Abstract
The purpose of this article is to generalize common fixed point theorems under contractive condition of Ćirić’s type on a cone metric type space. We give basic facts about cone metric type spaces, and we prove common fixed point theorems under contractive condition of Ćirić’s type on a cone metric type space without assumption of normality for cone. As special cases we get the corresponding fixed point theorems on a cone metric space with respect to a solid cone. Obtained results in this article extend, generalize, and improve, well-known comparable results in the literature.
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 47H10; 54H25; 55M20.
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1 Introduction
Replacing the real numbers, as the co-domain of a metric, by an ordered Banach space we obtain a generalization of metric space (see, e.g., [1–3]). Huang and Zhang [4] reintroduced such spaces under the name of cone metric spaces. They described the convergence in cone metric space, introduced their completeness and proved some fixed point theorems for contractive mappings. Cones and ordered normed spaces have some applications in optimization theory (see [5, 6]). The initial study of Huang and Zhang [4] inspired many authors to prove fixed point theorems, as well as common fixed point theorems for two or more mappings on cone metric space, e.g., [7–18].
In [19], a generalization of a cone metric space, called a cone metric type space was considered, and some common fixed point theorems for four mappings in such space were proved. Common fixed point theorem under contractive condition of Ćirić’s type (see [20]) on cone metric space in settings of a normal cone was proved in [21]. In this article, we extend that result proving common fixed point theorems under contractive condition of Ćirić’s type on a cone metric type space without assumption of normality for cone. As special cases we get the corresponding fixed point theorems in a cone metric space with respect to a solid cone.
The article is organized as follows. In Section 2, we repeat some definitions and well known results which will be needed in the sequel. In Section 3, we prove common fixed point theorems on a cone metric type space and present some corollaries.
2 Definitions and notation
Let E be a real Banach space and P be a subset of E. By θ we denote zero element of E and by int P the interior of P. The subset P is called a cone if and only if:
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(i)
P is closed, nonempty and P ≠ {θ};
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(ii)
a,b ∈ ℝ, a,b ≥ 0, and x,y ∈ P imply ax + by ∈ P;
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P ∩(−P) = {θ}.
For a given cone P, a partial ordering ≼ with respect to P is introduced in the following way: x ≼ y if and only if y - x ∈ P. In order to indicate that x ≼ y, but x ≠ y, we write x ≺ y. If y - x ∈ int P, we write x ≪ y.
The cone P is called normal if there is a number k > 0, such that, for all x,y ∈ E, θ ≼ x ≼ y implies ║x║ ≤ k║y║. If a cone is not normal, it is called non-normal.
If int P ≠ Ø, the cone P is called solid.
In the sequel, we always suppose that E is a real Banach space, P is a solid cone in E, and ≼ is partial ordering with respect to P.
Definition 2.1. ([19]) Let X be a nonempty set and E be a real Banach space with cone P. A vector-valued function d : X × X → E is said to be a cone metric type function on X with constant K ≥ 1, if the following conditions are satisfied:
(d 1) θ ≼ d(x, y) for all x, y ∈ X and d(x, y) = θ if and only if x = y;
(d2) d(x,y) = d(y,x) for all x,y ∈ X;
(d3) d(x,y) ≼ K(d(x,z) + d(z,y)) for all x,y,z ∈ X.
The pair (X,d) is called a cone metric type space (in brief CMTS).
Remark 2.1. For K = 1 in Definition 2.1 we obtain a cone metric space introduced in[4].
Definition 2.2. Let (X,d) be a CMTS and {x n } be a sequence in X.
(c1) {x n } converges to x ∈ X if for every c ∈ E with θ ≪ c there exists n0 ∈ ℕ such that d(x n , x) ≪ c for all n < n0. We write, or x n → x, n → ∞.
(c2) If for every c ∈ E with θ ≪ c, there exists n0 ∈ ℕ such that d(x n , x m ) ≪ c for all n, m > n0, then {x n } is called a Cauchy sequence in X.
If every Cauchy sequence is convergent in X, then X is called a complete CMTS.
Remark 2.2. If(X, d) is a cone metric space (i.e., CMTS with K = 1) relative to a normal cone P, then a sequence {x n } in X converges to x ∈ X if and only if d(x n ,x) → θ, n → ∞, i.e., if and only if ║d(x n , x)║→ 0, n → ∞ (see [[4], Lemma 4] ). Further, {x n } in X is a Cauchy sequence if and only if d(x n ,x m ) → θ, n, m → ∞, i.e., if and only if ║d(x n ,x m )║ → 0, n, m → ∞ (see [[4], Lemma 4]).
In the case of a non-normal cone equivalences in previous statements do not hold. For a non-normal cone d(x n ,x) → θ,n → ∞ implies x n → x, n → ∞, and d(x m ,x n ) →θ, m, n → ∞ implies that {x n } is a Cauchy sequence.
Example 2.1. ([19]) Let B = {e i | i = 1,..., n} be orthonormal basis of ℝ n with inner product (·,·). Let p> 0 and
where [x] represents class of element x with respect to equivalence relation of functions equal almost everywhere. If we choose E = ℝ n and
then P B is a solid cone. For d : X p × X p → P B defined by
(X p ,d) is CMTS with K = 2p−1.
The following properties hold in the case of a CMTS.
Lemma 2.1. Let (X, d) be a CMTS over ordered real Banach space E with a cone P. The following properties hold (a,b,c ∈ E):
(p1) If a ≼ b and b ≪ c, then a ≪ c.
(p2) If θ ≼ a ≪ c for all c ∈ int P, then a = θ.
(p3) If a ≼ λa, where a ∈ P and 0 ≤ λ < 1, then a = θ.
(p4) Let x n → θ in E and let θ ≪ c. Then there exists positive integer n0such that x n ≪ c for each n > n0.
3 Fixed point theorems
Theorem 3.1. Let (X,d) be a complete CMTS with constant K ∈[1, 2]relative to a solid cone P. Let {F,T} be a pair of self-mappings on X such that for some constant λ ∈ (0,1/(2K)) for all x,y ∈ X there exists
such that the following inequality
holds. Then F and T have a unique common fixed point.
Proof. Let us choose x0∈ X arbitrary and define sequence {x n } as follows: x2n+1= Fx 2n , x2n+ 2= Tx2n+ 1, n = 0,1,2,.... We shall show that
where α = λK/(1 − λK) (since λK < 1/ 2, it is easy to see that α ∈ (0,1)). In order to prove this, we consider the cases of an odd integer k and of an even k.
For k = 2n + 1, from (3.2) we have
where, according to (3.1),
Thus, we get the following cases:
• d(x2n+2, x2n+1) ≼ λd(x2n+1, x2n+2), which, according to (p3), implies d(x2n+1, x2n+2) = θ;
• d(x2n+2, x2n+1) ≼ λd(x 2n , x2n+1);
• d(x2n+2, x2n+1) ≼ λd(x 2n , x2n+ 2), that is, because of (d3),
which implies
Hence, (3.3) is satisfied, where α = max{λ, λK/(1 − λK)} = λK/(1 − λK).
Now, for k = 2n + 2,we have
where
and we get the following cases:
• d(x2n+ 3, x2n+2) ≼ λd(x2n+ 2, x2n+1);
• d(x2n+3, x2n+2) ≼ λd(x2n+3, x2n+2), which gives d(x2n+3, x2n+2) = θ;
• d(x2n+3, x2n+2) ≼ λd(x2n+3, x2n+1) ≼ λK(d(x2n+3, x2n+2) + d(x2n+2, x2n+1)), which implies
So, inequality (3.3) is satisfied in this case, too.
Therefore, (3.3) is satisfied for all k ∈ ℕ0, and by iterating we get
Since K ≥ 1, for m > k we have
Hence, {x k } is a Cauchy sequence in X (it follows, by (p4) and (p1), that for every c ∈ int P there exists positive integer k0 such that d(x k ,x m ) ≪ c for every m>k> k0).
Since X is complete CMTS, there exists ν ∈ X such that x k → ν, as k → ∞. Let us show that Fν = Tν = ν. We have d(Fx 2n , Tν) ≼ λu(x 2n , ν), where
Thus, for any θ ≪ c and sufficiently large n, at least one of the following cases hold:
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d(Fx2 n ,Tν) ≼ λd(x2 n ,ν) ≪ λ ⋅ c/λ = c;
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d(Fx2 n ,Tν) ≼ λd(x2 n , Fx2n), i.e.,
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d(Fx2n,Tν) ≼ λd(ν,Tν) ≼ λK(d (ν,Fx2n) + d(Fx2 n , Tv)), i.e.,
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d(Fx 2n ,Tν) ≼ λd(x 2n ,Tν) ≼ λK(d(x2n,ν) + Kd(ν,Fx2n) + Kd(Fx 2n ,Tυ)), i.e.,
(since 1 ≤ K ≤ 2, we have 0 ≤ λ ≤ 1/(2K) ≤ 1/K2, i.e., 1 − λK2> 0);
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d(Fx 2n , T ν) ≼ λd(ν, Fx2n) = λd(ν, x2n+1) ≪ λ · c/λ = c.
In all these cases, we obtain that Fx 2n → Tν, as n → ∞, that is x n → Tν,n → ∞. Since the limit of a convergent sequence in a CMTS is unique, we have that ν = Tν. Now, we have to prove that Fν = Tν. Since
where
Hence, we get the following cases: d(Fν, ν) ≼ λθ and d(Fν, ν) ≼ λd(Fν, ν). According to (p3), it follows that Fν = ν, that is, ν is a common fixed point of F and T. It can be easily verified that ν is the unique common fixed point of F and T.
By using the same steps as in proof of Theorem 3.1, one can prove the following theorem.
Theorem 3.2. Let (X, d) be a complete CMTS with constant K > 2 relative to a solid cone P. Let {F,T} be a pair of self-mappings on X such that for some constant λ ∈ (0,1/K2) for all x,y ∈ X there exists
such that the inequality d(Fx, Ty) ≼ λu(x,y) holds. Then F and T have a unique common fixed point.
In the case of CMTS with constant K = 1 we get the following corollary, which extends [[21], Theorem 2.1].
Corollary 3.1. Let (X,d) be a complete cone metric space relative to a solid cone P. Let {F,T} be a pair of self-mappings on X such that for some constant λ ∈ (0,1/ 2) for all x, y ∈ X there exists
such that the inequality d(Fx, Ty) ≼ λu(x,y) holds. Then F and T have a unique common fixed point.
Theorem 3.3. Let (X, d) be a complete CMTS with constant K ≥ 1 relative to a solid cone P. Let {S,T} be a pair of self-mappings on X such that there exist nonnegative constants a i , i = 1,..., 5, satisfying
such that for all x,y ∈ X inequality
holds. Then S and T have a unique common fixed point.
Proof. Setting F = G = I X from [[19], Theorem 3.8] (I X is the identity mapping on X) we get what is stated. □
In the case of CMTS with constant K = 1 we get the following corollary.
Corollary 3.2. Let (X,d) be a complete cone metric space relative to a solid cone P. Let {S,T} be a pair of self-mappings on X such that there exist nonnegative constants a i , i = 1,..., 5, satisfying a1 + a2 + a3 + 2 max{a4, a5} < 1, such that for all x, y ∈ X inequality
holds. Then S and T have a unique common fixed point.
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Stanić, M.P., Cvetković, A.S., Simić, S. et al. Common fixed point under contractive condition of Ćirić’s type on cone metric type spaces. Fixed Point Theory Appl 2012, 35 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-1812-2012-35
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