Abstract
The aim of the present research article is to investigate the existence and uniqueness of a solution to the integral equation and homotopy result. To achieve our objective, we introduce the notion of ()-contraction in the framework of -bipolar metric space and prove some fixed point results for covariant and contravariant mappings. Some coupled fixed point results in -bipolar metric space are derived as outcomes of our principal theorems. A non-trivial example is also provided to validate the authenticity of the established results.
MSC:
47H10; 46S40; 54H25
1. Introduction
In pure mathematics, one of the most well-known and classical theories is fixed point theory, which has vast applications in various fields. The fundamental and inaugural result in the aforementioned theory is the Banach fixed point theorem [1], which is an attractive and effective tool in investigating existence problems. Over the years, it has been generalized in different directions by several mathematicians. Recently, Samet et al. [2] initiated the conception of -admissibility and --contractions in complete metric spaces and presented some fixed point problems for the aforementioned mappings. Subsequently, Salimi et al. [3] modified these ideas of -admissibility and --contractions and established new fixed point theorems for such mappings in complete metric space.
In all the above outcomes, the idea of metric space represents a crucial and significant aspect, which was introduced by Frechet [4] in 1906. Later on, various researchers extended the notion of metric space by considering the metric postulates or changing its range and domain (see [5,6,7,8]). Jleli et al. [9] introduced a fascinating generalization of classical metric space, b-metric space and Branciari metric space, which is well known as an -metric space. Subsequetly, Hussain et al. [10] employed the idea of -metric space (-MS) and demonstrated a number of results for -contractions.
We take the distance between members of only one set in all these generalizations of metric space. Thus, a question arises: how can the distance between members of two different sets be analyzed? Such questions of computing the distance can be considered in different fields. Mutlu et al. [11] presented the idea of bipolar metric space (bip MS) to address such matters. Moreover, this up-to-date conception of bip MS leads to the evolution and advancement of fixed point theorems. In due course, Mutlu et al. [12] established coupled fixed point results in the framework of bip MS. Kishore et al. [13] extended the concept of coupled fixed point to common coupled fixed point and presented an application of it. Rao et al. [14] proved common coupled fixed point results for Geraghty-type contractions and applied their result to homotopy theory. Gürdal et al. [15] utilized the notion of bip MS to obtain fixed point theorems for ()-contractions. A significant task relates to the existence of fixed points in the setting of bip MS (see [16,17,18,19,20]). Rawat et al. [21] unified the above two important notions, specifically -MS and bip MS, and introduced the notion of -bipolar metric space (-bip MS) and presented some results.
In the present research article, we introduce the notion of ()-contraction against the background of -bipolar metric space and establish fixed point results for covariant and contravariant mappings. As a consequence, we derive some coupled fixed point results in -bipolar metric spaces. An integral equation is explored as an application of our principal result.
2. Preliminaries
The conventional Banach fixed point theorem [1] is given in the following way.
Theorem 1
([1]). Let be a complete metric space (CMS) and let . If there exists such that
for all then has a unique fixed point.
Samet et al. [2] initiated the following concepts.
Definition 1.
Let Ψ be a family of mappings satisfying the following conditions:
() ψ is nondecreasing,
(), for all , where is the ı-th iterate of ψ.
Lemma 1.
If then, for each and
Definition 2
([2]). Let be any function. A mapping is said to be an α-admissible if
for all
Definition 3
([2]). Let be a metric space. A mapping is said to be ()-contraction if there exist some and such that
for all
Jleli et al. [9] presented an impressive extension of MS as follows.
Let be the class of mappings fulfilling the following assertions:
- ()
- for
- ()
- for each sequence , ⟺
Definition 4
([9]). Let and let . Assume that there exist such that for all
- (i)
- ,
- (ii)
- (iii)
- for every with , we havefor and Then, is said to be an - metric on and is said to be an -MS.
Example 1
([9]). Let and Define by
and () is an -MS.
Mutlu et al. [11] introduced the idea of bipolar metric space (bip MS) in the following manner.
Definition 5
([11]). Let and and let satisfy
- (bi)
- ,
- (bi)
- , if
- (bi)
- ,
for all Then, the triple is called a bip MS.
Example 2
([11]). Let and be the set of all compact and singleton subsets of independently. Define by
for and and then is a complete bip MS.
Definition 6.
Let and be two bip MSs. A mapping is said to be a covariant mapping, if and Similarly, a mapping is called a contravariant mapping, if and
We will symbolize the covariant mapping as and the contravariant mapping as .
Rawat et al. [21] unified the above two novel notions, -MS and bip MS, and introduced the notion of -bipolar metric space (-bip MS) in the following way.
Definition 7
([21]). Let and be nonempty sets and let . Suppose that there exist such that, for all
- (D)
- ,
- (D)
- , if
- (D)
- for every and with , we havefor and Then, is called an -bip MS.
Example 3.
Let and Define by
and then satisfies all the conditions of an -bip metric with and for . Thus, is an -bip MS but not a bip MS.
Remark 1
([21]). Taking , and in the above definition (7), we obtain a sequence with such that condition (iii) of Definition 4 holds. Thus, every -MS is an -bip MS but the converse is not true in general.
Definition 8
([21]). Let be an -bip MS.
- (i)
- An element is called a left point if and is called a right point if . Moreover, is called a central point if it is both a left and right point.
- (ii)
- A sequence () on is said to be a left sequence and ( on is called a right sequence. A left sequence or a right sequence is called a sequence in an -bip MS.
- (iii)
- The sequence () converges to a point , if and only if () is a left sequence, is a right point and or () is a right sequence, is a left point and . A bisequence on is a sequence on the set . If () and () are convergent, then the bisequence (,) is also convergent, and if () and () converge to a common element, then the bisequence (,) is said to be biconvergent.
- (iv)
- A bisequence in an -bip MS is called a Cauchy bisequence if, for each there exists such that for all
Definition 9
([21]). An -bip MS is said to be complete, if every Cauchy bisequence in is convergent.
3. Fixed Point Results for Covariant Mappings
Definition 10.
Let be any function. A mapping is said to be covariant α-admissible if
for all
Example 4.
Let and and is defined as
A covariant mapping defined by is covariant α-admissible.
Definition 11.
Let be an -bip MS and is a covariant mapping. A mapping is said to be covariant α-admissible with respect to η if there exist the functions such that
for all
Remark 2.
If we take then this Definition 14 reduces to Definition 13. Moreover, if we take , then we can say that is an η-subadmissible mapping.
Definition 12.
Let be an -bip MS. A mapping is said to be a covariant ()-contraction if is covariant and there exist two functions and such that
for all
Remark 3.
A mapping satisfying the Banach contraction in -bipolar metric space is a covariant ()-contraction with
for all and for some and for
- (P)
- there exists such that and for all
Theorem 2.
Let be a complete -bip MS and let be a covariant ()-contraction. Assume that the following assertions hold:
- (i)
- is covariant α-admissible with respect to η,
- (ii)
- there exists such that and
- (iii)
- is continuous or, if is a bisequence in such that for all with and as for then for all
Then, the mapping has a fixed point. Furthermore, if the property (P) holds, then the fixed point is unique.
Proof.
Let and be arbitrary points in and , respectively, and suppose that and Define the bisequence in by
for all As is a covariant -admissible mapping with respect to , we have
which implies
and
which implies
Similarly,
which implies
and
which implies
Likewise,
which implies
Continuing in this way, we have
for all Now, by (2) and (3), we have
for all Additionally,
for all By (4) and mathematical induction, we obtain
Similarly, by (5) and mathematical induction, we obtain
for all Let be such that () is satisfied. Let be fixed. By (), there exists such that
Let there exist and such that
and
Now, for , by applying (), we have that implies
for all Similarly, for , by applying (), we have that implies
for all Then, by (), for all Thus, is a Cauchy bisequence in As is complete, biconverges to a point Thus, Moreover, as is continuous, we obtain
Additionally, since has a limit in . Since the limit is unique in -bip MS, . Thus, has a fixed point.
As a bisequence in is such that for all with and as for then, by hypothesis (iii), we have , for all Now, by (19), we have
Taking the limit as and using the continuity of f and at we have Thus, Hence, has a fixed point.
Now, if is another fixed point of then implies that such that Then, by the property (P), there exists such that
Since is a covariant -admissible mapping with respect to , by (9), we have
for all Now, by () and (2), we have
Similarly, we have
Example 5.
Let and . Define the usual metric , by
Then, is a complete -bip MS. Define the covariant mapping by
Then, all the conditions of Theorem 2 are satisfied with Hence, by Theorem 2, must have a unique fixed point, which is
By taking in Theorem 2, we have the following result.
Corollary 1.
Let be a complete -bip MS and let be a covariant mapping. Assume that there exists and such that
for all
Moreover, suppose that the following postulations hold:
- (i)
- is covariant α-admissible,
- (ii)
- there exists such that and
- (iii)
- is continuous or, if is a bisequence in such that for with and as for then , forThen, the mapping has a fixed point.
By taking in Theorem 2, we have the following result.
Corollary 2.
Let be a complete -bip MS and let be a covariant mapping. Assume that there exists and such that
for all
Moreover, suppose that the following postulations hold:
- (i)
- is covariant η-subadmissible,
- (ii)
- there exists such that and
- (iii)
- is continuous or, if is a bisequence in such that for all with and as for then for allThen, the mapping has a fixed point.
The following result is a direct consequence of Corollary 1.
Corollary 3.
Let be a complete -bip MS and let be a covariant mapping. Assume that there exists and such that
for all
Moreover, suppose that the following postulations hold:
- (i)
- is covariant α-admissible,
- (ii)
- there exists such that and . Then, the mapping has a fixed point.
- (ii)
- is continuous or, if is a bisequence in such that for with and as for then for allThen, the mapping has a fixed point.
Remark 4.
If we define by and where in Corollary 3, then we deduce the principal result of Rawat et al. [21].
Remark 5.
Taking for and in Definition 7, then -bip MS is reduced to bip MS. Thus, the main result of Gürdal et al. [15] is a direct consequence of the above result.
Remark 6.
If we take in Definition 7, then the -bip MS is reduced to -MS and we derive the leading result of Hussain et al. [10] from the above corollary.
Corollary 4.
Let be a complete -bip MS and let . Assume that there exist , and such that
for all
Moreover, suppose that the following postulations hold:
- (i)
- is covariant α-admissible,
- (ii)
- there exists such that and
- (iii)
- is continuous or, if is a bisequence in such that for all with and as for then forThen, the mapping has a fixed point.
Proof.
Let Then, by (15), we have
which implies and all the conditions of Corollary 1 are satisfied and has a fixed point. □
Similarly, we have the following corollary.
Corollary 5.
Let be a complete -bip MS and let . Assume that there exist , and such that
for all
Moreover, suppose that the following postulations hold:
- (i)
- is covariant α-admissible,
- (ii)
- there exists such that and
- (iii)
- is continuous or, if is a bisequence in such that for with and as for then forThen, the mapping has a fixed point.
Proof.
Let Then, by (16), we have
which implies and all the conditions of Corollary 1 are satisfied and has a fixed point. □
Corollary 6.
Let be a complete -bip MS and let be a covariant and continuous mapping. Assume that there exists such that
for all
Then, the mapping has a unique fixed point.
Proof.
Take by for and in Theorem 2. □
Corollary 7.
Let be a complete -bip MS and let be a convariant and continuous mapping. Assume that there exists such that
for all
Then, the mapping has a unique fixed point.
Proof.
Define by where and by for and in Theorem 2. □
4. Fixed Point Results for Contravariant Mappings
Definition 13.
Let be an -bip MS and is a contravariant mapping. A mapping is said to be contravariant α-admissible if there exists a function such that
for all
Example 6.
Let and and is defined as
A contravariant mapping defined by is contravariant α-admissible.
Definition 14.
Let be an -bip MS and is a contravariant mapping. A mapping is said to be contravariant α-admissible with respect to η if there exist two functions such that
for all
Definition 15.
Let be an -bip MS. A mapping is said to be a contravariant ()-contraction if is contravariant and there exist some and such that
for all
Remark 7.
A mapping satisfying the Banach contraction in a -bip MS is a contravariant ()-contraction with
for all and for some and for
Theorem 3.
Let be a complete -bip MS and let be a contravariant ()-contraction. Assume that the following postulations hold:
- (i)
- is contravariant α-admissible with respect to η,
- (ii)
- there exists such that
- (iii)
- is continuous or, if is a bisequence in such that for with and as for then forThen, the mapping has a fixed point. Furthermore, if the property (P) holds, then the fixed point is unique.
Proof.
Let and be arbitrary points in and , respectively, and suppose that Define the bisequence in by
for all As is a contravariant -admissible mapping with respect to , we have
which implies
and implies
Similarly, implies
and implies
Continuing in this way, we have
for all Now, by (19) and (20), we have
for all Moreover,
for all By (21) and mathematical induction, we obtain
Similarly, by (22) and mathematical induction, we obtain
for all Let be such that () is satisfied. Let be fixed. By (), there exists such that
Let there exist and such that
and
Now, for , by applying (), we have that implies
for all Similarly, for , by applying (), we have that implies
for all Then, by (), for all Thus, is a Cauchy bisequence in As is complete, biconverges to a point Thus, Additionally, since is continuous, we obtain
Moreover, since has a limit in and the limit is unique, . Thus, has a fixed point. Now, since a bisequence in is such that for all with and as for then, by hypothesis (iii), we have for Now, by (19), we have
Taking the limit as and using the continuity of f and at we have Thus, Hence, has a fixed point. □
The uniqueness of the fixed point is the same as given in Theorem 2.
5. Coupled Fixed Point Theorems
In the present section, we obtain coupled fixed point results from our established results.
Definition 16.
Let be a complete -bip MS and let be a convariant mapping. A point is alleged to be a coupled fixed point of if
Lemma 2.
Let be a convariant mapping. If we define a convariant mapping by
for all then is a coupled fixed point of if only if is a fixed point of ℵ.
We state a property (P) that is required in our result.
- (P)
- there exists such thatandfor all and
Theorem 4.
Let be a complete -bip MS and let be a convariant mapping. Assume that there exist and such that
for all and the following hypotheses also hold:
- (i)
- implies
- (ii)
- there exists such thatand
- (iii)
- is continuous or, if is a bisequence in such that and for all with and as for thenfor all
Then, has a coupled fixed point. Furthermore, if the property () holds, then the coupled fixed point is unique.
Proof.
Combining (27) and (28), we obtain
for all and Moreover, the function is defined as
and is defined by
Then, ℵ is a continuous and covariant -contraction. Now, we suppose that Then, by (i), we have By condition (ii), there exists such that
(or ). Since ℵ is continuous, ℵ has a fixed point. Now, if is a bisequence in and is a bisequence in such that and as Then, by (iii), we have Thus, all the conditions of Corollary 3 are satisfied and ℵ has a fixed point. Hence, by Lemma 2, has a coupled fixed point. Now, since the property (P) holds, has a unique coupled fixed point. □
Remark 8.
Taking and where in Theorem 4, we can obtain the leading result of Mutlu et al. [12].
6. Application
6.1. Integral Equations
Fixed point theory is a valuable tool used to solve differential and integral equations, which are used to investigate the solutions of various mathematical models, as well as in game theory, dynamical systems, physics, engineering, computer science, neural networks and many other domains (see [22,23,24]). In the present section, we discuss the uniqueness and existence of an integral equation.
where is a Lebesgue measurable set and g is real-valued continuous function.
Theorem 5.
Suppose that the following conditions hold:
- (i)
- and
- (ii)
- there exists a continuous function such thatfor all
- (iii)
- that is,
Then, the integral Equation (29) has a unique solution in
Proof.
Let and be two normed linear spaces, where and are Lebesgue measurable sets and Consider to be defined by
for all Then, is a complete -bip MS. Define the mapping by
for and by
Now, we have
Define by for . Thus, by result 2, I has a unique fixed point in □
6.2. Homotopy Result
Theorem 6.
Let be a complete -bip MS and let be an open subset of and be a closed subset of and Suppose that satisfies the following conditions:
(hom1) for each and
(hom2) for all , and
where
(hom3) there exists such that
for all , and
Then, the mapping has a fixed point if and only if has a fixed point.
Proof.
Let
and
Since has a fixed point in then we get Thus . Now, we shall prove that is both open and closed in and so, by connetedness, Let with as We also claim that Since for Hence there exists a bisequence such that and Also, we get
And,
Following the proof of Theorem 2, one can easily show that is a Cauchy bisequence in . Since is complete, so there exists such that Now, we have
whenever Hence by (), we get which implies that Similarly, Thus and evidently is closed set in Next, we have to prove that is open in Suppose then there is a bisequence so that
Since is open, so there exists so that and Choose and such that
and
Hence, we have
and
Moreover, we have
Letting we get
By corresponding fashion, we get
But
as which yields that As a result, for each fixed o and Since all the conditions of Corollary 3 hold, has a fixed point in which certainly exists in Then for each Hence which gives is open in Similarly, we can prove the converse of it. □
7. Conclusions
In this research article, we have defined ()-contractions against the background of -bip MS and established fixed point results. Some coupled fixed point results in -bip MS are also derived as a result of our main theorems. An important example is also provided to validate the authenticity of the established theorems. We have explored the existence and uniqueness of a solution of an integral equation by applying our main result. Additionally, we have explored the unique solution of the homotopy result.
The given results in this research work can be extended to some multivalued mappings and fuzzy mappings in the framework of -bip MS. In addition, a number of common fixed point results for these contractions can be obtained. As applications of these outcomes against the background of -bip MS, some differential and integral inclusions can be explored.
Funding
This research received no external funding.
Data Availability Statement
Not applicable.
Conflicts of Interest
The author declares no conflict of interest.
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