Abstract
The objective of this research paper is to establish the existence and uniqueness of the best proximity and coincidence with best proximity point results, specifically focusing on Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal mappings. To achieve this, we introduce three types of mappings, all within the context of a complete metric space: an Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction; an generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction; and an modified Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction. These new results generalize, extend, and unify various results from the existing literature. Symmetry plays a crucial role in solving nonlinear problems in operator theory, and the variables involved in the metric space are symmetric. Several illustrative examples are provided to showcase the superiority of our results over existing approaches.
Keywords:
α-θ-proximal admissible Picard sequence; α-θ-Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction; α-θ-generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction; α-θ-modified Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction; best proximity point; the coincidence of best proximity point MSC:
47H10; 47H04; 47H07
1. Introduction and Preliminaries
The Banach–Caccioppoli fixed-point theorem is named after Stefan Banach (1892–1945) and Renato Caccioppoli (1904–1959) and was first stated by Banach [] in 1922. The Banach contraction principle, also known as the Banach fixed-point theorem, is one of the main pillars of metric fixed-point theory. This principle states that when a mapping T is a contraction on a complete metric space and maps elements from back to itself, there exists a unique fixed point in . This fixed-point theorem has several applications in determining the existence of solutions of integral and differential equations. It is quite interesting to study contractive mapping cases that do not have a fixed point. It is also interesting if the contractive mapping T is a non-self-mapping, in which case it is impossible to find the fixed point such that or . Then, it would be interesting to approximate the fixed point to minimize the error among and or to minimize
The best proximity point result offers the necessary conditions to compute an approximate solution , which is considered optimal as it minimizes the error in achieving the global minimum value , where and are nonempty subsets of a metric space and is a non-self-mapping. Any point is known as the best proximity point of the non-self-mapping T if
For more details, see the best proximity results in [,,,]. In 1969, Ky Fan [] provided the first best approximation result. The coincidence of the best proximity point results is a generalization of the best proximity point results because it deals with two mappings, one of which is a non-self-mapping and the other is a self-mapping. Let and be a nonempty subset of a metric space . If and is a self-mapping and
then is referred to as the coincidence of the best proximity point of the pair of mappings . The results concerning the coincidence of the best proximity points serve as a generalization of the best proximity point results and fixed-point results. This is evident when considering that if we set g as the identity mapping , each coincidence’s best proximity point becomes the best proximity point of the mapping T. Moreover, if the mapping T is a self-mapping, then the concept of the best proximity point reduces to the notion of a fixed point. Researchers have explored various generalizations of the Banach fixed-point theorem in different directions, leading to numerous applications in various fields. Among them are two contractive conditions presented by V. Pata [] and T. Suzuki [], which shall be discussed here. Recently, Karapınar et al. in [] modified these contractive conditions and proved some fixed-point results by introducing a new type of contraction called the Pata–Suzuki-type contraction. Geraghty [] proposed another extension of the Banach contraction principle, known as the Geraghty contraction. Ayari [] utilized this Geraghty contraction and proved the best proximity-point results for proximal Geraghty non-self-mappings. Recently, Saleem et al. in [] introduced the Pata-type best proximal contraction and proved related results in the best proximity point. The Banach space is symmetric and is related to the fixed-point problems discussed in []. It has a certain importance, and several researchers are working on it around the globe. Recalling that symmetry is a mapping on an object , preserving its underlying structure, Neugebaner [] utilized this concept to derive various applications of a layered compression–expansion fixed-point theorem. These applications resulted in the derivation of solutions for a second-order difference equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions.
In this paper, we introduce three different types of contractive conditions: (1) an Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction, (2) an generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction, and (3) an modified Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction. The purpose of this study is to prove the existence and uniqueness of the coincidence of best proximity and the best proximity-point results for the above-mentioned proximal contractions in complete metric spaces. Several examples are given to highlight the superiority of our results. As an application, we shall derive certain recent fixed-point results as corollaries to our results.
The sets mentioned below are important in the best proximity analysis.
Definition 1
([]). In a metric space , let be any arbitrary point. The functional defined below is called the zero of Ω
Definition 2.
The set Ψ comprises all continuous increasing functions that satisfy the condition and are continuous at 0.
Definition 3
([]). In a metric space , let be a mapping. Then, the mapping T is a Pata contraction if the following inequality holds for all , and every :
where , , and are fixed constants, and .
Definition 4
([]). Consider a nonempty set Ω, and let be a mapping. Additionally, let be a function that maps the pairs of the elements from Ω to positive real numbers. We say that the mapping T is an α-admissible if the condition, , then for all holds.
Definition 5
([]). Let Ω be a nonempty set, and be an auxiliary function. A self-mapping T on Ω is called an orbital admissible if
Definition 6
([]). A set K represents a class of all functions such that implies where is bounded sequence of positive real numbers.
Definition 7
([]). Consider as a metric space, and consider a pair of nonempty subsets of Ω. A mapping is termed a Geraghty mapping if there exists a constant such that for all , the following inequality is satisfied:
Definition 8
([]). A mapping is classified as an expansive mapping if, for all and some , the following inequality holds:
Definition 9
([]). Consider nonempty subsets and in a metric space . Let and . A mapping T is referred to as proximal admissible if the following condition is satisfied for all :
Remark 1.
If we take , then every proximal admissible mapping becomes an α-admissible mapping.
Definition 10
([]). In a metric space , let and be nonempty subsets. An proximal admissible mapping is an admissible mapping:
- 1.
- Pata proximal admissible contraction of type I if
- 2.
- Pata proximal admissible contraction of type II iffor any and in , and constants and where .
Lemma 1
([]). Assume that is an proximal admissible mapping and , where is a nonempty subset of . If
for some and in , then contains a sequence such that,
Definition 11
([]). A sequence is called an α-proximal admissible Picard sequence if it fulfills (1) under the following condition:
Definition 12
([]). Consider the mappings , , and . We say that a pair of the mappings satisfies a generalized Pata-proximal contractive condition if there exist constants , , and such that
and
for every and
Remark 2
([]). When the mapping g is the identity mapping on (denoted as ), every generalized α-Pata proximal contraction becomes an α-Pata proximal admissible contraction of type I.
Definition 13
([]). A set is said to be an approximate compact with respect to if every sequence in satisfying
has a convergent subsequence.
Remark 3.
Each set is approximately compact concerning itself. Furthermore, when set is compact, and set is approximately compact with respect to , it follows that both and are nonempty.
Lemma 2
([]). Consider a metric space with nonempty closed subsets and . Assume that is also a nonempty subset and is approximately compact with respect to . Then, is closed.
Definition 14
([]). Let be a metric space. A self-mapping T on Ω is called a Suzuki contraction if
Definition 15
([]). Consider a metric space , and let , , and be constants. An orbital admissible mapping is an Pata–Suzuki contraction if for every , , and for all , the following holds:
which implies
where
2. Main Results
Definition 16
([]). Let and be nonempty subsets of a metric space , be a mapping and Then, the mapping T is said to be an proximal admissible mapping if
for all
Remark 4.
Note that,
- 1.
- If for all then every proximal admissible mapping becomes an proximal admissible mapping;
- 2.
- If then every proximal admissible mapping becomes an admissible mapping;
- 3.
- If and , then every proximal admissible mapping becomes an α-admissible mapping.
Lemma 3
([]). Assuming that the mapping T is an proximal admissible, and , where is a nonempty subset of . If there exist and in which satisfy and , then there exists a sequence such that
Definition 17.
A sequence is referred to as an proximal admissible Picard sequence if it satisfies condition (2) and also fulfills and for all .
Definition 18.
A set is said to be proximal orbital complete if and only if every Cauchy proximal admissible Picard sequence in converges in .
Definition 19.
Consider nonempty subsets and in a metric space , and mappings A mapping is an:
- 1.
- Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction if there exist constants , and such thatimplies
- 2.
- Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-Type proximal contraction if there exist fixed constants , and such thatwhich implies
- 3.
- A modified Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki proximal contraction if there exist fixed constants and such thatwhich impliesfor every whereandfor all for every and
Lemma 4.
Let and be nonempty subsets of a complete metric space furthermore, the set is closed, and is a continuous Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction with and Then, the set is proximal orbital complete.
Proof.
Let and be a Cauchy proximal admissible Picard sequence. As is complete and is closed, there exists some in such that for all . Additionally, considering that and , it follows that . As T is an Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction, we have
Thus, the above inequality can be expressed as follows:
which implies that
Consider that if
then from (4), we have
which is a contradiction. Now, consider that if
then from inequality (4), we have
Since we can find , which satisfies . Starting at point continuing on the same line, we shall construct a sequence by . Since T is an Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki type proximal contraction, we have to prove that is a decreasing sequence. Since
we have
which implies that
Taking the limit as , then the above inequality becomes
where
Now, we have to show that
Suppose that
Now, we will show that the sequence is bounded above by constant Since and
for all and we have
where
Then, inequality (8) can be written as
which further implies that
as Suppose that and then the above inequality can be written as
for some constants Thus, the sequence is bounded. Now, if there exists a divergent subsequence , in that case, there is a subsequence converging to . If we select , then
and this leads to a contradiction. Moving forward, our next objective is to demonstrate that is indeed a Cauchy sequence. To achieve this, we will show that
where
Since m is a fixed natural number, define and
Since we get
Now, we have
Since this gives
Since after division by we obtain that
On taking the limit as then is a Cauchy sequence. For each we have
and assuming that
then inequality (11) can be written as,
for each Hence, is a Cauchy sequence in a closed subset of a complete metric space As we know that
and every Cauchy sequence in a complete metric space is convergent, there exists some such that in
Hence, is proximal orbital complete. □
Theorem 1.
Let and be nonempty subsets of a complete metric space . Furthermore, assume that the subset is closed and we have a continuous mapping , which is an proximal admissible and Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction. Additionally, let , where . If is approximately compact with respect to , then μ is a unique best proximity point for T in .
Proof.
Consider in , from Lemma (4), the sequence is a Cauchy proximal admissible Picard sequence in . As a result, we can derive a sequence in such that
for all Given that T is an proximal admissible mapping, and it is also an Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction, we can apply reasoning similar to that used in the proof of Lemma (4). Consequently, we can deduce that the sequence is a Cauchy proximal admissible Picard sequence. Since is complete and is closed, there exists some in such that . Since every Cauchy sequence in a complete metric space converges, there exists a in such that within . Furthermore, the mapping T is continuous, so we have . Now, based on the above inequality, we have:
Thus, we can deduce that represents the Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type best proximity point of the mapping T. Now, to show the uniqueness, we assume there exists () in such that the mapping T is an Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction, so
Thus, the above inequality can be written as,
which implies
Then, inequality (14) becomes
which is a contradiction; therefore, which shows that is the unique best proximity point of mapping □
Example 1.
Consider the usual metric space . Let
be two closed subsets of where
Define a mapping as
Obviously, Further, suppose that and If we takethen and we have
Define for all If and assuming that , taking and verifying that satisfies the conditions of an Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction, it is evident the mapping T satisfies the following condition:
for all and For this setting and the following simple calculation, we have
Define
With simple calculation steps, one can verify that inequality (15) holds for and and the mapping T satisfies an Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction for
- If and , then and , and by taking and then inequality (15) holds.
- If and , then and and by taking and then inequality (15) holds.
- If and, then and and by taking and then inequality (15) holds.
- If and , then and and by taking and then inequality (15) holds.
- If and , then and and by taking and then inequality (15) holds.
Since the mapping T satisfies an Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction for every pair of there exists some for and mapping T satisfies the conditions of Theorem (1), and is the unique best proximity point of the mapping
Lemma 5.
Let and be two nonempty subsets of a complete metric space and be a continuous Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction with and Then, is proximal orbital complete.
Proof.
By taking for all in an proximal admissible, we have an proximal admissible. Continuing on the same line of proof as Lemma (4), then is proximal orbital complete. □
Corollary 1.
Consider a continuous mapping , which is both an proximal admissible mapping and an Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction, with and . If the set is approximately compact with respect to the set , then the mapping T has a unique best proximity point μ in .
Proof.
By taking in the proof of Theorem (1), we have the desired result. □
Theorem 2.
Let and be nonempty subsets of a complete metric space and suppose that is a modified Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki proximal contraction satisfying If is approximately compact with respect to then has a unique best proximity point in
Proof.
By taking and or in the proof of Theorem (1). □
3. Optimal Coincidence Point Results
Definition 20.
A mapping satisfies the property if there exist functions such that
Definition 21.
Let and be two nonempty subsets of a metric space , and be a non-self-mapping and then T is said to be generalized proximal admissible if
for all
Remark 5.
If the mapping , then an generalized proximal admissible mapping becomes an proximal admissible mapping.
Definition 22.
Let and be nonempty subsets of a metric space Let and A pair of mappings is said to be an generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction if and for any in there exist some fixed constants and such that the following holds,
which implies
for every and where
and
Remark 6.
If we take (identity mapping over set ), then the generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction becomes an Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction.
Theorem 3.
Consider an expansive mapping satisfying the property, and a mapping that is proximal admissible. Let be a nonempty closed subset of , and assume , as well as . If the set is approximately compact with respect to the set , if the pair satisfies the generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction and if there exists satisfying and , then the pair has a unique optimal coincidence point μ in .
Proof.
Since is a given point in as and we can choose an element such that and where Furthermore, since and , it follows that there exists an element such that As the mapping T is proximal admissible, then Further, the mapping g satisfies the property, which implies where . Since and and we have
so the above inequality can be written as,
If
then from inequality (17), we have
which is a contradiction. Now, if
then from inequality (17), we have
Since mapping g satisfies the property, we have
which shows that is a decreasing sequence. Starting at the point we can construct sequence by . As mapping T is an proximal admissible mapping, we have to prove that is a decreasing sequence. Since the mapping T is an generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction, we have
which can be written as,
for all Since the mapping T is an generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction, then
Since the mapping g satisfies the property, we have
Thus, is a decreasing sequence, and hence we have
Now, we have to show that
Consider that Then, inequality (20) can be written as
Taking the limit as we have
Further, we have
and taking the limit as then the above inequality can be written as
which can aldo be written as
Since mapping g is an expensive mapping, the above inequality can be written as
which shows that the sequence is a decreasing sequence. Now, we will show that the sequence is bounded above by the constant , which is the case when Suppose that where As
for all and since , and we have
which implies that
where
Then, inequality (22) can be written as
After simplification, we have
as . Suppose that and then
for some constants Thus, the sequence is bounded if there is a divergent subsequence We have a subsequence such that If we choose then
which is a contradiction. Our next step is to prove that is a Cauchy sequence. For this, we prove that
where
Let m be fixed, defineand
Taking then we have
Choose
Since this gives
After division by we obtain that
On taking the limit as we can show that is a Cauchy sequence. For each , from inequality (18), we have
Since
and the mapping g satisfies the property, then we have
for each hence, is a Cauchy sequence in a complete metric space and every Cauchy sequence in a complete metric space is convergent. Since is closed, there exists some such that in
and the mapping T is continuous, so . Now, from the above inequality, we have,
which shows that is the coincidence best proximity point of the pair of mappings .
To show the uniqueness of the coincidence best proximity point, assume on the contrary that there exists another point in such that it satisfies an proximal admissible Picard sequence. Since the pair of mappings satisfies the generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction, then
as and thus, the above inequality can be written as,
which implies
where
Taking the limit and mapping g is an expansive mapping, then inequality (25) will become
which is a contradiction. Therefore, which shows the uniqueness of the coincidence best proximity point of the pair of the mappings □
Corollary 2.
Let be nonempty subsets of a complete metric space , and be an proximal admissible mapping where is a nonempty and closed subset of set , and for any If the set is approximately compact with respect to the set and mapping T satisfies Geraghty Pata Suzuki type proximal contraction. If there exists satisfying and , then the mapping T has a unique best proximity point μ in .
Proof.
By taking (identity mapping over set in Theorem (3), then we have the desired result. □
4. α–Modified Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-Type Proximal Contraction
Definition 23.
Let and be nonempty subsets of a metric space Let × , then a mapping is called an modified Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction if for any there exists and fixed constants such that the following holds,
which implies
for every where
and
Definition 24.
Consider nonempty subsets and of a metric space . Let ×, then a mapping is an Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction of type I if for any , there exist and fixed constants , , such that the following condition holds:
which implies
for every
Remark 7.
If then every modified Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction becomes an Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction of type I.
Theorem 4.
Let be a pair of nonempty closed subsets of a complete metric space be an proximal admissible mapping and modified Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal mapping, and , where is a nonempty and closed subset of . Then, there exist elements such that and Let be a sequence in such that and then T has a unique best proximity point
Proof.
such that and As there exists an element such that As T is proximal admissible, it follows that In addition, we set for all . Since , and we have
and the above inequality can be written as,
which implies
Assume that
then inequality (27) can be written as
which is a contradiction. Now, if we have
then inequality (27) can be written as
Starting at this point we shall construct a sequence such that . Continuing on the same lines, as T is an modified Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal mapping, we have to prove that is a decreasing sequence. Since
the above inequality can be written as
for all Since is an modified Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal mapping,
If we consider
then inequality (29) can be written as,
which is a contradiction. Now consider
then inequality (29) can be written as
Thus, is a decreasing sequence; hence,
By taking , for all and continuing on the same line as in the proof of Theorem (1), we can prove that the mapping T possesses a unique best proximity point for every □
Corollary 3.
Let be a pair of nonempty closed subsets of a complete metric space , and the mapping be an proximal admissible mapping that satisfies anGeraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction of type I onIf there exist elements such that and then the mapping T possess a unique best proximity point.
Proof.
By choosing in Theorem (4), and following on the same line of proof, we have the desired result. □
5. Application to Fixed-Point Theory
This section is devoted to the fixed-point theory for generalized and modified Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal mappings. If then the best proximity point can be reduced to a fixed point; thus, the following contractive conditions are formed.
Definition 25.
A mapping is called a:
- 1.
- An Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki contraction ifimplies
- 2.
- An generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki contraction ifimplies
- 3.
- An modified Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki contraction ifimplies
- 4.
- An modified generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki contraction ifimpliesfor every where and and , for every and whereandfor all
Theorem 5.
If there exists some with then the mapping which satisfies the Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki contractive condition on a complete metric spacehas a unique fixed point.
Proof.
By applying Theorem (1) to the case when , then the Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction becomes simply the Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki contraction. We can then find a point which satisfies . However, in this scenario, , and we have ; thus, there exists a fixed point for the Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki contraction of the mapping T. □
Theorem 6.
If there exists some with and satisfies the generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki contractive condition on a complete metric space, has a unique coincidence point.
Proof.
By applying Theorem (3) to the case when , then the generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction becomes the generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki contraction. We can find a point which satisfies . However, in the scenario , we have , which makes a coincidence point of the pair of mappings satisfying the generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki contraction condition. □
Theorem 7.
If there exists with , then the mapping which satisfies the modified Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki contractive condition on a complete metric space has a unique fixed point.
Proof.
By applying Theorem (4) to the case where , the modified Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction becomes the Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki contraction. We can find a point that satisfies , but in the case of a self-mapping where , we have . This implies that there exists a fixed point for the Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki contraction of the mapping T. □
Theorem 8.
If there exists with the mappings and which satisfy the modified generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki contractive condition on a complete metric space have a unique coincidence point.
Proof.
By applying Theorem (4) to the case where , then the modified Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction becomes the Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki contraction. We can find a point that satisfies . However, for the case of a self-mapping where , we have , which makes a fixed point of the modified generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki contraction of the pair of mappings . □
6. Conclusions
In this study, we introduce three types of contractions called the Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction, the generalized Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction, and the modified Geraghty–Pata–Suzuki-type proximal contraction. The coincidence best proximity point and best proximity point results have been proven by using the multi-valued mapping in the framework of a complete metric space. We provided several remarks, corollaries and results which show that obtained results are proper generalizations of the results discussed in [,,,]. In the future, one can extend these results to incomplete spaces.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, N.S. and M.T.R.; formal analysis, N.S. and N.H.; investigation, N.S., M.T.R. and A.A.; writing—original draft preparation, N.S.; writing—review and editing, N.S., N.H. and A.A. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This research received no external funding.
Data Availability Statement
No data were used in this research.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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