Abstract
This paper investigates the existence, uniqueness, and symmetry of solutions for –Atangana–Baleanu fractional differential equations of order under mixed nonlocal boundary conditions. This is achieved through the use of covariant and contravariant -contractions within a generalized framework of a sequential extended bipolar parametric metric space. As a consequence, we obtain the results on covariant and contravariant Ćirić, Chatterjea, Kannan, and Reich contractions as corollaries. Additionally, we substantiate our fixed-point findings with specific examples and derive similar results in the setting of sequential extended fuzzy bipolar metric space.
1. Introduction
The notion of a metric space has been extensively generalized in the academic literature. One of the latest advances in this domain is the concept of a parametric space, as introduced by [1], which has subsequently been generalized in various manners, such as b-parametric metric space and extended parametric b-metric space; see [2,3,4,5]. On the other hand, Mutlu and Gürdal [6] defined bipolar metric spaces that formalize different types of distance. Many authors have published articles on fixed points in generalizations of bipolar metrics; see [7,8,9]. In this paper, we define a sequential extended bipolar parametric metric space (SEBPMS), which generalizes extended bipolar parametric b-metric space. Also, we generalize the work of [10,11] by defining covariant and contravariant -contractions in the SEBPMS setting and proving certain fixed-point theorems and many induced corollaries. By delineating a -triangular fuzzy bipolar set, we generalize our results to a new concept of sequential extended fuzzy bipolar metric spaces (SEFBMSs). Ultimately, inspired by studies of [12,13], we investigate the existence and uniqueness of solutions for fractional derivatives (FDs) of of order in the framework of non-local mixed boundary conditions (NMBCs).
Definition 1
([14]). Let and be two nonempty sets and let be a function. Define the following sets:
where meets the following criteria:
- (1) ;
- (2) ;
- (3) for some and ; it follows that
Hence the triplet is termed as a sequential bipolar metric space.
- Parvaneh et al., in their work [10], defined as the set of control functions that meet the criteria:
- (1) is continuous and strictly increasing;
- (2) for each sequence ,
- Parvaneh and Ghoncheh in [15] delineated as the class of functions that are strictly increasing and continuous, satisfying the condition .
Definition 2.
Assume that and are two nonempty sets, and is said to be an extended parametric bipolar b-metric space on provided that :
- (1) ;
- (2) ;
- (3)
Thus the quadruple defines what is known as an extended parametric bipolar b-metric space, (abbreviated as EPBbMS), governed by the control function Ω.
Remark 1.
It is important to mention the following remarks:
- If , the EPBbMS becomes parametric bipolar b-metric spaces (to sum up, PBbMSs).
- If , it will revert back to a parametric bipolar metric space (abbreviated as PBMS).
2. Main Results
In this section, we present the concept of sequential extended bipolar parametric metric spaces (SEBPMSs), establish several fixed point theorems through -contractions, and obtain as corollaries the results on covariant and contravariant Ćirić, Chatterjea, Kannan, and Reich contractions. Additionally, we articulate and demonstrate fixed-point theorems within two categories of generalized metric spaces. Consider and as two nonempty sets and define as a function. Given and , we proceed to define the following sets:
Definition 3.
Let and be two nonempty sets and be a function satisfying the following conditions for all :
- (1) implies ;
- (2) ,;
- (3) if there exists , such that for every distinct ,
Then is referred to as a sequential extended bipolar parametric metric, and the triple is termed as a sequential extended bipolar parametric metric space (SEBPMS).
Definition 4.
Let be a function from to ; if and , then is called covariant mapping, and we denote this as In contrast, if and , then is called contravariant mapping, and we denote this as
Definition 5.
Let be an SEBPMS.
- (i)
- The points of and are said to be left points, right points, and central points, respectively, and sequences of left points, right points, and central points are called left sequences, right sequences, and bisequences, respectively;
- (ii)
- If both and converge to the same central point, then is said to be a biconvergent;
- (iii)
- (a) A bisequence is termed as a Cauchy bisequence if there exists such that ;
- (b)
- If every Cauchy bisequence is biconvergent, then SEBPM is said to be complete.
Proposition 1.
Every extended parametric bipolar b-metric space is a sequential extended bipolar parametric metric space.
Proof.
It is evident that conditions () and () as specified in Definition 3 are met. Let , and .
and
for all . Hence, () is satisfied. □
Example 1.
. Thus, condition from Definition 3 is fulfilled, confirming that qualifies as an SEBPMS.
Let be an SBM function and . We show that is an SEBPMS with , for some . Obviously, conditions ( and of Definition 3 are satisfied. On the other hand, for , , and
.
- Similarly,
Proposition 2.
Let be an SEBPMS. If a central point is a limit of a (right or left) sequence such that , then it is the unique limit of this sequence.
Proof.
Let be a left sequence converging to in , with for every . Assuming that is another limit point of this sequence, the following is established.
Hence, . Therefore, is the unique limit of . Analogously, is a right sequence converging to in , where □
Proposition 3.
In an SEBPMS , every convergent Cauchy bisequence is biconvergent to a central limit with .
Proof.
Let be a Cauchy bisequence that converges to that and as . Then,
As m tends to infinity on the right-hand side of Equation (2); it can be deduced that , thereby indicating that is a central limit. Consequently, the bisequence is biconvergent to with . □
Definition 6.
Let be an SEBPMS. Then, is called covariant -contraction if there are and with , such that the following inequality holds:
,
Theorem 1.
Let denote a complete SEBPMS, and let be a covariant -contraction. Assume the existence of such that Then, has a unique fixed point in .
Proof.
Consider ; we subsequently define
Then, for , we obtain
As from (4), it follows that ,
Then, for any , it follows that
Hence, by (, the bisequence forms a Cauchy sequence within a complete SEBPMS; this pair sequence converges and, according to Proposition 3, biconverges to a unique limit in , for which . Moreover,
Taking and using , we obtain the following result:
We deduce that Now, let be a fixed point of such that ; then,
which is a contradiction. So, , i.e., A similar conclusion holds whenever . □
Corollary 1.
Let denote a complete SEBPMS and let be a covariant function satisfying the following:
, and with Assume the existence of such that Then, has a unique fixed point in .
Proof.
Putting where in Theorem 1, we then have (5). □
Remark 2.
Remark 3.
From Corollary 1 and Remark 2, we obtain the following results:
- A covariant extension of a Kannan result by taking
- A covariant Chatterjea-type result by taking
- A covariant extension of a Reich result by taking
- A covariant Ćirića-type result by taking and where in Theorem 1.
Example 2.
Consider , and and . Then, is a complete SEBPMS on with . Define by
Clearly, is a covariant -contraction. For any it follows that
Let ; this implies that
We conclude that Therefore, the conditions of Theorem 1 are satisfied and has a unique fixed point .
Definition 7.
Let be an SEBPMS. Then, is called contravariant -contraction, whenever there are and with such that the following inequality holds:
,
Theorem 2.
Let be a complete SEBPMS; is a continuous contravariant -contraction such that there exists with Then, has a unique fixed point in .
Proof.
Let ; subsequently, we define
Then, , we obtain
As , then from (8), it follows that
, it follows that:
Hence, the sequence forms a Cauchy sequence within . Given the completeness of , this sequence converges, and according to Proposition 3, it biconverges to a certain in for which . Furthermore,
Taking and using , we obtain
We deduce that
Now, if is a fixed point of such that , then
which is a contradiction. So, i.e., A similar conclusion holds whenever . □
Corollary 2.
Let denote a complete SEBPMS, and let be a continuous contravariant satisfying the following:
, and with Assume the existence of such that Then, has a unique fixed point in .
Proof.
Putting where in Theorem 2, we then have (9). □
Remark 4.
Remark 5.
From Corollary 2 and Remark 4, we obtain the following results:
- A contravariant extension of a Kannan result by taking
- A contravariant Chatterjea-type result by taking
- A contravariant extension of a Reich result by taking
- A contravariant Ćirića-type result by taking and where in Theorem 2.
Example 3.
Consider , and and . Then, is a complete SEBPMS on with . Define by For any it follows that
is a contravariant -contraction as and . Further, for , we obtain
Taking the conditions of Theorem 2 are satisfied, and has a unique fixed point .
3. SEBPMSs to SEFMSs
In this section, we establish a linkage lemma, which can be applied to obtain fixed-point outcomes in -triangular sequential extended fuzzy bipolar metric spaces (SEFMSs). Let and be two non-empty sets and let be a function. For and , let us define the following sets:
Definition 8.
Let and be two non-empty sets and satisfy the following conditions:
- (1) ;
- (2) implies
- (3) ;
- (4) if there exists a function , such that and , it follows that
- (5) is left continuous and
Then, is called a sequential extended bipolar fuzzy metric and the quintuple is called a sequential fuzzy bipolar metric space.
Definition 9.
Let be an SEFBMS
- (a)
- A bisequence is termed a Cauchy bisequence if there exists such that ;
- (b)
- If every Cauchy bisequence is biconvergent, then is said to be a complete SEFBPM
Definition 10.
Let be an SEFBMS. It is called a -triangular whenever and
,and
Example 4.
Let be a sequential bipolar metric space with constant . Let be defined by
where , with product t-norm. We show that is an SEFBMS.
Proof.
We check only ), because verifying the other conditions is standard. Given that is a strictly increasing continuous function, it follows that , is arbitrary such that and . We can see by (11) that , which implies , so we conclude that . Similarly, it is established that . Next, we demonstrate that,
Similarly, we can prove
□
Lemma 1.
Given that is an Ω-triangular SEFBMS, it follows that constitutes an SEBMS.
As an application of the Lemma 1 and the results recognized in Section 2, we can deduce the subsequent results in SEFBPMSs.
Definition 11.
Let be an SEFBPMS and be a -contravariant mapping whenever there are and with , such that the following conditions hold
,
Theorem 3.
Let be a complete SEFBMS and be a -contravariant such that there exists such that Then, has a unique fixed point in .
Proof.
We define Then, by Remark 1 , it is a -triangular SEFBMS, and by Theorem 1, the proof is complete. □
Definition 12.
Let be an SEFBMS and be a contravariant -contraction whenever there are and with such that the following conditions hold:
,
Theorem 4.
Let be a complete SEFBPMS and be a contravariant -contraction such that there exists such that Then, has at least one fixed point in . Furthermore, if and are two fixed points of in with , then
Proof.
We define Then, by Remark 1 , it is an -triangular SEFBMS and by Theorem 2, the proof is complete. □
4. Fractional Differential Equations of Order with NMB Conditions
In fractional calculus, two main categories of nonlocal operators have emerged. The first category includes operators with singular kernels, such as Caputo [16], Riemann–Liouville [16], Katugampola [17], Hadamard [16], and Hilfer [18] operators. Additionally, these operators have been extended to incorporate weighted fractional operators with respect to a different function [19,20,21]. In fact, the singularity of kernels sometimes caused problems in numerical analysis. For this reason, a second type of nonlocal operators appeared, which created a new fractional operator with a nonsingular kernel, introduced by Caputo and Fabrizio [22] in 2015. Subsequently, Atangana and Baleanu [23] proposed a novel nonsingular fractional operator through a Mittag-Leffler function. These operators have garnered significant interest from researchers for investigating diverse problems and their applications [24]. Later on, Fernandez and Baleanu [25] expanded the operator to differentiation and integration concerning an alternative function, naming it in the Caputo framework. Recently, Abdeljawad and collaborators [12] have generalized this concept to encompass higher-order fractional derivatives. Inspired by the preceding discussion, this section examines the existence and uniqueness of solutions for the fractional differential equation of order under nonlocal mixed boundary conditions, as presented below.
where is a continuous function, denotes the fractional derivative of order , respectively; is the fractional integral of order for for the given constant the points and are a continuous function. We encourage the reader to review the following studies [26,27,28,29,30].
Remark 6.
Diverse symmetric configurations of the function and the parameter μ give rise to symmetric systems; refer to [31]. For example:
Definition 13
([12]). Consider to be an increasing function with and Thus, the μth left-sided fractional derivative can be expressed as:
where and If , then , and is a normalization function with and is called the Mittag-Leffler function, defined by
where
Definition 14
([12]). Consider and Thus, the μth left-sided fractional integral can be expressed as
where is defined as:
where
Proposition 4
([12]). Let and For , the subsequent relationships are established:
- 1.
- ;
- 2.
- .
Proposition 5
([12]). Let For , the subsequent relationships are established:
- 1.
- 2.
- 3.
Lemma 2.
Suppose is continuous and Then, the corresponding fractional integral equation of (14) is given by:
Proof.
Using Lemma 2, we define the operator by
Furthermore, to simplify calculations, we assume
Theorem 5.
Proof.
by taking the norm on we obtain , i.e., Similarly, we prove Now,
therefore,
by Corollary 2, where . Hence, has exactly one solution. □
Let be a Banach space of all continuous functions endowed with the supnorm Let and with ) and Then, triplet is a complete SEBPMS with respect to the SEBPM , defined by
- for .
- Let :
Example 5.
Consider the following problem:
here
Now, we check the conditions of Theorem 5 as follows:
then, ; by taking we find Hence, in view of Theorem 5, the system (29) possesses a unique solution in
5. Conclusions
This research was devoted to introduce and study SEBPMSs that generalize EBPMSs and established the existence and uniqueness of fixed points through covariant and contravariant -contractions. Furthermore, we demonstrate the applicability of theorems in SEBPMS to derive new fixed point outcomes in -triangular SEFBMSs. The practical relevance of our results was highlighted by detailed examples, a clarification of the implications, and an application to fractional differential equations of order under NMB conditions (14) and their symmetric cases. Our study provides significant insights into the essential theories and uses of fixed-point theory in various metric spaces, such as Menger probabilistic bipolar metric spaces [32]. Indeed, regarding a different function employed in this research, the fractional operator is more generalized, making our framework broader and addressing numerous new and existing issues in the field. It would be intriguing to explore the problem with an integral term for future work, considering NMB conditions.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, N.H. and N.A.; methodology, N.A.; software, N.H.; formal analysis, N.H.; investigation, N.A.; resources, N.A.; writing—review and editing N.A., N.H. and G.B.; supervision, N.H.; project administration, N.H.; funding acquisition, N.A. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
Qassim University Researchers Supporting Project number (QU-APC-2024-9/1), Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia.
Data Availability Statement
Data are contained within the article.
Acknowledgments
Nawal Alharbi would like to thank the Deanship of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research at Qassim University for financial support (QU-APC-2024-9/1).
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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