problem, we refer to [33–41].
Now, we study the existence and uniqueness of a bounded solution of the functional equation. For this we proceed as follows.
Let \(B(W)\) be the set of all bounded real-valued functions on W. For \(h,k\in B(W)\), define
where
Then \((B(W),M,\cdot)\) is a complete fuzzy metric space. For every \((x,y)\in W\times D\), \(h,k\in B(W)\) and \(x\in W\), define
Suppose that the following conditions hold:
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(D-1)
Φ, Ψ, g and h are bounded.
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(D-2)
There exist \(r\in[ 0,1)\) and \(\eta\in\Omega\) such that for every \((x,y)\in W\times D\), \(h,k\in B(W)\) and \(x\in W\), we have
$$ e^{- ( \frac{d(\Phi(x,y,h(\tau(x,y))),\Phi(x,y_{1},k(\tau (x,y))))}{rt} ) }\geq\eta \bigl( e^{- ( \frac{d(Sh(x),Sk(x))}{t} ) } \bigr) . $$ -
(D-3)
For any \(h\in B(W)\) and \(x\in W\), there exists \(k\in B(W)\) such that \(Th(x)=Sk(x)\).
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(D-4)
There exists \(h\in B(W)\) such that \(Th(x)=Sh(x)\) implies that \(STh(x)=TSh(x)\).
Theorem 3.1
If conditions (D-1)-(D-4) are satisfied, then the system of functional equations (8) has a unique bounded and common solution in \(B(W)\).
Proof
Note that T is a self-map on \(B(W)\) and \((B(W),M,\cdot)\) is a complete fuzzy metric space. If \(h,k\in B(W)\), then for every real number α and \(x\in W\),there exist \(y_{1},y_{2}\in D\) such that
where \(\tau_{1}=\tau(x,y_{1})\) and \(\tau_{2}=\tau(x,y_{2})\).
Then we have
Thus, from (9) and (12), we obtain
Also, from (10) and (11), we have
Since \(\alpha>0\) was taken as an arbitrary number, we obtain
Thus
Then it follows that
Therefore all the conditions of Corollary 2.13 are satisfied for mappings T and S. Hence the system of functional equations (8) has a unique bounded and common solution. □
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Saleem, N., Ali, B., Abbas, M. et al. Fixed points of Suzuki type generalized multivalued mappings in fuzzy metric spaces with applications. Fixed Point Theory Appl 2015, 36 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13663-015-0284-7
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- 47H10
- 47H04
- 47H07
Keywords
- Suzuki type mapping
- fuzzy metric space
- fixed point
- multivalued mapping
- t-norm