1. Introduction
Fixed-point theory focuses on finding fixed points of operators and proving their uniqueness and convergence through iterative methods. In recent years, the exploration of iterative schemes has gained significant attention in mathematical research.
The field of fixed-point iterative methods has gradually become a valuable field of study because many problems in math, engineering, physics, economics, etc., can be converted to fixed-point problems [
1,
2]. Iterative schemes with fixed points are used to solve variational inequality and equilibrium problems in Hilbert spaces and Banach spaces [
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9].
Over the years, mathematicians have developed several iterative methods for approximating fixed-point solutions. These iterative methods are crucial for solving various mathematical problems, especially in the context of fixed-point theory. A pivotal result in this field is the Banach Contraction Theorem, established in 1922, which asserts the existence and uniqueness of fixed points for contraction mappings in metric spaces [
10].
The success of fixed-point theorems like the Banach Contraction Principle, Browder-Gohde–Kirk Theorem, and Reich’s Theorem often hinges on the underlying geometrical structure of the space. Banach’s Contraction Principle works in complete metric spaces, but does not require symmetry. The Browder-Gohde–Kirk theorem, however, specifically requires the space to be uniformly convex (a symmetric property) for nonexpansive mappings to guarantee the existence of fixed points in closed, convex, and bounded subsets. In more general iterative schemes (e.g., Mann, Ishikawa, Noor iterations), the symmetry of the space affects not only the existence of fixed points but also the rate and stability of convergence.
While extensive research has addressed fixed points of contractive maps [
11,
12,
13,
14], relatively less attention has been given to investigating the convergence of iterative approximations to these common fixed points. In cases where exact solutions to fixed-point problems are challenging or impossible to obtain, the Banach Contraction Theorem’s use of the Picard iteration method offers an effective approach. However, to address the need for approximations, a variety of iterative algorithms have been developed and studied, aiming to provide approximate solutions to fixed-point problems [
15,
16,
17,
18,
19,
20,
21,
22,
23].
Building on these foundational concepts, Jungck [
24] introduced an iterative scheme that satisfies the Jungck contraction condition, aimed at approximating common fixed points of two coupled mappings. This framework has been further developed by various researchers who have extended its applications to different types of mappings and iterative processes.
Jungck [
24] introduced an iterative scheme that satisfies the Jungck contraction condition to approximate the common fixed points of two coupled mappings, denoted by
and
. The contraction condition is
for all
. Building upon the concept of stability, Ostrowski [
25] applied contraction mappings to discuss the consistency of the Picard iteration. Further, Harder [
22] demonstrated how first-order differential equations could be resolved by utilizing this stability analysis. This approach has been extended by other researchers, including Berinde [
20], and Imoru and Olatinwo [
26], to address various problems within fixed-point theory and related fields.
In 2005, Singh et al. [
27] introduced and discussed the Jungck–Mann iteration scheme and its stability for two contractive maps. Subsequently, Olatinwo and Imoru [
28], as well as Olatinwo [
26,
28], extended this framework by proposing the Jungck Ishikawa and Noor iteration schemes. They demonstrated how these schemes’ convergence could be applied to pairs of generalized contractive operators for approximating common fixed points. Chugh and Kumar presented the Jungck-SP iterative scheme in [
8], and Hussain et al. [
23] presented the Jungck-CR iterative scheme, which converges faster than all the previous schemes and is defined as follows:
where
,
, and
.
In 2023, motivated by the Jungck-CR, Guran et al. [
21] introduced the Jungck-DK iterative scheme and discussed the convergence, stability, and data-dependence of the iterative scheme. The sequence of the Jungck-DK iterative scheme is defined as follows:
where
and
.
In 2022, Ullah [
29] developed a new faster iterative scheme, which they called the
-iterative scheme for generalized
-nonexpansive mappings on nonempty convex subsets of a Banach space. The sequence of the
iterative scheme is defined as follows:
where
and
are real sequence in
.
In this paper, we study the convergence, stability, and data-dependence of the Jungck version of the
iterative scheme, called the Jungck-
iterative scheme, defined as
where
and
are real sequences in
.
Motivated by previous studies in this field, we propose a new, faster Jungck-type iterative scheme, the Jungck-KF iterative scheme. We study the convergence behavior of our proposed iterative scheme in comparison with other leading Jungck-type iterative schemes. Further, we present an example to show the convergence of the Jungck-KF iteration scheme. We will also provide a few arguments to support the data-dependence result and will provide an application related to Dynamic Market Equilibrium.
2. Preliminaries
In this section, we discuss first some lemmas, propositions, and definitions that are used in our research.
Jungck [
30] utilize iterative schemes to approximate the common fixed points of two mappings
and
satisfying the Jungck-contraction mapping.
For the convergence behavior of a Jungck–Ishikawa iterative scheme, Olatinwo [
26] uses the generalized version of the Jungck contraction mapping, which is as follows:
where
and
and
is an increasing monotone self-function on
such that
.
Definition 1 ([
9]).
Let and are convergent sequences with the limits on ℓ and κ, respectively. Then, converges faster than if Definition 2 ([
9]).
Let and be the self-mapping on . Then the element is known to be a coincidence point in of if . Definition 3 ([
9,
30]).
Let and be as in Definition 2. The point is called a common fixed point of in if . Definition 4 ([
9]).
The pair of mappings and is commuting if , ∀ . Definition 5 ([
9]).
The mappings and are called K-weakly commuting if ∀ , ∃K greater than 0 such thatIf , then the mappings are called weakly commuting.
Definition 6 ([
9]).
The mappings is compatible ifwhere is a sequence with for some and .The mappings and are weakly compatible if they commute at their coincidence points—i.e., if whenever .
Lemma 1 ([
19,
21]).
Let be a positive sequence with and , such that . Then for any that satisfiesone has . Definition 7 ([
21,
27]).
Define two operators ζ and ξ defined in such that , where is an arbitrary set such that and is the coincidence point of ξ and ζ. Let be the sequence given bywhere is the first guess and is any function. Suppose that converges to . If is any sequence and if , n=,1,2,3, …, then the newly defined Jungck-KF scheme is said to be stable if and only if ⇒. Definition 8 ([
21,
31]).
Let χ and be two self-mappings on . Then is an appropriate operator if for all and for a fixed Lemma 2 ([
21,
31]).
Let be a sequence in and let be a natural number such that, for each , the following inequality is true:where , and , for every . Then, Definition 9 ([
21]).
Let be any arbitrary subset of Banach space equipped with norm . Define a pair of two mappings and from to such that and . Then is an approximate operator of if, for every and some fixed and , we have 3. Convergence, Data-Dependence, and Stability in an Arbitrary Banach Space
We will study in this section the convergence, some stability conditions, and the data-dependence of the Jungck-KF-type iterative scheme. Symmetry is an important property of the norm of a Banach space. It is important to distinguish this basic symmetry of the norm from more advanced notions of geometric symmetry in Banach spaces, such as strict convexity, uniform convexity, and smoothness. These properties concern the shape of the unit ball and the behavior of dual spaces, and they play a more nuanced role in advanced results, such as the convergence of iterative schemes and fixed-point theorems.
Next, we will give the first main result of this section, the convergence theorem.
Theorem 1. Let A be any subset of a Banach space . Assume there exist two mappings , which are not necessarily self-maps, that satisfy Condition (5). Suppose , with being a closed subspace relative to , and that for some , it holds that . Given an initial point , the sequence corresponds to the Jungck–Kirk-type iterative method specified by (4), where the control parameters for all n and the sequence satisfies . As a result, the process defined by (4) converges strongly to . Moreover, when and the operators ξ and ζ are weakly compatible, the point serves as a unique common fixed point of both ξ and ζ. Proof. In the beginning, we want to prove that the Jungck-KF iterative scheme (
4) converges to
, where
is a common fixed point of the mappings
and
. Using (
5), we obtain
And according to the condition (
5),
According to the condition (
5) we get
From (
13) and (
12) we have
From (
10) and (
15) we have
From (
11) and (
16) we have
By putting (
17) into (
14) we get
As we know
and
belong to
with
,
As a consequence, it follows from (
15) that
Thus, .
Our next objective is to establish that acts as a unique common fixed point for the mappings and . To proceed, we assume that is another candidate limit point.
Consequently, there exists a
such that
. However, according to the contraction condition (
5), we have
Then as .
Since and are compatible weakly with (so, and hence ), is a coincidence point of and , which is unique. Then, . Thus, , and both and share a common fixed point . □
Next, we will discuss the stability property of the Jungck-KF-type iterative scheme (
4).
Theorem 2. If the mappings ξ and ζ and the sequence fulfill the conditions and assumptions outlined in Theorem 1, then the Jungck-KF iteration (4) can be considered -stable. Proof. Consider a sequence , for where and . Let .
By Jungck-KF iterative scheme (
4), we have
and
Replacing (
23) to (
27) in (
22), we get
Using
with
belong to
, we obtain
Recalling Lemma 1 we get
; n=0,1,2,3,..,
Conversely, let us consider that
. Then, according to the condition (
5) and utilizing triangular inequality, we have that
From (
21) and (
27) we have
Hence, .
The resulting Jungck-KF scheme exhibits -stability. □
The following theorem is devoted to studying the convergence behavior of the proposed Jungck-KF iteration in relation with the Jungck-DK iteration and other iterations. It is noteworthy that among all Jungck-type iterative methods, the Jungck-KF scheme is recognized for achieving a superior rate of convergence.
Theorem 3. Let , and all satisfy the hypothesis of Theorem 1. Then, for a given , the Jungck-KF iterative scheme (4) compared to the iterative scheme based on Jungck-DK has a higher rate of convergence, converging to a fixed point . Proof. Consider
. By utilizing the contractive condition given in (
5), from the Jungck-KF iterative scheme,
Additionally, from the Jungck-KF iterative scheme, we have
Since , .
As a consequence, our proposed Jungck-KF iterative scheme is quicker than the Jungck-DK iterative scheme. □
The Jungck-KF scheme requires that the data-dependence result be provided.
Theorem 4. Let be two mappings satisfying the condition (5), where , , and is an arbitrary Banach space. is a complete subspace in S. There exists a and such that and . Let be an iterative sequence where and are two improper subsets of satisfying , and let be a new sequence, given as Suppose that and converge to and . Then, we have
, where .
Proof. By using iterative scheme Jungck-KF (
4) and iterative scheme (
30), the condition (1) and Definition 9, we have
It can be shown that
which implies
By rearranging and putting values into the required inequality, we get
Putting this into the first inequality, we get
Here,
,
If we take the limit on each side, then we get .
Using Lemma 2 we have
which completes the proof. □
4. Numerical Example
We present an example to visualize (graphically and mathematically) the fact that our developed iterative scheme converges faster than other Jungck-type iterative schemes.
Example 1. Let be two mappings given as and . If we choose the first approximation , with , , we find that is the coincidence point of the mappings defined above, .
In the
Table 1 we provided the values of different Jungck-type iterative schemes related to our numerical example. To illustrate graphically the behavior of the convergence of the different Jungck-type iterative schemes considered in the
Table 1 we give in the following, the
Figure 1. Moreover, in the
Table 2 will present some comparative results for another types of Jungck iterative schemes, considering the same values as in the
Table 1.
5. Application in Dynamic Market Equilibrium
This section is dedicated to the analysis of Dynamic Market Equilibrium with respect to the common fixed-point result given in this paper. The role of coincident points and the Jungck sequence in the context of Dynamic Market Equilibrium was first studied by S. Shukla et. al. [
32]. Then, starting with this work, we present an application to prove the practical utility of the Jungck contraction in determining the unique solution of an integral equation arising in the context of Dynamic Market Equilibrium in economics.
The concept of Dynamic Market Equilibrium lies at the intersection of economics and mathematics, particularly in economic dynamics, game theory, and mathematical optimization. It extends the classical notion of market equilibrium to systems that evolve over time, capturing how agents interact, adjust their behavior, and respond to changing market conditions.
Symmetry in an economic context may also refer to agent symmetry—where all agents are treated identically in terms of access to markets or preferences; preference symmetry—where agents have similar (e.g., homothetic or convex) preferences; or time symmetry—where future and past are treated analogously in intertemporal models.
While these are not mathematical symmetries of a norm, they influence whether the aggregated excess demand functions have properties (e.g., continuity, monotonicity, or convexity) that can be translated into functional–analytic terms for fixed-point theorems or variational inequality frameworks.
Supply
and demand
in many markets are influenced by current prices and price trends, including whether prices are rising or falling and the rate at which these changes occur (i.e., accelerating or decelerating) [
33]. Consequently, an economist must consider the current price
, its first derivative
, and its second derivative
. Let
where
, and
are constants, and
and
are chosen such that
. Equilibrium is given by
. Therefore,
since
Letting
,
, and
in the above, we have
and dividing
by
we get the following initial value problem:
Further, let
be the set of real continuous functions defined on
, with
. Following the proof, it is easy to show that Problem (
35) is equivalent to the integral equation
where
is a Green function defined as
and
is a continuous and non-decreasing function.
Further, let us consider the following equation system:
where
are two continuous and non-decreasing functions and
is a Green function defined as (
37).
Let
be a norm defined by
It is easy to prove that form a Banach space.
Theorem 5. Let be a Banach space. Assume Equation (36) holds and that the following assertions are true: - (i)
There exists an arbitrary subset A of X and , two weakly compatible mappings with the same properties as in Theorem 1, such that for we havewhere are two continuous and non-decreasing functions and is a Green function defined in (37) that is continuous and bounded as follows: - (ii)
There exists a monotone increasing function with the property and such that Then, the integral equation system (38) has a unique common solution.
Proof. In order to prove this Theorem, we will check the Jungck-KF condition (
5) for every
.
Using the assumption
we have
Taking the supremum on both sides, and taking into account that
is a monotone increasing function, for
, we get
Since the Green function is bounded as in
, we get
Then, the Jungck contraction condition given in (
5) holds. Applying Theorem 1, for
and
, we get the existence of a unique common solution of the integral equation system (
38)—
—which is derived from the price equation (
36). Meanwhile, considering that the economic problem of determining market equilibrium is seen as a boundary value problem (
35), the common unique solution of the integral equation system (
38) is actually the equilibrium price of the market. □
6. Conclusions
The Jungck-KF iterative scheme’s efficiency stems from its comprehensive contractive conditions, enhanced stability and data-dependence, superior convergence rates, and flexibility in operator pairing. These attributes make it a robust choice for researchers and practitioners working within fixed-point theory and related fields. Also, the implications of the data-dependence result for the Jungck-KF iterative scheme are profound, enhancing its robustness, accuracy, applicability, efficiency, and potential for algorithmic innovation. These factors collectively contribute to its growing relevance in practical applications across diverse fields.
We also explored an application to prove the practical utility of the Jungck contraction in determining the unique solution of an integral equation arising in the context of dynamic market equilibrium in economics.
Also, a strong connection between norm symmetry in Banach spaces and dynamic market equilibrium models was made evident in this study. At a foundational level, norm symmetry ensures basic mathematical consistency in equilibrium formulations. Also, geometric symmetries in Banach spaces underpin the existence, uniqueness, and convergence of equilibrium in dynamic settings. These symmetries enable the use of fixed-point theory and variational analysis, which are central to proving results in dynamic general equilibrium theory and computational economics.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, K.A., F.A. and K.S.; methodology, L.G. and M.-F.B.; software, K.A. and L.G.; validation, K.S. and M.-F.B.; formal analysis, K.A. and F.A.; investigation, K.A., F.A. and K.S.; resources K.A., F.A. and L.G.; data curation F.A., L.G. and M.-F.B.; writing—original draft preparation, K.A. and F.A.; writing–review and editing, L.G. and M.-F.B.; visualization, M.-F.B.; supervision, K.S. and M.-F.B.; project administration, K.S.; funding acquisition, M.-F.B. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This research received no external funding.
Data Availability Statement
Data is contained within the article.
Acknowledgments
The second author expresses their thanks to the Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC), Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan, for generous its support and facilitating this research work under project # 0421/ORIC/24.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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