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Fixed point results for the α-Meir-Keeler contraction on partial Hausdorff metric spaces

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study fixed point theorems for a multi-valued mapping satisfying the α-Meir-Keeler contraction with respect to the partial Hausdorff metric in complete partial metric spaces. Our result generalizes and extends some results in the literature.

MSC:47H10, 54C60, 54H25, 55M20.

1 Introduction and preliminaries

Fixed point theory is one of the most crucial tools in nonlinear functional analysis, and it has application in distinct branches of mathematics and in various sciences, such as economics, engineering and computer science. The most impressed fixed point result was given by Banach [1] in 1922. He concluded that each contraction has a unique fixed point in the complete metric space. Since then, this pioneer work has been generalized and extended in different abstract spaces. One of the interesting generalization of Banach fixed point theorem was given by Matthews [2] in 1994. In this remarkable paper, the author introduced the following notion of partial metric spaces and proved the Banach fixed point theorem in the context of complete partial metric space.

For the sake of completeness, we recall basic definitions and fundamental results from the literature.

Throughout this paper, by R + , we denote the set of all nonnegative real numbers, while is the set of all natural numbers.

Definition 1 [2]

A partial metric on a nonempty set X is a function p:X×X R + such that for all x,y,zX

(p1) x=y if and only if p(x,x)=p(x,y)=p(y,y);

(p2) p(x,x)p(x,y);

(p3) p(x,y)=p(y,x);

(p4) p(x,y)p(x,z)+p(z,y)p(z,z).

A partial metric space is a pair (X,p) such that X is a nonempty set, and p is a partial metric on X.

Remark 1 It is clear that if p(x,y)=0, then from (p1) and (p2), we have x=y. But if x=y, the expression p(x,y) may not be 0.

Each partial metric p on X generates a T 0 topology τ p on X, which has as a base the family of open p-balls { B p (x,γ):xX,γ>0}, where B p (x,γ)={yX:p(x,y)<p(x,x)+γ} for all xX and γ>0. If p is a partial metric on X, then the function d p :X×X R + given by

d p (x,y)=2p(x,y)p(x,x)p(y,y)

is a metric on X.

We recall some definitions of a partial metric space, as follows.

Definition 2 [2]

Let (X,p) be a partial metric space. Then

  1. (1)

    a sequence { x n } in a partial metric space (X,p) converges to xX if and only if p(x,x)= lim n p(x, x n );

  2. (2)

    a sequence { x n } in a partial metric space (X,p) is called a Cauchy sequence if and only if lim m , n p( x m , x n ) exists (and is finite);

  3. (3)

    a partial metric space (X,p) is said to be complete if every Cauchy sequence { x n } in X converges, with respect to τ p , to a point xX such that p(x,x)= lim m , n p( x m , x n );

  4. (4)

    a subset A of a partial metric space (X,p) is closed if whenever { x n } is a sequence in A such that { x n } converges to some xX, then xA.

Remark 2 The limit in a partial metric space is not unique.

Lemma 1 [2, 3]

  1. (1)

    { x n } is a Cauchy sequence in a partial metric space (X,p) if and only if it is a Cauchy sequence in the metric space (X, d p );

  2. (2)

    a partial metric space (X,p) is complete if and only if the metric space (X, d p ) is complete. Furthermore, lim n d p ( x n ,x)=0 if and only if p(x,x)= lim n p( x n ,x)= lim n p( x n , x m ).

Recently, fixed point theory has developed rapidly on partial metric spaces, see, e.g., [312] and the reference therein. Very recently, Haghi et al. [13] proved that some fixed point results in partial metric space results are equivalent to the results in the context of a usual metric space. On the other hand, this case is not valid for our main results, that is, the recent result of Haghi et al. [13] is not applicable to the main theorems.

Let (X,d) be a metric space, and let CB(X) denote the collection of all nonempty, closed and bounded subsets of X. For A,BCB(X), we define

H(A,B):=max { sup a A d ( a , B ) , sup b B d ( b , A ) } ,

where d(x,B):=inf{d(x,b):bB}, and it is well known that is called the Hausdorff metric induced the metric d. A multi-valued mapping T:XCB(X) is called a contraction if

H(Tx,Ty)kd(x,y),

for all x,yX and k[0,1). The study of fixed points for multi-valued contractions using the Hausdorff metric was introduced in Nadler [14].

Theorem 1 [14]

Let (X,d) be a complete metric space, and let T:XCB(X) be a multi-valued contraction. Then there exists xX such that xTx.

Very recently, Aydi et al. [15] established the notion of partial Hausdorff metric H p induced by the partial metric p. Let (X,p) be a partial metric space, and let CB p (X) be the collection of all nonempty, closed and bounded subset of the partial metric space (X,p). Note that closedness is taken from (X, τ p ), and boundedness is given as follows: A is a bounded subset in (X,p) if there exist x 0 X and MR such that for all aA, we have a B p ( x 0 ,M), that is, p( x 0 ,a)<p(a,a)+M. For A,B CB p (X) and xX, they define

p ( x , A ) : = inf { p ( x , a ) : a A } , δ p ( A , B ) : = sup { p ( a , B ) : a A } , δ p ( B , A ) : = sup { p ( b , A ) : b B } , H p ( A , B ) = max { δ p ( A , B ) , δ p ( B , A ) } .

It is immediate to get that if p(x,A)=0, then d p (x,A)=0, where d p (x,A)=inf{ d p (x,a):aA}.

Remark 3 [15]

Let (X,p) be a partial metric space, and let A be a nonempty subset of X. Then

a A ¯ if and only ifp(a,A)=p(a,a).

Aydi et al. [15] also introduced the following properties of mappings δ p : CB p (X)× CB p (X)R and H p : CB p (X)× CB p (X)R.

Proposition 1 [15]

Let (X,p) be a partial metric space. For A,B CB p (X), the following properties hold:

  1. (1)

    δ p (A,A)=sup{p(a,a):aA};

  2. (2)

    δ p (A,A) δ p (A,B);

  3. (3)

    δ p (A,B)=0 implies that AB;

  4. (4)

    δ p (A,B) δ p (A,C)+ δ p (C,B) inf c C p(c,c).

Proposition 2 [15]

Let (X,p) be a partial metric space. For A,B CB p (X), the following properties hold:

  1. (1)

    H p (A,A) H p (A,B);

  2. (2)

    H p (A,B)= H p (B,A);

  3. (3)

    H p (A,B) H p (A,C)+ H p (C,B) inf c C p(c,c);

  4. (4)

    H p (A,B)=0 implies that A=B.

Aydi et al. [15] proved the following important result.

Lemma 2 Let (X,p) be a partial metric space, A,B CB p (X) and h>1. For any aA, there exists b=b(a)B such that

p(a,b)h H p (A,B).

In this study, we also recall the Meir-Keeler-type contraction [16] and α-admissible [17]. In 1969, Meir and Keeler [16] introduced the following notion of Meir-Keeler-type contraction in a metric space (X,d).

Definition 3 Let (X,p) be a metric space, f:XX. Then f is called a Meir-Keeler-type contraction whenever for each η>0, there exists γ>0 such that

ηd(x,y)<η+γd(fx,fy)<η.

The following definition was introduced in [17].

Definition 4 Let f:XX be a self-mapping of a set X and α:X×X R + . Then f is called an α-admissible if

x,yX,α(x,y)1α(fx,fy)1.

2 Main results

We first introduce the following notions of a strictly α-admissible and and an α-Meir-Keeler contraction with respect to the partial Hausdorff metric H p .

Definition 5 Let (X,p) be a partial metric space, T:X CB p (X) and α:X×X R + {0}. We say that T is strictly α-admissible if

α(x,y)>1implies thatα(y,z)>1,xX,yTx,zTy.

Definition 6 Let (X,p) be a partial metric space and α:X×X R + {0}. We call T:X CB p (X) an α-Meir-Keeler contraction with respect to the partial Hausdorff metric H p if the following conditions hold:

(c1) T is strictly α-admissible;

(c2) for each η>0, there exists γ>0 such that

ηp(x,y)<η+γimplies thatα(x,y) H p (Tx,Ty)<η.

Remark 4 Note that if T:X CB p (X) is a α-Meir-Keeler contraction with respect to the partial Hausdorff metric H p , then we have that for all x,yX

α(x,y) H p (Tx,Ty)p(x,y).

Further, if p(x,y)=0, then H p (Tx,Ty)=0. On the other hand, if p(x,y)=0, then α(x,y) H p (Tx,Ty)<p(x,y).

We now state and prove our main result.

Theorem 2 Let (X,p) be a complete partial metric space. Suppose that T:X CB p (X) is an α-Meir-Keeler contraction with respect to the partial Hausdorff metric and that there exists x 0 X such that α( x 0 ,y)>1 for all yT x 0 . Then T has a fixed point in X (that is, there exists x X such that x T x ).

Proof Let x 1 T x 0 . Since T:X CB p (X) is an α-Meir-Keeler contraction with respect to the partial Hausdorff metric H p , by Remark 4, we have that

α( x 0 , x 1 ) H p (T x 0 ,T x 1 )p( x 0 , x 1 ).
(1)

Put α( x 0 , x 1 )= k 0 >1, and let x 2 T x 1 . From Lemma 2 with h= k 0 , we have that

p( x 1 , x 2 ) k 0 H p (T x 0 ,T x 1 ).
(2)

Using (1) and (2), we obtain

p( x 1 , x 2 ) 1 k 0 p( x 0 , x 1 ).
(3)

So, we can obtain a sequence x n X recursively as follows:

x n T x n 1 for all nN.

Since T is strictly α-admissible, we deduce that α( x 1 , x 2 )= k 1 >1. Continuing this process, we have that

α( x n , x n + 1 )= k n >1for all nN{0}.
(4)

Since T:X CB p (X) is an α-Meir-Keeler contraction with respect to the partial Hausdorff metric H p , by Remark 4, we have that

α( x n , x n + 1 ) H p (T x n ,T x n + 1 )p( x n , x n + 1 )for all nN{0}.
(5)

From Lemma 2 with h= k n , we have that

p( x n + 1 , x n + 2 ) k n H p (T x n ,T x n + 1 ),nN{0}.
(6)

Using (5) and (6), we obtain

p( x n + 1 , x n + 2 ) 1 k n p( x n , x n + 1 ),nN{0}.
(7)

Now, from (7) and by the mathematical induction, we obtain

p ( x n + 1 , x n + 2 ) 1 k n p ( x n , x n + 1 ) 1 k n 1 k n 1 p ( x n 1 , x n ) 1 k n 1 k n 1 1 k 0 p ( x 0 , x 1 ) .
(8)

Since k n >1 for all nN{0}, we get

1 k n <1for all nN{0}.

Put

k ¯ =max { 1 k n : n N { 0 } } .
(9)

Using (8) and (9), we obtain

p( x n + 1 , x n + 2 ) ( k ¯ ) n + 1 p( x 0 , x 1 )for all nN{0}.
(10)

Letting n in (10). Then

lim n p( x n , x n + 1 )=0.
(11)

By the property (p2) of a partial metric and using (11), we have

lim n p( x n , x n )=0.
(12)

Using (10) and the property (p4) of a partial metric, for any mN, we have

p ( x n , x n + m ) i = 1 m p ( x n + i 1 , x n + i ) i = 1 m 1 p ( x n + i , x n + i ) i = 1 m ( k ¯ ) n + i 1 p ( x 0 , x 1 ) i = 1 m 1 p ( x n + i , x n + i ) ( k ¯ ) n ( 1 k ¯ ) p ( x 0 , x 1 ) i = 1 m 1 p ( x n + i , x n + i ) .
(13)

Using (12) and (13), we get

lim n p( x n , x n + m )=0.

By the definition of d p , we get that for any mN,

lim n d p ( x n , x n + m ) lim n 2p( x n , x n + m )=0.
(14)

This yields that { x n } is a Cauchy sequence in (X, d p ). Since (X,p) is complete, from Lemma 1, (X, d p ) is a complete metric space. Therefore, { x n } converges to some x X with respect to the metric d p , and we also have

p ( x , x ) = lim n p ( x n , x ) = lim n p( x n , x m )=0.
(15)

Since T:X CB p (X) is an α-Meir-Keeler contraction with respect to the partial Hausdorff metric , by Remark 4, we have that

α ( x n , x ) H p ( T x n , T x ) p ( x n , x ) .

By the definition of the mapping α, we have that α( x n , x )>0. Using (15), we get

lim n H p ( T x n , T x ) =0.
(16)

Now x n + 1 T x n gives that

p ( x n + 1 , T x ) δ p ( T x n , T x ) H p ( T x n , T x ) .

Using (16), we get

lim n p ( x n + 1 , T x ) =0.
(17)

By the property (p4) of a partial metric, we have

p ( x , T x ) p ( x , x n + 1 ) +p ( x n + 1 , T x ) p( x n + 1 , x n + 1 ),

Taking limit as n, and using (12), (15) and (17), we obtain

p ( x , T x ) =0.

Therefore, from (15), p( x , x )=0, we obtain

p ( x , x ) =p ( x , T x ) ,

which implies that x T x by Remark 3. □

The following theorem, the main result of [15], is a consequence of Theorem 2 by taking α(x,y)= 1 k for k(0,1).

Theorem 3 [15]

Let (X,p) be a complete partial metric space. If T:X CB p (X) is a multi-valued mapping such that for all x,yX, we have

H p (Tx,Ty)kp(x,y),

where k(0,1). Then T has a fixed point.

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Chen, CM., Karapınar, E. Fixed point results for the α-Meir-Keeler contraction on partial Hausdorff metric spaces. J Inequal Appl 2013, 410 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1029-242X-2013-410

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