Abstract
This article introduces the concept of generalized contraction in the context of -metric spaces by utilizing the idea of contraction introduced by Dariusz Wardowski. The main findings of the research focus on the existence of best proximity points for multi-valued contractions in partially ordered -metric spaces. The article provides examples to illustrate the main results and demonstrates the existence of solutions to a second-order differential equation and a fractional differential equation using the established theorems. Additionally, several corollaries are presented to show that the results generalize many existing fixed-point and best proximity point theorems.
Keywords:
best proximity point (BPP); fixed point (FP); banach contraction principle (BCP); partially ordered complete metric space (POCMS); partially ordered complete b-metric space (POCbMS) MSC:
47H09; 47H10; 54H25
1. Introduction
Fixed-point results play a crucial role in solving non-linear problems by ensuring the existence and uniqueness of . The foundation of theory was laid by Poincare [1,2]. Later, in 1906, Frechet [3] introduced the concept of metric space, which subsequently formed the basis for research on fixed-point theory. In 1912, Brouwer [4] proved a theorem on the unit sphere, which was further generalized by Kakutani [5]. A significant milestone in theory was achieved in 1922 by Stefan Banach [6], who presented the Banach Contraction Principle (BCP). This fundamental theorem not only guarantees the existence and uniqueness of for a contraction mapping defined on a complete metric space, but it also provides a method for constructing it. Unlike Brouwer’s theorem, BCP offers a more comprehensive approach. Since 1922, numerous mathematicians have attempted to expand upon this renowned theorem, with their efforts branching out in two primary directions. First, by modifying the established axioms of metric spaces, researchers have introduced a plethora of novel spaces, collectively referred to as generalized metric spaces. Examples of these include -metric spaces, partial-metric spaces, metric-like spaces, cone-metric spaces, G-metric spaces, and rectangular-metric spaces, among others see [7,8,9]. Alternatively, mathematicians have substituted the contraction condition with various alternative conditions that broaden the concept of contraction. BCP was later generalized by Edelstein [10] in 1962, who replaced the contraction condition with continuous mapping on a compact space. Since then, the concept of BCP has been extensively developed and generalized in various directions in mathematics and fundamental sciences.
Bakhtin [11] introduced the concept of -metric by modifying the triangle inequality in metric spaces. This development has significant implications for theory, where estimating the solution of problems is a major challenge. The notion of fixed-points for multi-valued mappings is crucial in confirming the presence of solutions of integral inclusions. Numerous researchers are actively developing innovative extensions and techniques for addressing nonlinear problems within the framework of -metric spaces. Notably, a significant body of work has been contributed by [12,13], whose esteemed extensions have significantly advanced the field. Nadler [14] extended the BCP to multivalued maps in the following manner:
Let be a complete metric space and be a multivalued contraction mapping, then T has an .
To this end, the researcher can see notable works in [15,16,17]. In 2012, Wardowski [18] introduced the concept of -contraction, called Wardowski’s contraction or -contraction. He generalized the condition in Banach’s theorem. Several fixed-point results have been established by various authors, building on the Wardowski-type concept of -contractive mappings, which has been a fruitful approach in the field of fixed-point theory. Klim et al. [19] demonstrated theorems involving -contractions for dynamic processes. In 2022, Sagheer et al. [20] developed the concept of -contractive multi-valued mappings on uniform spaces and proved certain fixed-point results. In 2010, Basha [21] introduced the notion of the best proximity point for nonself mappings on metric spaces, and subsequent research has explored the existence of for non-self mappings on metric spaces (see for example [22,23]). Akbar and Gabeleh [24] established theorems for multivalued contractions, as well as for nonexpansive multivalued mappings in complete metric spaces with appropriate geometric properties. Falahi et al. [25] introduced Banach and Kannan-type integral contractions on partially ordered complete metric space and investigated the existence and uniqueness of for these mappings.
Jain et al. [26] introduced an innovative concept of multi-valued -contraction on by modifying the distance function, ensuring the existence of This study addresses a significant research gap in the existing literature by presenting a new multi-valued contraction on the platform of partially ordered complete -metric spaces and provides a new perspective on contraction mappings for the existence of
2. Preliminaries
Definition 1.
Mapping is known as -mapping if:
- (1):
- is increasing,
- (2):
- For every sequence of positive numbers,
- (3):
- There exists such that
The class of all -functions is denoted by the notation . In 2012, Wardowski [18] pioneered the concept of -contraction, employing an -function as a control function.
Definition 2.
Let be a metric space. Mapping is called a -contraction if
where
In [18], it has been proven that every contraction is a continuous mapping.
Khan et al. [27] introduced the idea of the Altering Distance Function and utilized it to establish FP theorems with modified distance metrics.
Definition 3.
Function is known as if it meets the following requirements:
- (D1):
- is continuous,
- (D2):
- is monotonically increasing,
- (D3):
- for all .
Example 1.
The notion of the -property, introduced in [28], has been utilized to develop a broader and more comprehensive extension of the BCP in order to enhance its versatility and range of applications.
Definition 4.
Consider a pair of non-empty subsets of a metric space Then, the pair possesses the -property if and only if the following implication holds:
where and and with being non-empty.
Definition 5.
Let be a mapping. Mapping is said to be ↑-admissible if
for and [29].
3. Main Results
Building on the work of Jain et al. [26], who introduced multivalued contractions on Partially Ordered Complete Metric Spaces using to establish theorems, this paper presents a novel concept of for multivalued -contractions on Partially Ordered Complete -Metric Spaces , incorporating an to further generalize and extend the existing results.
Definition 6.
The three values are called partially ordered -metric space, if is a partially ordered set and is -metric space. For two non-empty subsets of , the following notations are crucial for the following.
Definition 7.
Let and be two non-empty subsets of and is a multivalued mapping. Then, point is called for if:
Note, if we consider a map in the above definition, the concept of effectively becomes an FP.
Definition 8.
Let and be two non-empty closed subsets of a such that ⊂, ∈. An ↑-admissible mapping is called a contraction if it satisfies
where and is an with for all
Theorem 1.
Suppose and are non-empty closed subset of and possesses a property. Let be an contraction, such that the following conditions are satisfied:
- (Q1):
- There exist , such that
- (Q2):
- There exist ∈ and , such that
- (Q3):
- For all
- (Q4):
- If is a non decreasing sequence in , such that then
Then, has a .
Proof.
By using
For , there exists and , such that and
Utilizing , so there exist with , such that .
Therefore, for each , and , such that Thus,
with If there exist , such that , then , then is the best proximity point for Assume that as
Given , so
Now
Therefore, (5) becomes
If then
which leads to a contradiction. Therefore,
Hence
If = , the above inequality becomes
Iteratively,
Using , there exists , such that
So, there exist , such that
To show that is a Cauchy sequence, assume , such that .
Therefore,
As , by using the -series test is convergent. Therefore, is a Cauchy sequence in . Given that is complete, t exists, such that
As . Thus in is a Cauchy sequence and, hence, convergent, this implies . Hence, the relation , .
To show that proceed as follows.
Given that is an increasing sequence in and for all by .
Suppose . Now
Taking limit as to obtain
which is a contradiction.
This means that , and, hence, . This implies is the of . □
If we consider in Theorem 1, the following corollaries are obtained.
Corollary 1.
Consider a non-empty closed subset of . Let be a multi-valued contraction, such that the conditions provided below are satisfied:
- (A1):
- There exist , such that
- (A2):
- There exist and m such that and .
- (A3):
- For all .
- (A4):
- If is a non decreasing sequence in , such that then for all
Then, has a FP.
Corollary 2.
Let be a non-empty closed subset of . Suppose that be a contraction, such that the following conditions are satisfied:
- (A1):
- There exist , such that
- (A2):
- There exist in and , such that and .
- (A3):
- For all .
- (A4):
- If is a non decreasing sequence in , such that , with for all
Then, has a .
The subsequent corollary is obtained by further choosing as an identity function.
Corollary 3.
Suppose that is a non-empty closed subset of and be a contraction satisfying the following axioms:
- (A1):
- There exist such that
- (A2):
- There exist in and , such that and ;
- (A3):
- For all ;
- (A4):
- If is a non decreasing sequence in , such that , then for all
Then, has a .
Example 2.
Consider and assume the order and , here, ≤ is the usual order within . Define as:
It can be verified that is a , with Define ↑-admissible by:
Let and be closed subsets of . Define as
For , and , we get
Hence, all the conditions of Theorem 1 are satisfied, which assures that is of .
Example 3.
Suppose is a partially ordered set, with a usual order and define
Then, is a . Suppose is defined by
Define as,
Then, is an ↑-admissible mapping.
To prove that is -contraction with , the following five cases will arise:
Case 1: Let and , then
Case 2: If and , then
Case 3: If and , then
Case 4: If and , then
Case 5: If , then
Hence, all the hypotheses of Corollary 3 are satisfied and 0 is a of .
4. Applications
4.1. Solution to an Equation of Motion
A body with mass started its motion at time and . A force acts on it in the direction of the -axis and its velocity increases from 0 to 1 instantly after The problem aims to explore a function for a position in terms of time
The governing equation for this problem is
To incorporate the axioms of Theorem 1, consider as
it is trivial to show that is a complete In (12), is a real valued function on . reen’s function for (12), which is defined as
Assume the following constraints:
- for all and with Here, .
- there exist , such that for all where is self-map on and is a function.
Theorem 2.
4.2. Solution to a Fractional Differential Equation
This section establishes the existence of a solution to a nonlinear fractional differential equation, leveraging the framework of -metric space and utilizing contraction. Fractional calculus has a wide range of applications across various engineering disciplines and scientific fields. Its applications include modeling and analyzing complex phenomena such as heat diffusion, control systems, and signal processing, which are crucial in many engineering applications, enabling the development of innovative solutions and more accurate problem-solving approaches. The authors are referred to [30,31] for the application of fractional differential equations. We adopt the notation from [32,33] to define the Caputo fractional derivative of the order of a continuous function , which is defined as:
Here, represents the Gamma function and represents the integral component of a real number. Suppose is defined as
Then, is a metric space with
Consider the following non-linear fractional differential equation:
with and as a real valued function with domain . Assume the following conditions are satisfied:
- for all also such thatHere .
- there exist such that for all
Theorem 3.
Consider mapping , which is defined as:
satisfying the above assumptions of 1 and 2. Then, the fractional differential Equation (13) has a solution.
5. Conclusions
These outlines encapsulate the core findings and implications of our study, highlighting the significance of the research topic.
- This research draws its primary inspiration from Wardowski’s groundbreaking work on contraction [18,19].
- The article uses the basic set-ups of the fixed-point theory by expanding on the basic concepts and illustrating Wardowski’s contraction with examples.
- Building upon the foundation laid by Jain et al. [26], the study expands on the notion of multivalued contractions to a more general framework, incorporating the concept of -metric spaces.
- The work of Jain et al. [26] is further extended using the platform of -metric space. Furthermore, the multivalued contraction is generalized to multivalued contraction.
- The following strategy is adopted:
- (i)
- construct a Picard iterative sequence in -metric space,
- (ii)
- prove that this sequence is Cauchy,
- (iii)
- the existence of BBP is established.
- The established results generalize many existing results [26,35,36,37,38,39] in the literature. This fact is assured by providing several corollaries.
- To demonstrate the practicality and validity of the presented theorems, the research includes non-trivial examples and applies its findings to the field of differential equations, specifically ordinary differential equations and fractional differential equations based on Caputo fractional operators for proving the existence of solutions using the established results.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, D.-e.-S.S. and A.A.; methodology, N.M.; investigation, S.N., A.A. and S.B.; writing—original draft preparation, D.-e.-S.S., S.N., S.B., A.A. and N.M.; writing—eview and editing, S.N. and S.B.; supervision, D.-e.-S.S. and N.M. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This research received no external funding.
Data Availability Statement
No new data were created or analyzed in this study. Data sharing is not applicable to this article.
Acknowledgments
The authors N. Mlaiki and A. Aloqaily would like to thank Prince Sultan University for paying the APC and for the support through the TAS Lab.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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