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Best proximity point results for modified Suzuki α-ψ-proximal contractions

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a modified Suzuki α-ψ-proximal contraction. Then we establish certain best proximity point theorems for such proximal contractions in metric spaces. As an application, we deduce best proximity and fixed point results in partially ordered metric spaces. The results presented generalize and improve various known results from best proximity and fixed point theory. Moreover, some examples are given to illustrate the usability of the obtained results.

MSC:46N40, 47H10, 54H25, 46T99.

1 Introduction and Preliminaries

In the last decade, the answers of the following question has turned into one of the core subjects of applied mathematics and nonlinear functional analysis. Is there a point x 0 in a metric space (X,d) such that d( x 0 ,T x 0 )=d(A,B) where A, B are non-empty subsets of a metric space X and T:AB is a non-self-mapping where d(A,B)=inf{d(x,y):xA,yB}? Here, the point x 0 X is called the best proximity point. The object of best proximity theory is to determine minimal conditions on the non-self-mapping T to guarantee the existence and uniqueness of a best proximal point. The setting of best proximity point theory is richer and more general than the metric fixed point theory in two senses. First, usually the mappings considered in fixed point theory are self-mappings, which is not necessary in the theory of best proximity. Secondly, if one takes A=B in the above setting, the best proximity point becomes a fixed point. It is well known that fixed point theory combines various disciplines of mathematics, such as topology, operator theory, and geometry, to show the existence of solutions of the equation Tx=x under proper conditions. On the other hand, if T is not a self-mapping, the equation Tx=x could have no solutions and, in this case, it is of basic interest to determine an element x that is in some sense closest to Tx. One of the most interesting results in this direction is the following theorem due to Fan [1].

Theorem F Let K be a non-empty compact convex subset of a normed space X and T:KX be a continuous non-self-mapping. Then there exists an x such that xTx=d(K,Tx)=inf{Txu:uK}.

Many generalizations and extensions of this result have appeared in the literature (see [26] and references therein).

In fact best proximity point theory has been studied to find necessary conditions such that the minimization problem min x A d(x,Tx) has at least one solution. For more details on this approach, we refer the reader to [713] and [5, 1425].

One of the interesting generalizations of the Banach contraction principle which characterizes the metric completeness is due to Suzuki [26, 27] (see also [28, 29]). Recently, Abkar and Gabeleh [8] studied best proximity point results for Suzuki contractions. The aim of this paper is to introduce modified Suzuki α-ψ-proximal contractions and establish certain best proximity point theorems for such proximal contractions in metric spaces. As an application, we deduce best proximity and fixed point results in partially ordered metric spaces. The presented results generalize and improve various known results from best proximity and fixed point theory. Moreover, some examples are given to illustrate the usability of the obtained results.

We recollect some essential notations, required definitions and primary results to coherence with the literature. Suppose that A and B are two non-empty subsets of a metric space (X,d). We define

d ( a , B ) : = inf { d ( a , b ) : b B } , a A , A 0 : = { a A : d ( a , b ) = d ( A , B )  for some  b B } , B 0 : = { b B : d ( a , b ) = d ( A , B )  for some  a A } .

Under the assumption of A 0 , we say that the pair (A,B) has the P-property [20] if the following condition holds:

{ d ( x 1 , y 1 ) = d ( A , B ) , d ( x 2 , y 2 ) = d ( A , B ) , d( x 1 , x 2 )=d( y 1 , y 2 )

for all x 1 , x 2 A and y 1 , y 2 B.

In 2012, Samet et al. [24] introduced the concepts of α-ψ-contractive and α-admissible mappings and established various fixed point theorems for such mappings in complete metric spaces.

Samet et al. [24] defined the notion of α-admissible mappings as follows.

Definition 1.1 Let T be a self-mapping on X and α:X×X[0,+) be a function. We say that T is an α-admissible mapping if

x,yX,α(x,y)1α(Tx,Ty)1.

Salimi et al. [22] modified and generalized the notion of α-admissible mappings in the following way.

Definition 1.2 [22] Let T be a self-mapping on X and α,η:X×X[0,+) be two functions. We say that T is an α-admissible mapping with respect to η if

x,yX,α(x,y)η(x,y)α(Tx,Ty)η(Tx,Ty).

Note that if we take η(x,y)=1, then this definition reduces to Definition 1.1.

Definition 1.3 [14]

A non-self-mapping T is called α-proximal admissible if

{ α ( x 1 , x 2 ) 1 , d ( u 1 , T x 1 ) = d ( A , B ) , d ( u 2 , T x 2 ) = d ( A , B ) , α( u 1 , u 2 )1

for all x 1 , x 2 , u 1 , u 2 A, where α:A×A[0,).

Clearly, if A=B, T is α-proximal admissible implies that T is α-admissible.

Recently Hussain et al. [4] generalized the notion of α-proximal admissible as follows.

Definition 1.4 Let T:AB and α,η:A×A[0,) be functions. Then T is called α-proximal admissible with respect to η if

{ α ( x 1 , x 2 ) η ( x 1 , x 2 ) , d ( u 1 , T x 1 ) = d ( A , B ) , d ( u 2 , T x 2 ) = d ( A , B ) , α( u 1 , u 2 )η( u 1 , u 2 )

for all x 1 , x 2 , u 1 , u 2 A. Note that if we take η(x,y)=1 for all x,yA, then this definition reduces to Definition 1.3.

A function ψ:[0,)[0,) is called Bianchini-Grandolfi gauge function [17, 18, 30] if the following conditions hold:

  1. (i)

    ψ is non-decreasing;

  2. (ii)

    there exist k 0 N and a(0,1) and a convergent series of nonnegative terms k = 1 v k such that

    ψ k + 1 (t)a ψ k (t)+ v k ,

for k k 0 and any t R + .

In some sources, the Bianchini-Grandolfi gauge function is known as the (c)-comparison function (see e.g. [31]). We denote by Ψ the family of Bianchini-Grandolfi gauge functions. The following lemma illustrates the properties of these functions.

Lemma 1.1 (See [31])

If ψΨ, then the following hold:

  1. (i)

    ( ψ n ( t ) ) n N converges to 0 as n for all t R + ;

  2. (ii)

    ψ(t)<t, for any t(0,);

  3. (iii)

    ψ is continuous at 0;

  4. (iv)

    the series k = 1 ψ k (t) converges for any t R + .

2 Best proximity point results in metric spaces

We start this section with the following definition.

Definition 2.1 Suppose that A and B are two non-empty subsets of a metric space (X,d). A non-self-mapping T:AB is said to be modified Suzuki α-ψ-proximal contraction, if

d (x,Tx)α(x,y)d(x,y)d(Tx,Ty)ψ ( d ( x , y ) )
(2.1)

for all x,yA where d (x,y)=d(x,y)d(A,B), α:A×A[0,) and ψΨ.

The following is our first main result of this section.

Theorem 2.1 Suppose that A and B are two non-empty closed subsets of a complete metric space (X,d) with A 0 . Let T:AB be a modified Suzuki α-ψ-proximal contraction satisfying the following conditions:

  1. (i)

    T( A 0 ) B 0 and (A,B) satisfies the P-property;

  2. (ii)

    T is α-proximal admissible with respect to η(x,y)=2;

  3. (iii)

    the elements x 0 and x 1 in A 0 with

    d( x 1 ,T x 0 )=d(A,B) satisfy α( x 0 , x 1 )2;
  4. (iv)

    T is continuous.

Then T has a unique best proximity point.

Proof As A 0 is non-empty and T( A 0 ) B 0 , there exist elements x 0 and x 1 in A 0 such that d( x 1 ,T x 0 )=d(A,B) and by (iii) α( x 0 , x 1 )2. Owing to the fact that T( A 0 ) B 0 , there exists x 2 A 0 such that

d( x 2 ,T x 1 )=d(A,B).

Since T is α-proximal admissible, we have α( x 1 , x 2 )2. Again, by using the fact that T( A 0 ) B 0 , there exists x 3 A 0 such that

d( x 3 ,T x 2 )=d(A,B).

So we conclude that

d( x 2 ,T x 1 )=d(A,B),d( x 3 ,T x 2 )=d(A,B),α( x 1 , x 2 )2.

As T is α-proximal admissible, we derive that α( x 2 , x 3 )2, that is,

d( x 3 ,T x 2 )=d(A,B),α( x 2 , x 3 )2.

By repeating this process, we observe that

d( x n + 1 ,T x n )=d(A,B),α( x n , x n + 1 )2for all nN{0}.
(2.2)

By the triangle inequality, we have

d( x n 1 ,T x n 1 )d( x n , x n 1 )+d( x n ,T x n 1 )=d( x n , x n 1 )+d(A,B),

which implies

d ( x n 1 ,T x n 1 )d( x n , x n 1 )2d( x n , x n 1 )α( x n , x n 1 )d( x n , x n 1 ).

From (2.1), we derive that

d(T x n 1 ,T x n )ψ ( d ( x n 1 , x n ) ) .
(2.3)

Due the fact that the pair (A,B) has the P-property together with (2.2), we conclude that

d(T x n 1 ,T x n )=d( x n , x n + 1 )for all nN.

Consequently, from (2.3), we obtain

d( x n , x n + 1 )ψ ( d ( x n 1 , x n ) ) for all nN.
(2.4)

If x n 0 = x n 0 + 1 for some n 0 N, then (2.2) implies that

d( x n 0 ,T x n 0 )=d( x n 0 + 1 ,T x n 0 )=d(A,B),

that is, x n 0 is a best proximity point of T. Hence, we assume that

d( x n + 1 , x n )>0for all nN{0}.
(2.5)

By using the fact that ψ is non-decreasing together with the assumption (2.1), inductively, we conclude that

d( x n , x n + 1 ) ψ n ( d ( x 1 , x 0 ) ) for all nN{0}.

Fix ϵ>0; there exists NN such that

n N ψ n ( d ( x 0 , x 1 ) ) <ϵfor all nN.

Let m,nN with m>nN. By the triangle inequality, we have

d( x n , x m ) k = n m 1 d( x k , x k + 1 ) k = n m 1 ψ k ( d ( x 0 , x 1 ) ) < n N ψ n ( d ( x 0 , x 1 ) ) <ϵ

which yields lim m , n , + d( x n , x m )=0. Hence, { x n } is a Cauchy sequence. Since X is complete, there is zX such that x n z. By the continuity of T, we derive that T x n Tz as n. Hence, we get the desired result:

d(A,B)= lim n d( x n + 1 ,T x n )=d(z,Tz).

We now show that T has a unique best proximity point. Suppose, on the contrary, that y,z A 0 are two best proximity points of T with yz, that is,

d(y,Ty)=d(z,Tz)=d(A,B).
(2.6)

By applying the P-property and (2.6) we get

d(y,z)=d(Ty,Tz).
(2.7)

Also from (2.6) we get

d (y,Ty)=d(y,Ty)d(A,B)=0,

which implies that d (y,Ty)=0α(y,z)d(y,z). Applying (2.1), we have

d(Ty,Tz)ψ ( d ( y , z ) ) .

From (2.7) we deduce

d(y,z)ψ ( d ( y , z ) ) <d(y,z),

which is a contradiction. Hence, y=z. This completes the proof of the theorem. □

In the following theorem, we replace the continuity condition on Suzuki α-ψ-proximal contraction T by regularity of the space (X,d).

Theorem 2.2 Suppose that A and B are two non-empty closed subsets of a complete metric space (X,d) with A 0 . Let T:AB be a modified Suzuki α-ψ-proximal contraction satisfying the following conditions:

  1. (i)

    T( A 0 ) B 0 and (A,B) satisfies the P-property;

  2. (ii)

    T is α-proximal admissible with respect to η(x,y)=2;

  3. (iii)

    there exist elements x 0 and x 1 in A 0 with

    d( x 1 ,T x 0 )=d(A,B) satisfying α( x 0 , x 1 )2;
  4. (iv)

    if { x n } is a sequence in A such that α( x n , x n + 1 )2 and x n xA as n, then α( x n ,x)2 for all nN.

Then T has a unique best proximity point.

Proof Following the lines of proof of Theorem 2.1, we obtain a Cauchy sequence { x n } which converges to zX. Suppose that the condition (iv) holds, that is, α( x n ,z)2 for all nN. From (2.4) and (2.5) we obtain

d( x n , x n + 1 )<d( x n 1 , x n )

for all nN. By using (2.2), we have

d ( x n , T x n ) = d ( x n , T x n ) d ( A , B ) d ( x n , x n + 1 ) + d ( x n + 1 , T x n ) d ( A , B ) = d ( x n , x n + 1 )
(2.8)

and

d ( x n + 1 , T x n + 1 ) = d ( x n + 1 , T x n + 1 ) d ( A , B ) d ( T x n , T x n + 1 ) + d ( x n + 1 , T x n ) d ( A , B ) = d ( T x n , T x n + 1 ) = d ( x n + 1 , x n + 2 ) < d ( x n , x n + 1 ) .
(2.9)

Hence, (2.8) and (2.9) imply that

d ( x n ,T x n )+ d ( x n + 1 ,T x n + 1 )<2d( x n , x n + 1 ).
(2.10)

We suppose that the inequalities

d ( x n ,T x n )>α( x n ,z)d( x n ,z)2d( x n ,z)

and

d ( x n + 1 ,T x n + 1 )>α( x n + 1 ,z)d( x n + 1 ,z)2d( x n + 1 ,z)

hold for some nN. Then, by using (2.10) we can write

2 d ( x n , x n + 1 ) 2 d ( x n , z ) + 2 d ( x n + 1 , z ) < d ( x n , T x n ) + d ( x n + 1 , T x n + 1 ) 2 d ( x n , x n + 1 ) ,

a contradiction. Hence, for all nN, we have either

d ( x n ,T x n )α( x n ,z)d( x n ,z),

or

d ( x n + 1 ,T x n + 1 )α( x n + 1 ,z)d( x n + 1 ,z).

Using (2.1), we obtain either

d(T x n ,Tz)ψ ( d ( x n , z ) ) ,

or

d(T x n + 1 ,Tz)ψ ( d ( x n + 1 , z ) ) .

If we take the limit as n+ in each of these inequalities, we have

T x n TzorT x n + 1 Tzas n.

Consequently, there exists a subsequence { x n k } of { x n } such that T x n k Tz as x n k z. Therefore,

d(A,B)= lim k d( x n k + 1 ,T x n k )=d(z,Tz).

The uniqueness of best proximity point follows as in the proof of Theorem 2.1. □

Example 2.1 Let X=R and d(x,y)=|xy| be a usual metric on X. Suppose A=(,1] and B=[5/4,+). Define T:AB by

Tx= { x + | x + 3 | | x + 4 | e x , if  x ( , 2 ) , 1 4 x + 1 , if  x [ 2 , 1 ] .

Also, define α: X 2 [0,) by

α(x,y)= { 4 , if  x , y [ 2 , 1 ] , 0 , otherwise

and ψ:[0,)[0,) by ψ(t)= 1 2 t. Clearly, d(A,B)=9/4. Now we have:

A 0 = { x A : d ( x , y ) = d ( A , B ) = 9 / 4  for some  y B } = { 1 } , B 0 = { y B : d ( x , y ) = d ( A , B ) = 9 / 4  for some  x A } = { 5 / 4 } .

Also, T( A 0 ) B 0 and clearly, the pair (A,B) has the P-property. Suppose

{ α ( x 1 , x 2 ) 1 , d ( u 1 , T x 1 ) = d ( A , B ) = 9 / 4 , d ( u 2 , T x 2 ) = d ( A , B ) = 9 / 4 ,

then

{ x 1 , x 2 [ 2 , 1 ] , d ( u 1 , T x 1 ) = 9 / 4 , d ( u 2 , T x 2 ) = 9 / 4 .

Note that Tw[5/4,3/2] for all w[2,1]. Hence, u 1 = u 2 =1, i.e., α( u 1 , u 2 )2. That is, T is a α-proximal admissible mapping with respect to η(x,y)=2. Also, assume that α( x n , x n + 1 )2 for all nN{0} and x n x as n. Then { x n }[2,1] and hence x[2,1]. That is, α( x n ,x)2 for all nN{0}. If x,y[1,2], then

d(Tx,Ty)= 1 4 |xy| 1 2 |xy|=ψ ( d ( x , y ) ) .

Otherwise, α(x,y)=0. That is, 1 2 d (x,Tx)>α(x,y)d(x,y)=0. Hence,

d (x,Tx)α(x,y)d(x,y)d(Tx,Ty)ψ ( d ( x , y ) ) .

All conditions of Theorem 2.2 hold for this example and there is a unique best proximity point z=1 such that d(1,T(1))=d(A,B). Note that in this example the contractive condition of Theorems 3.1 and 3.2 of Jleli and Samet [14] is not satisfied and so these are not applicable here. Indeed, if, x=2 and y=1, then we have

α(2,1)d ( T ( 2 ) , T ( 1 ) ) =4× 1 4 =1>1/2=ψ ( d ( 2 , 1 ) ) .

The following results are nice consequences of Theorem 2.2.

Theorem 2.3 Let A and B be non-empty closed subsets of a complete metric space (X,d) such that A 0 is non-empty. Assume T:AB is a non-self-mapping satisfying the following assertions:

  1. (i)

    T( A 0 ) B 0 and (A,B) satisfies the P-property;

  2. (ii)

    for a function δ:[0,1)(0,1/2], there exists r[0,1) such that

    δ(r) d (x,Tx)d(x,y)impliesd(Tx,Ty)ψ ( d ( x , y ) )
    (2.11)

for x,yA where d (x,y)=d(x,y)d(A,B) and ψΨ.

Then T has a unique best proximity point.

Proof First, we fix r and define α r :A×A[0,) by α r (x,y)= 1 δ ( r ) for all x,yA. Since 1 δ ( r ) 2 for all r[0,1), α r (w,v)2 for all w,vA. Now, since α r (w,v) is constant and α r (w,v)2 for all w,vA, T is an α r -proximal admissible mapping with respect to η(x,y)=2 and hence conditions (ii)-(iv) of Theorem 2.2 hold. Furthermore, if

d (x,Tx) α r (x,y)d(x,y),

then

δ(r) d (x,Tx)d(x,y)

and so by (2.11) we deduce d(Tx,Ty)ψ(d(x,y)). Hence all conditions of Theorem 2.2 hold and T has a unique best proximity point. □

If we take ψ(t)=rt in Theorem 2.3, where 0r<1, then we obtain the following result.

Corollary 2.1 Let A and B be non-empty closed subsets of a complete metric space (X,d) such that A 0 is non-empty. Assume T:AB is a non-self-mapping satisfying the following assertions:

  1. (i)

    T( A 0 ) B 0 and (A,B) satisfies the P-property;

  2. (ii)

    for a function δ:[0,1)(0,1/2], there exists r[0,1) such that

    δ(r) d (x,Tx)d(x,y)impliesd(Tx,Ty)rd(x,y)
    (2.12)

for x,yA.

Then T has a unique best proximity point.

Corollary 2.2 Let A and B be non-empty closed subsets of a complete metric space (X,d) such that A 0 is non-empty. Assume T:AB is a non-self-mapping satisfying the following assertions:

  1. (i)

    T( A 0 ) B 0 and (A,B) satisfies the P-property;

  2. (ii)

    define a non-increasing function θ:[0,1)(1/2,1] by

    θ(r)={ 1 if  0 r ( 5 1 ) / 2 , ( 1 r ) r 2 if  ( 5 1 ) / 2 < r < 2 1 / 2 , ( 1 + r ) 1 if  2 1 / 2 r < 1 .
    (2.13)

Assume that there exists r[0,1) such that

1 2 θ(r) d (x,Tx)d(x,y)impliesd(Tx,Ty)rd(x,y)

for x,yA where d (x,y)=d(x,y)d(A,B).

Then T has a unique best proximity point.

Proof If we take δ(r)= 1 2 θ(r) in Corollary 2.1, we obtain the required result. □

If we take δ(r)= 1 2 ( 1 + r ) in Corollary 2.1, we obtain the main result of [8] in the following form.

Corollary 2.3 Let A and B be non-empty closed subsets of a complete metric space (X,d) such that A 0 is non-empty. Assume T:AB is a non-self-mapping satisfying the following assertions:

  1. (i)

    T( A 0 ) B 0 and (A,B) satisfies the P-property;

  2. (ii)

    define a non-increasing function β:[0,1)(1/2,1] by

    β(r)= 1 2 ( 1 + r ) .
    (2.14)

Assume that there exists r[0,1) such that

β(r) d (x,Tx)d(x,y)impliesd(Tx,Ty)rd(x,y)

for x,yA.

Then T has a unique best proximity point.

If we take δ(r)= 1 2 in Corollary 2.1 we have following result.

Corollary 2.4 Let A and B be non-empty closed subsets of a complete metric space (X,d) such that A 0 is non-empty. Assume T:AB is a non-self mapping satisfying the following assertions:

  1. (i)

    T( A 0 ) B 0 and (A,B) satisfies the P-property;

  2. (ii)
    1 2 d (x,Tx)d(x,y)d(Tx,Ty)rd(x,y)

for all x,yA.

Then T has a unique best proximity point.

3 Best proximity point results in partially ordered metric spaces

Fixed point theorems for monotone operators in ordered metric spaces are widely investigated and have found various applications in differential and integral equations (see [2, 9, 32] and references therein). The existence of best proximity and fixed point results in partially ordered metric spaces has been considered recently by many authors [4, 7, 21, 33, 34]. The aim of this section is to deduce some best proximity and fixed point results in the context of partially ordered metric spaces. Moreover, we obtain certain recent fixed point results as corollaries in partially ordered metric spaces.

Definition 3.1 [21] A mapping T:AB is said to be proximally order-preserving if and only if it satisfies the condition

{ x 1 x 2 , d ( u 1 , T x 1 ) = d ( A , B ) , d ( u 2 , T x 2 ) = d ( A , B ) , u 1 u 2

for all x 1 , x 2 , u 1 , u 2 A.

Clearly, if B=A, then the proximally order-preserving map T:AA reduces to a non-decreasing map.

Theorem 3.1 Let A and B be two non-empty closed subsets of a partially ordered complete metric space (X,d,) with A 0 . Suppose that T:AB is a non-self-mapping satisfying the following conditions:

  1. (i)

    T( A 0 ) B 0 and (A,B) satisfies the P-property;

  2. (ii)

    T is proximally order-preserving;

  3. (iii)

    there exist elements x 0 and x 1 in A 0 with

    d( x 1 ,T x 0 )=d(A,B) satisfying  x 0 x 1 ;
  4. (iv)

    T is continuous;

  5. (v)
    1 2 d (x,Tx)d(x,y)d(Tx,Ty)ψ ( d ( x , y ) )

for all x,yA with xy where d (x,y)=d(x,y)d(A,B) and ψΨ.

Then T has a unique best proximity point.

Proof Define α:A×A[0,+) by

α(x,y)= { 2 , if  x y , 0 , otherwise .

Now we prove that T is a α-proximal admissible mapping with respect to η(x,y)=2. For this, assume

{ α ( x , y ) 2 , d ( u , T x ) = d ( A , B ) , d ( v , T y ) = d ( A , B ) .

So

{ x y , d ( u , T x ) = d ( A , B ) , d ( v , T y ) = d ( A , B ) .

Now, since T is proximally order-preserving, uv. Thus, α(u,v)2. Furthermore, by (iii) the elements x 0 and x 1 in A 0 with

d( x 1 ,T x 0 )=d(A,B) satisfy α( x 0 , x 1 )2.

Let d (x,Tx)α(x,y)d(x,y). Then for all x,yA with xy, we have α(x,y)2, and hence

1 2 d (x,Tx)d(x,y).

From (v) we get d(Tx,Ty)ψ(d(x,y)). That is, T is a modified Suzuki α-ψ-proximal contraction. Thus all conditions of Theorem 2.1 hold and T has a unique best proximity point. □

Corollary 3.1 Let A and B be two non-empty closed subsets of a partially ordered complete metric space (X,d,) with A 0 . Suppose that T:AB be a non-self-mapping satisfying the following conditions:

  1. (i)

    T( A 0 ) B 0 and (A,B) satisfies the P-property;

  2. (ii)

    T is proximally ordered-preserving;

  3. (iii)

    there exist elements x 0 and x 1 in A 0 with

    d( x 1 ,T x 0 )=d(A,B) satisfying  x 0 x 1 ;
  4. (iv)

    T is continuous;

  5. (v)
    1 2 d (x,Tx)d(x,y)d(Tx,Ty)r ( d ( x , y ) )

for all x,yA with xy where d (x,y)=d(x,y)d(A,B) and 0r<1.

Then T has a unique best proximity point.

Theorem 3.2 Suppose that A and B are two non-empty closed subsets of partially ordered complete metric space (X,d,) with A 0 . Let T:AB be a non-self mapping satisfying the following conditions:

  1. (i)

    T( A 0 ) B 0 and (A,B) satisfies the P-property;

  2. (ii)

    T is proximally order-preserving;

  3. (iii)

    the elements x 0 and x 1 in A 0 with

    d( x 1 ,T x 0 )=d(A,B) satisfy  x 0 x 1 ;
  4. (iv)

    if { x n } is a non-decreasing sequence in A such that x n xA as n, then x n x for all nN;

  5. (v)
    1 2 d (x,Tx)d(x,y)d(Tx,Ty)ψ ( d ( x , y ) )
    (3.1)

for all x,yA with xy where d (x,y)=d(x,y)d(A,B) and ψΨ.

Then T has a unique best proximity point.

Proof Defining α:X×X[0,) as in the proof of Theorem 3.1, we find that T is an α-proximal admissible mapping with respect to η(x,y)=2 and is modified Suzuki α-ψ-proximal contraction. Assume α( x n , x n + 1 )2 for all nN such that x n x as n. Then x n x n + 1 for all nN. Hence, by (iv) we get x n x for all nN and so α( x n ,x)1 for all nN. That is, all conditions of Theorem 2.2 hold and T has a unique best proximity point. □

Corollary 3.2 Suppose that A and B are two non-empty closed subsets of partially ordered complete metric space (X,d,) with A 0 . Let T:AB be a non-self-mapping satisfying the following conditions:

  1. (i)

    T( A 0 ) B 0 and (A,B) satisfies the P-property;

  2. (ii)

    T is proximally ordered-preserving;

  3. (iii)

    there exist elements x 0 and x 1 in A 0 with

    d( x 1 ,T x 0 )=d(A,B) satisfying  x 0 x 1 ;
  4. (iv)

    if { x n } is a non-decreasing sequence in A such that x n xA as n, then x n x for all nN;

  5. (v)
    1 2 d (x,Tx)d(x,y)d(Tx,Ty)r ( d ( x , y ) )
    (3.2)

for all x,yA with xy where d (x,y)=d(x,y)d(A,B) and 0r<1.

Then T has a unique best proximity point.

4 Applications

As an application of our results, we deduce new fixed point results for Suzuki-type contractions in the set up of metric and partially ordered metric spaces.

If we take A=B=X in Theorems 2.1 and 2.2, then we deduce the following result.

Theorem 4.1 Let (X,d) be a complete metric space and T:XX be an α-admissible mapping with respect to η(x,y)=2 such that

d(x,Tx)α(x,y)d(x,y)d(Tx,Ty)ψ ( d ( x , y ) )

for all x,yX where ψΨ. Also suppose that the following assertions holds:

  1. (i)

    there exists x 0 X such that α( x 0 ,T x 0 )2;

  2. (ii)

    either T is continuous or if { x n } is a sequence in X such that α( x n , x n + 1 )2 and x n xX as n, then α( x n ,x)2 for all nN.

Then T has a unique fixed point.

If we take ψ(t)=kt in Theorem 4.1, where 0k<1, then we conclude to the following theorem.

Theorem 4.2 Let (X,d) ba a complete metric space and let T:XX be an α-admissible mapping with respect to η(x,y)=2 such that

d(x,Tx)α(x,y)d(x,y)d(Tx,Ty)kd(x,y)

for all x,yX where k[0,1). Also suppose that the following assertions hold:

  1. (i)

    there exists x 0 X such that α( x 0 ,T x 0 )2;

  2. (ii)

    either T is continuous or if { x n } is a sequence in X such that α( x n , x n + 1 )2 and x n xX as n, then α( x n ,x)2 for all nN.

Then T has a unique fixed point.

As a consequence of Theorem 4.2, by taking α(x,y)=2/θ(r), we derive the following theorem.

Theorem 4.3 Let (X,d) be a complete metric space and T be a self-mapping on X. Define a non-increasing function θ:[0,1)(1/2,1] by

θ(r)={ 1 if  0 r ( 5 1 ) / 2 , ( 1 r ) r 2 if  ( 5 1 ) / 2 < r < 2 1 / 2 , ( 1 + r ) 1 if  2 1 / 2 r < 1 .
(4.1)

Assume that there exists r[0,1) such that

1 2 θ(r)d(x,Tx)d(x,y)impliesd(Tx,Ty)rd(x,y)
(4.2)

for all x,yX. Then T has a unique fixed point.

Furthermore, if we take A=B=X in Theorems 3.1 and 3.2, then we deduce the following results.

Theorem 4.4 Suppose that (X,d,) is a partially ordered complete metric space and T:XX is a mapping satisfying the following conditions:

  1. (i)

    T is non-decreasing;

  2. (ii)

    there exists x 0 in X such that x 0 T x 0 ;

  3. (iii)

    T is continuous;

  4. (iv)
    1 2 d(x,Tx)d(x,y)d(Tx,Ty)ψ ( d ( x , y ) )
    (4.3)

for all x,yX with xy where ψΨ.

Then T has a unique fixed point.

Theorem 4.5 Suppose that (X,d,) is a partially ordered complete metric space and let T:XX be a mapping satisfying the following conditions:

  1. (i)

    T is non-decreasing;

  2. (ii)

    there exists x 0 in X such that x 0 T x 0 ;

  3. (iii)

    if { x n } is a non-increasing sequence in X such that x n xX as n, then x n x for all nN;

  4. (iv)
    1 2 d(x,Tx)d(x,y)d(Tx,Ty)ψ ( d ( x , y ) )
    (4.4)

for all x,yX with xy where ψΨ.

Then T has a unique fixed point.

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Hussain, N., Latif, A. & Salimi, P. Best proximity point results for modified Suzuki α-ψ-proximal contractions. Fixed Point Theory Appl 2014, 10 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-1812-2014-10

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