1. Introduction and Preliminaries
Modular metric spaces are a natural and interesting generalization of classical modulars over linear spaces, like Lebesgue, Orlicz, Musielak–Orlicz, Lorentz, Orlicz–Lorentz, Calderon–Lozanovskii spaces and others. The concept of modular metric spaces was introduced in [
1,
2]. Here, we look at modular metric spaces as the nonlinear version of the classical one introduced by Nakano [
3] on vector spaces and modular function spaces introduced by Musielak [
4] and Orlicz [
5].
Recently, many authors studied the behavior of the electrorheological fluids, sometimes referred to as “smart fluids” (e.g., lithium polymethacrylate). A perfect model for these fluids is obtained by using Lebesgue and Sobolev spaces, 
 and 
, in the case that 
p is a function [
6].
Let 
X be a nonempty set and 
 be a function; for simplicity, we will write:
      for all 
 and 
.
Definition 1. [1,2] A function  is called a modular metric on X if the following axioms hold: - (i) 
-  if and only if  for all ; 
- (ii) 
-  for all  and ; 
- (iii) 
-  for all  and . 
 If in the above definition, we utilize the condition:
- (i’)
-  for all  and ; 
      instead of (i), then 
 is said to be a pseudomodular metric on 
X. A modular metric 
 on 
X is called regular if the following weaker version of (i) is satisfied:
Again, 
 is called convex if for 
 and 
, the inequality holds:
Remark 1. Note that if ω is a pseudomodular metric on a set X, then the function  is decreasing on  for all . That is, if  then:  Definition 2. References [1,2] suppose that ω be a pseudomodular on X and  and fixed. Therefore, the two sets:and:  and  are called modular spaces (around ).
 It is evident that 
, but this inclusion may be proper in general. Assume that 
 is a modular on 
X; from [
1,
2], we derive that the modular space 
 can be equipped with a (nontrivial) metric, induced by 
 and given by:
Note that if 
 is a convex modular on 
X, then according to [
1,
2], the two modular spaces coincide, i.e., 
, and this common set can be endowed with the metric 
 given by:
Such distances are called Luxemburg distances.
Example 2.1 presented by Abdou and Khamsi [
7] is an important motivation for developing the modular metric spaces theory. Other examples may be found in [
1,
2].
Definition 3. Reference [8] assume  to be a modular metric space, M a subset of  and  be a sequence in . Therefore: - (1) 
-  is called ω-convergent to  if and only if , as  for all . x will be called the ω-limit of . 
- (2) 
-  is called ω-Cauchy if , as  for all . 
- (3) 
- M is called ω-closed if the ω-limit of a ω-convergent sequence of M always belong to M. 
- (4) 
- M is called ω-complete if any ω-Cauchy sequence in M is ω-convergent to a point of  
- (5) 
- M is called ω-bounded if for all , we have  
 Recently Paknazar et al. [
9] introduced the following concept.
Definition 4. If in Definition 1, we replace (iii) by:for all  and  Then,  is called the non-Archimedean modular metric space. Since (iv) implies (iii), every non-Archimedean modular metric space is a modular metric space.
 One of the most important generalizations of Banach contraction mappings was given by Geraghty [
10] in the following form.
Theorem 1 (Geraghty [
10])
. Suppose that  is a complete metric space and  is self-mapping. Suppose that there exists  satisfying the condition:If T satisfies the following inequality:hence T has a unique fixed point.  Moreover, Kirk [
11] explored some significant generalizations of the Banach contraction principle to the case of non-self mappings. Let 
A and 
B be nonempty subsets of a metric space 
. A mapping 
 is called a 
k-contraction if there exists 
, such that 
, for all 
. Evidently, 
k-contraction coincides with Banach contraction mapping if we take 
.
Furthermore, a non-self contractive mapping may not have a fixed point. In this case, we try to find an element x such that  is minimum, i.e., x and  are in close proximity to each other. It is clear that  is at least . We are interested in investigating the existence of an element x such that . In this case, x is a best proximity point of the non-self-mapping T. Evidently, a best proximity point reduces to a fixed point T as a self-mapping.
The reader can refer to [
12,
13,
14,
15,
16]. Note that best proximity point theorems furnish an approximate solution to the equation 
, when there are not any fixed points for 
T.
Here, we collect some notions and concepts that will be utilized throughout the rest of this work. We denote by 
 and 
 the following sets:
In 2003, Kirk et al. [
12] established sufficient conditions for determining when the sets 
 and 
 are nonempty.
Furthermore, in [
14], the authors proved that any pair 
 of nonempty closed convex subsets of a real Hilbert space satisfies the 
P-property. Clearly for any nonempty subset 
A of 
, the pair 
 has the 
P-property.
Recently, Zhang et al. [
16] introduced the following notion and showed that it is weaker than the 
P-property.
Definition 5. Let  be a pair of nonempty subsets of a metric space  with  Then, the pair  is said to have the weak P-property if and only if for any  and   Finally, we recall the following result of Caballero et al. [
17].
Theorem 2. Assume that  is a pair of nonempty closed subsets of a complete metric space , such that  is nonempty. Let  be a Geraghty-contraction satisfying  Assume that the pair  has the P-property. Then, there exists a unique  such that 
 Recently, Kumam et al. [
18] introduced the useful notion of triangular 
-proximal admissible mapping as follows. See also [
19]:
Definition 6 (Reference [
18])
. Let A and B be two nonempty subsets ofa metric space  and  be a function. We say that a non-self-mapping  is triangular α-proximal admissible if, for all : Let  denote the set of all functions  satisfying:
	  
- ()  is continuous and increasing in all of its variables; 
- ()  iff . 
     For more details on 
, see [
20].
Let 
 denote the set of all functions 
 satisfying the condition:
  2. Best Proximity Point Results
At first, we introduce the following concept, which will be suitable for our main Theorem.
Definition 7. Suppose that  is a pair of nonempty subsets of a modular metric space  with  for all  We say the pair  has the weak -property if and only if for any ,  and 
      where:
  Now, let us introduce the concept of Suzuki-type -contractive mapping.
Definition 8. Let A and B be two nonempty subsets of a modular metric space  where  for all  and  is a function. A mapping  is said to be a Suzuki-type contractive mapping if there exists  and , such that for all  and  with  and , one has:where  is a bounded function, and:  Now, we are ready to prove our main result.
Theorem 3. Let A and B be two nonempty subsets of a non-Archimedean modular metric space  with ω regular, such that A is complete and  is nonempty for all . Assume that T is a Suzuki-type -contractive mapping satisfying the following assertions:
- (i) 
-  for all , and the pair  satisfies the weak -property, 
- (ii) 
- T is a triangular α-proximal admissible mapping, 
- (iii) 
- there exist elements  and  in  for all , such that: 
- (iv) 
- if  is a sequence in A, such that  for all  with  as , then  for all  
Then, there exists an  in A, such that  for all  Further, the best proximity point is unique if, for every , such that , we have .
 Proof.  By (iii), there exist elements 
 and 
 in 
 for all 
, such that:
      
 On the other hand, 
 for all 
. Therefore, there exists 
, such that:
Now, since 
T is triangular 
-proximal admissible, we have 
 That is:
Again, since 
 for all 
, there exists 
, such that:
Again, since 
T is triangular 
-proximal admissible, 
 Hence:
Continuing this process, we get:
Since 
 has the weak 
-property, we derive that:
Clearly, if there exists 
, such that 
, then we have nothing to prove. In fact:
Since 
 is regular, we get, 
 Thus, we conclude that:
For the rest of the proof, we suppose that 
 for any 
 Now, from (
8), we deduce that:
Applying (
6) and (
7), we obtain:
      
        
      
      
      
      
     Since 
T is a Suzuki-type 
-contractive mapping, we have:
From (
10) to (
12), we deduce:
Now if, 
 then,
      
      which is a contradiction. Hence:
      and so:
      for all 
. Now, by (
12), we get:
      for all 
 Consequently, 
 is a non-increasing sequence, which is bounded from below, and so, 
 exists. Let 
. Then, from (
14), we have:
      for each 
 which implies:
On the other hand, since 
, we conclude:
Since, 
 holds for all 
 and 
 satisfies the weak 
-property, so for all 
 with 
, we obtain, 
 Note that:
As 
 we have:
      that is:
Again, by 
 we have:
Now, we show that 
 is a Cauchy sequence. On the contrary, assume that:
Now, since 
 then:
      which implies that 
, that is:
On the other hand, from (
18), it is follows that there exists 
, such that, for all 
, we have:
Furthermore, we can show that:
Indeed, since 
T is a triangular 
-proximal admissible mapping and:
     from Condition (T2) of Definition 6, we have:
Again, since 
T is a triangular 
-proximal admissible mapping and:
      from Condition (T2) of Definition 6, we have:
Continuing this process, we get (
19).
Now, using the triangle inequality, we have:
From (
5) and (
20) we have:
Now, (
16), (
17), (
21) and: 
 imply:
Therefore, 
, so 
. This implies:
	  which is a contradiction. Therefore, 
 is a Cauchy sequence. Since 
 and 
 is a complete metric space, we can find 
, such that 
 as 
 From (iv), we know that, 
 for all 
 Next, using (
14), we have:
	  and:
Therefore, (
22) and (
23) imply that:
Now, suppose that:
	  for some 
. Hence, using (
24), we can write:
	  which is a contradiction. Then, for any 
, either:
	  holds.
We shall show that 
. Suppose, to the contrary, that:
From (
5) with 
 and 
, we get:
On the other hand:
	  and so:
Taking limit as 
 in the above inequality, we have:
Taking the limit as 
 in the above inequality, we get:
	  and so, 
. Now, we have:
	  that is:
From (
25) to (
28), we deduce that: 
	  which is a contradiction. Therefore, 
, and 
 is a best proximity point of 
T. We now show the uniqueness of the best proximity point of 
 Suppose that 
 and 
 are two distinct best proximity points of 
T. This implies:
Using the weak 
-property, we have:
As 
T is a Suzuki-type 
-contractive mapping and 
 and 
, then, we obtain:
	  which is a contradiction. This completes the proof of the theorem. ☐
If in Theorem 3, we take  where  and  where , then we obtain the following best proximity point result.
Corollary 1. Let  be a pair of nonempty subsets of a non-Archimedean modular metric space  with ω regular, such that A is complete and  is nonempty for all . Let  be a non-self mapping, such that  for all  and for all  with  and ; one has:where ,  and  Suppose that the pair  has the weak -property and the following assertions hold: - (i) 
- T is a triangular α-proximal admissible mapping, 
- (ii) 
- there exist elements  and  in  for all , such that: 
- (iii) 
- if  is a sequence in A, such that  for all  with  as , then  for all  
Then, there exists an  in A, such that  for all  Further, the best proximity point is unique if, for every , such that , we have: .
 If in Corollary 1 we take, , we obtain the following best proximity result.
Corollary 2. Let  be a pair of nonempty subsets of a non-Archimedean modular metric space  with ω regular, such that A is complete and  is nonempty for all . Let  be a non-self mapping, such that  for all  and for all  with  and ; we have:where , ,and: Suppose that the pair  has the weak -property and the following assertions hold:
- (i) 
- T is a triangular α-proximal admissible mapping, 
- (ii) 
- there exist elements  and  in  for all , such that: 
- (iii) 
- if  is a sequence in A, such that  for all  with  as , then  for all  
Then, there exists an  in A, such that  for all  Further, the best proximity point is unique if, for every , such that , we have .
 The following example illustrates our results.
Example 1. Consider the space 
 endowed with the non-Archimedean modular metric 
 given by:
      
      for all 
. Define the sets:
      and:
	  so that 
, 
, 
 for all 
, and the pair 
 has the weak 
-property. Furthermore, let 
 be defined by:
 Notice that  for all .
Now, consider the function 
 given by:
	  and note that 
. Furthermore, define 
 by:
Clearly,  and .
Assume that 
 and 
, for some 
. Then:
Since 
 and 
 for all 
, without any loss of generality, we can assume that:
      Now, we want to distinguish the following cases:
- (i)
- if  - , then:
           
- (ii)
- if  - , then:
           
Consequently, we have:
      and hence, 
T is a Suzuki-type 
-contractive mapping with 
 Let:
      then:
	  and so, 
. i.e., 
 Furthermore, assume that 
 and 
. Then, 
, i.e., 
 Therefore, 
T is a triangular 
proximal admissible mapping. Moreover, if 
 is a sequence, such that 
 for all 
 and 
 as 
, then 
, and hence, 
 Consequently, 
 for all 
 Hence, as you see, all of the conditions of Theorem 3 hold true, and 
T has a unique best proximity point. Here, 
 is the unique best proximity point of 
T.
If in Theorem 3, we take  for all , then we can deduce the following corollary.
Corollary 3. Let  be a pair of nonempty subsets of a non-Archimedean modular metric space  with ω regular, such that A is complete and  is nonempty for all . Let  be a non-self mapping, such that  for all , and there exists  and , such that  implies: Suppose that the pair  has the weak -property. Then, there exists a unique  in A, such that  for all 
 We investigate the Suzuki-type result of Zhang et al. [
16] in the setting of non-Archimedean modular metric space as follows:
Corollary 4. Let  be a pair of nonempty and closed subsets of a complete non-Archimedean modular metric space  with ω regular, such that  is nonempty for all . Let  be a non-self mapping, such that  for all , and there exists , such that  implies:for all . Suppose that the pair  has the weak -property. Then there exists a unique point  in A, such that  for all   Corollary 5. (Suzuki-type result of Suzuki [21]) Let  be a pair of nonempty and closed subsets of a complete non-Archimedean modular metric space  with ω regular, such that  is nonempty for all . Let  be a non-self mapping, such that  for all , and there exists , such that  implies:for all . Suppose that the pair  has the weak -property. Therefore, there exists a unique point  in A, such that  for all   Corollary 6. Let  be a pair of nonempty subsets of a non-Archimedean modular metric space  with ω regular, such that A is complete and  is nonempty for all . Let  be a non-self mapping, such that  for all , and there exists , such that  implies:for all . Suppose that the pair  has the weak -property. Then, there exists a unique point  in A, such that  for all     3. Best Proximity Point Results in Metric Spaces Endowed with a Graph
Consistent with Jachymski [
22], let 
 be a modular metric space, and 
 denotes the diagonal of the Cartesian product 
. Assume that 
G is a directed graph, such that the set 
 of its vertices coincides with 
 and the set 
 of its edges contains all loops, i.e., 
. We suppose that 
G has no parallel edges. We identify 
G with the pair 
. Furthermore, we may handle 
G as a weighted graph (see [
23], p. 309) by assigning to every edge the distance between its vertices. If 
x and 
y are vertices in a graph 
G, then a path in 
G from 
x to 
y of length 
N  is a sequence 
 of 
 vertices, such that 
 and 
 for 
 The foremost fixed point result in this area was given by Jachymski [
22].
Definition 9 (Reference [
22])
. Let  be a modular metric space endowed with a graph G.We say that a self-mapping  is a Banach G-contraction or simply a G-contraction if T preserves the edges of G, that is:and T decreases the weights of the edges of G in the following way: We define the following notion for modular metric spaces.
Definition 10. Let  be a modular metric space endowed with a graph G. We say that a self-mapping  is a Banach G-contraction or simply a G-contraction if T preserves the edges of G, that is:and T decreases the weights of the edges of G in the following way:  Definition 11. Let A and B be two nonempty subsets of a non-Archimedean modular metric space  endowed with a graph G and . A mapping  is said to be a Suzuki-type -contractive mapping if there exists  and , such that for all  with  and , one has:and:  Theorem 4. Let A and B be two nonempty subsets of a non-Archimedean modular metric space  with ω regular endowed with a graph G, such that A is complete and  is nonempty for all . Assume that T is a Suzuki-type -contractive mapping satisfying the following assertions:
- (i) 
-  for all , and the pair  satisfies the weak P-property, 
- (ii) 
-  and  implies , 
- (iii) 
- there exist elements  and  in  for all , such that: 
- (iv) 
- if  is a sequence in A, such that  for all  with  as , then  for all  
Then, there exists an  in A, such that  for all 
 Proof.  Define 
 with:
      
 At first, we show that 
T is a triangular 
-proximal admissible mapping. For this goal, assume:
Since 
T is a Suzuki-type 
-contractive mapping, we get 
, that is 
. Furthermore, let 
 and 
, then 
 and 
. Consequently, from (iii), we deduce that 
, that is, 
 Thus, 
T is a triangular 
-proximal admissible mapping with 
. Now, assume that, 
 and 
. Then, 
 and 
. As 
T is a Suzuki-type 
-contraction, then we get:
	  and so, 
T is a Suzuki-type 
-contractive mapping. From (iii), there exist 
, such that 
 and 
, that is 
 and 
 Hence, all of the conditions of Theorem 3 are satisfied, and so, 
T has a best proximity point.  ☐