1. Introduction
In the recent past, the fixed-circle problem has been introduced as a new geometric generalization of fixed-point theory. After that, some solutions to this problem have been investigated using various techniques (for example, see [
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8], and the references therein). In addition, in [
1], the following open problem was given:
Let be a metric space and be any circle on X.
Open Problem: What is (are) the condition(s) to make any circle as the common fixed circle for two (or more than two) self-mappings?
Let
and
g be two self-mappings on a set
X. If
for all
, then
is called a common fixed circle of the pair
(see [
9] for more details).
Some solutions were given for this open problem (for example, see [
8,
9]). To obtain new solutions, in this paper, we define new contractions for the pair
and prove new common fixed-circle results on metric spaces. Before moving on to the main results, we recall the following.
Throughout this article, we denote by the set of all real numbers and by the set of all positive real numbers.
Let and g be self-mappings on a set X. If for some in X, then is called a coincidence point of and g, w is called a point of coincidence of and g.
Let denote the set of all common fixed-points of self-mappings and g.
In [
10], Wardowski introduced the following family of functions to obtain a new type of contraction called
-contraction.
Let be the family of all mappings that satisfy the following conditions:
is strictly increasing, that is, for all such that implies that ;
For every sequence of positive real numbers, and are equivalent;
There exists such that
Some examples of functions that confirm the conditions , , and are as follows:
;
;
;
(see [
10] for more details).
Definition 1. [10] Let be a metric space, and The mapping ξ is called an -contraction if there exists such thatfor all satisfying 2. Main Results
In this section, we prove new common fixed-circle theorems on metric spaces. For this purpose, we modify some well-known contractions such as the Wardowski-type contraction [
10], Nemytskii–Edelstein-type contraction [
11,
12], Banach-type contraction [
13], Hardy–Rogers-type contraction [
14], Reich-type contraction [
15], Chatterjea-type contraction [
16], and Kannan-type contraction [
17].
At first, we introduce the following new contraction type for two mappings to obtain some common fixed-circle results on metric spaces.
Definition 2. Let be a metric space and be two self-mappings on X. If there exist and such thatfor all satisfying then the pair is called a Wardowski-type -contraction. Notice that the point
mentioned in Definition 2 must be a common fixed-point of the mappings
and
g. In fact, if
is not a common fixed-point of
and
g, then we have
and
Hence, we obtain
This gives a contradiction since the domain of is As a result, we receive the following proposition as a consequence of Definition 2.
Proposition 1. Let be a metric space. If the pair is a Wardowski-type -contraction with then we have
Using this new type contraction, we give the following fixed-circle theorem.
Theorem 1. Let be a metric space and the pair be a Wardowski-type -contraction with Define the number σ byThen, is a common fixed circle of the pair . Especially, ξ and g fix every circle where Proof. We distinguish two cases.
Case 1: Let Clearly, and by Proposition 1, we see that is a common fixed circle of the pair .
Case 2: Let
and
If
and
then by (
1), we have
Hence, using the Wardowski-type
-contraction property and the fact that
is increasing, we obtain
This gives a contradiction. Therefore, we have , that is, and . As a consequence, is a common fixed circle of the pair .
Now, we show that
and
g also fix any circle
with
Let
and suppose that
With the Wardowski-type
-contraction property, we have
Since
is increasing, then we find
However, so this gives a contradiction. Thus, and . Hence, is a common fixed circle of the pair □
Example 1. Let with usual metric. Define byandTake and Thus, the pair is a Wardowski-type -contraction. For , we haveIn addition, we can easily see that the following inequality is satisfied:With Theorem (1), we obtainand fix the circle Notice that ξ and g fix also the circle The converse of Theorem 1 fails. The following example confirms this statement.
Example 2. Let be a metric space with any point Define the self-mappings ξ and g as follows:andfor all with any Then, it can be easily checked that the pair is not a Wardowski-type -contraction for the point but ξ and g fix every circle where Example 3. Let be the set of complex numbers, be the usual metric space, and define the self-mappings as follows:andfor all We have Thus, the pair is a Wardowski-type -contraction with and Obviously, the number of common fixed circles of ξ and g is infinite. Definition 3. If there exist and such that for all the following holds:with then the pair is called a Nemytskii–Edelstein-type -contraction. Proposition 2. Let be a metric space. If the pair is a Nemytskii-Edelstein-type -contraction with then we have
Proof. It can be easily proved from the similar arguments used in Proposition 1. □
Theorem 2. Let the pair be a Nemytskii–Edelstein-type -contraction with and σ be defined as in (1). Then, is a common fixed circle of the pair . Especially, ξ and g fix every circle where Proof. It can be easily seen from the proof of Theorem 1. □
In addition, we inspire the classical Banach contraction principle to give the following definition:
Definition 4. If there exist and such that for all , the following holds:with where then the pair is called a Banach-type -contraction. Proposition 3. Let be a metric space. If the pair is a Banach-type -contraction with then we have
Proof. It can be easily proved from the similar arguments used in Proposition 1. □
Theorem 3. Let the pair be a Banach-type -contraction with and σ be defined as in (1). Then is a common fixed circle of the pair . Especially, ξ and g fix every circle where Proof. It can be easily seen from the proof of Theorem 1. □
If we consider Example 1, then the pair is both a Nemytskii–Edelstein-type -contraction and a Banach-type -contraction with , and so , g have two common fixed circles and .
We introduce the notion of Hardy–Rogers-type -contraction.
Definition 5. Let be a metric space and be two self-mappings on X. The pair is called a Hardy–Rogers-type -contraction if there exist and such thatholds for any with , where are nonnegative numbers, and Proposition 4. If the pair is a Hardy–Rogers-type -contraction with then we have
Proof. Suppose that
and
From the definition of the Hardy–Rogers-type
-contraction with
we obtain
a contradiction because of
Thus, we have
□
Using Proposition 4, we rewrite the condition (
2) as follows:
with
where
are nonnegative numbers,
and
Using this inequality, we present the following fixed-circle result.
Theorem 4. Let the pair be a Hardy–Rogers-type -contraction with and σ be defined as in (1). If then is a common fixed circle of the pair . In addition, ξ and g fix every circle with Proof. We distinguish two cases.
Case 1: Let Clearly, and by Proposition 4, we see that is a common fixed circle of the pair .
Case 2: Let
and
Using the Hardy–Rogers-type
-contractive property and the fact that
is increasing, we have
This gives a contradiction. Therefore,
and so
. As a result,
is a common fixed circle of the pair
.
Now, we show that
and
g also fix any circle
with
Let
and suppose that
By the Hardy–Rogers-type
-contraction, we have
a contradiction. So, we obtain
and
. Thus,
is a common fixed circle of the pair
. □
Remark 1. If we take and in Definition 5, then we obtain the concept of a Wardowski-type -contractive mapping.
Now, we give the concept of a Reich-type -contraction as follows.
Definition 6. If there exist and such that for all , the following holds:with , where and . Then, the pair is called a Reich-type -contraction on X. Proposition 5. If the pair is a Reich-type -contraction with then we have
Proof. Assume that
and
From the definition of the Reich-type
-contraction with
we get
a contradiction because of
Then, we have
□
Using Proposition 5, we rewrite the condition (
3) as follows:
with
where
and
Using this inequality, we obtain the following common fixed-circle result.
Theorem 5. Let the pair be a Reich-type -contraction with and σ be defined as in (1). Then, is a common fixed circle of the pair . Especially, ξ and g fix every circle with Proof. We distinguish two cases.
Case 1: Let Clearly, and by Proposition 5, we see that is a common fixed circle of the pair .
Case 2: Let
and
This case can be easily seen since
Consequently, is a common fixed circle of the pair . Especially, and g fix every circle with □
To obtain, some new common fixed-circle results, we define the following contractions.
Definition 7. If there exist and such that for all , the following holds:with where then the pair is called a Chatterjea-type -contraction. Proposition 6. If the pair is a Chattereja-type -contraction with then we have
Proof. From the similar arguments used in Proposition 4, it can be easily proved. □
Theorem 6. Let the pair be a Chatterjea-type -contraction with and σ be defined as in (1). Then, is a common fixed circle of the pair . Especially, ξ and g fix every circle with Proof. We distinguish two cases.
Case 1: Let Clearly, and by Proposition 6, we see that is a common fixed circle of the pair .
Case 2: Let
and
Using the Chatterjea-type
-contractive property, the fact that
is increasing, and the triangle inequality property of metric function
d, we have
This gives a contradiction. Thus, that is, . As a result, is a common fixed circle of the pair . By the similar arguments used in the proof of Theorem 1, and g also fix any circle with □
Definition 8. If there exist and such that for all the following holds:with where then the pair is called a Kannan-type -contraction. Proposition 7. If the pair is a Kannan-type -contraction with then we have
Proof. From the similar arguments used in Proposition 4, it can be easily obtained. □
Theorem 7. Let the pair be a Kannan-type -contraction with and σ be defined as in (1). Then, is a common fixed circle of the pair . Especially, ξ and g fix every circle with Proof. We distinguish two cases.
Case 1: Let Clearly, and by Proposition 7, we see that is a common fixed circle of the pair .
Case 2: Let
and
Using the Kannan-type
-contractive property, the fact that
is increasing, and the triangle inequality property of metric function
d, we have
This gives a contradiction. Thus,
that is,
. As a result,
is a common fixed circle of the pair
. By similar arguments used in the proof of Theorem 1,
and
g also fix any circle
with
□
Now, we present an illustrative example of our obtained results.
Example 4. Let be the metric space with the usual metric. Let us define the self-mappings asandfor all The pair
is a Hardy–Rogers-type
-contraction with
and
Indeed, we get
for
and we get
Then, we have
The pair
is a Reich-type
-contraction with
and
Indeed, we get
for
and we have
Then, we obtain
The pair
is both a Chatterjea-type
-contractions and a Kannan-type
-contraction with
and
Indeed, for Chatterjea-type
-contractions, we get
for
and we have
Then, we obtain
For Kannan-type
-contractions, we have
for
and we have
Then, we obtain
Consequently,
and
g fix the circle
If we combine the notions of Banach-type
-contractions, Chatterjea-type
-contractions, and Kannan-type
-contractions, then we get the following corollary. This corollary can be considered as Zamfirescu-type common fixed-circle result [
18].
Corollary 1. Let be a metric space, be two self-mappings and σ be defined as in (1). If there exist and such that for all , at least one of the followings holds: ,
,
with where , then is a common fixed circle of the pair . Especially, ξ and g fix every circle with