1. Introduction and Preliminaries
Banach’s work, which is significant in many fields of science, mentions the existence of a fixed point of a mapping on a defined metric space [
1]. This important principle has been used for the solution to some equations encountered in many different fields of mathematics. In addition, fixed point theorem has been studied by some authors, and important results have been obtained in various spaces [
2,
3].
On the other hand, fuzzy subjects gained importance when Zadeh first defined the fuzzy set [
4]. The metric definition in a fuzzy set was then given [
5]. Then, the fuzzy metric space was defined [
6], and later, a different version of the fuzzy metric space was established by considering the condition of G-completeness [
7,
8]. On the other hand, the subject of fixed point theory, which has been dealt with by most scientists, has also had an important place in fuzzy metric spaces. This subject has been studied on two different versions of fuzzy metric spaces: M-complete and G-complete [
9]. In this process, some of the most important theorems and results were obtained [
10]. Some authors have made important contributions to the subject of fuzzy metric spaces [
3,
11,
12,
13,
14,
15,
16]. After these important studies, fixed point theory has since become popular in some branches of fuzzy mathematics. Many authors have presented many important and diverse studies on fixed point theory [
6,
17].
In this work, we introduce the definition of a -contraction bounded semi-open interval to give new theorems related to fixed points and the application of the results of these theorems. First, we set a nondecreasing condition on this -contraction. Second, we want the image under the -contraction to approach the value 1 as the limit of a sequence in which the elements are defined in the semi-open interval approaches the value 1. We prove the existence and uniqueness of the fixed point for a -contraction with the G-completeness condition of non-Archimedean fuzzy metric spaces. We present an example for the results obtained. Additionally, we set up a few applications to show that solutions to integral equations can be found using our main results.
Throughout this study, short versions of some terms will be given. NAFMS will be written instead of the expression of non-Archimedean fuzzy metric spaces, and FMS will be written instead of the expression of fuzzy metric spaces.
Definition 1 ([
12]).
Let be a commutative, associative, and continuous binary operation. Then, ∇ is a continuous -norm, first, if the condition is provided for every and, second, the condition is provided whenever and Definition 2 ([
7])
. Let Θ be a nonempty set, ∇ be a continuous t-norm, and be a fuzzy set on for the triple For all , if the following conditions are provided, then is called FMS:- 1.
- 2.
iff
- 3.
- 4.
- 5.
is continuous.
If the condition (4) replaced by
- 4o
≥ for all and
or equivalently,
,
then is called NAFMS [13].
Definition 3. Let be an NAFMS. Then, it will be necessary to mention some definitions of any sequence in Θ below:
- (1)
Convergence: If the limit of becomes 1 as n approaches ∞ for all i.e., for each and there exists a such that for all . Then, it is said to be convergent toward ς in Θ and is denoted by [6,13]. - (2)
Being G-Cauchy: If the limit of becomes 1 as ♭ approaches ∞ for any and then is said to be G-Cauchy [9,13,15]. - (3)
Completeness: If every G-Cauchy sequence converges, then is said to be complete [10,15].
Definition 4 ([
18])
. Let £ be the family of all ξ functions such that is a continuous and strictly increasing mapping and for each sequence of positive numbers if and only if The following definitions are defined for all , and for a real number .
- (1)
The mapping
is called a
-contraction such that
is satisfied.
- (2)
The mapping
is called a
-weak contraction such that
is satisfied.
In this work, we use the special version of the above definition below:
Let
be a nondecreasing mapping such that for every sequence
is provided.
Throughout this work, we consider the set of as ℑ.
2. Main Results
Definition 5. The mapping is called a δ-contraction such that there exists a when is satisfied for all ,
Theorem 1. Let the triple be a complete NAFMS and be a δ-contraction. If or δ is continuous, then ℜ has a unique fixed point.
Proof. Let
and assign the sequence
by
for all
If
, then
is a fixed point of
Let
for all natural numbers ♭ with the point
Therefore, from (
2), we have
Assume that
Then, from the inequality (
3), we have
which is a contradiction. Therefore, we have
Then, from the inequality (
3), we have
By repeating the process, then, we obtain
As the limit ♭ goes to
∞ in (
4), we have
Then, from the property of
, we have
The sequence
being
G-Cauchy: In order to show that, if the inequality (
4) is used, then, we have
Since for some fixed
is fixed and as the limit as ♭ goes to
∞ in the inequality (
6), we have
Then, from the property of
, we have
Therefore,
is a
G-Cauchy sequence. From the completeness of
, there exists
such that
If
G is continuous, from (
5), we have
This proves that
is a fixed point of
ℜ. Let
be continuous; then, we claim that
On the contrary, let
In that case, there is an
such that
is a subsequence of
for which
for all
If the inequality (
2) is used, then, we have
As ♭ approaches
∞ in (
7), we obtain
a contradiction. Hence,
is the fixed point of
Now, to show the uniqueness of the fixed point
ℜ, we assume that
are two fixed points of
ℜ. If
then there exists
such that
, and hence,
a contradiction. Hence, the fixed point of
ℜ is unique. □
Remark 1. Let be a complete NAFMS and satisfying the following condition: for all , and . Then, ℜ is a continuous mapping.
Proof. From continuity of
and (
8), it is seen that
ℜ is a contractive mapping, i.e.,
for all
Thus,
ℜ is a continuous mapping. □
Corollary 1. Let be a G-complete NAFMS and be a mapping. Assume that there exist and such that for all Then, ℜ has a unique fixed point.
Proof. Let the sequence
be defined as in Theorem1 and
for all
Therefore, by the inequality (
9), we have
As the limit goes to
∞ in (
10), we have
Then, from the property of
, we have
Similar to Theorem 1, it can be shown that the sequence is a G-Cauchy sequence. Since is complete, there exists such that On the other hand, note that ℜ is continuous. Then, we obtain .
Now, to show the uniqueness of the fixed point
ℜ, we assume that
are two fixed points of
ℜ. If
then there exists
such that
, and hence,
which is a contradiction. Hence, the fixed point of
ℜ is unique. □
Example 1. Let and for all and with It is clear that is complete NAFMS also from the work of Romaguera et al. [19]. Let be such that for all . It is clear that all the properties of the δ are satisfied. Define by for all We want to show that ℜ satisfies the inequality (9). Let for all Then,for some . The inequality (11) is equivalent to Then, we havefor some . Thus, we have Hence, the inequaity (12) is satisfied with Therefore, all the conditions of Corollary 1 are satisfied and is the unique fixed point of ℜ. 3. Application to Integral Equations
Let
be the set of real continuous functions for
. Define
as
for all
and
, where
is defined by
with the continuous
t-norm ∇ such that
Since
,
is a complete metric space, then
is complete NAFMS. Consider the Fredholm-type integral equation as follows:
and consider the mapping
by
for all
where
(Â-1) is continuous;
(Â-2) is continuous;
(Â-3) is continuous;
(Â-4) If
, then
for all
and
(Â-5) The following inequality holds:
for all
.
Theorem 2. Under the assumptions (Â-1)–(Â-5), the Fredholm-type integral Equation (14) has a solution in
Proof. Here, we show that
ℜ satisfies all the conditions of Corollary 1. For any
we have
Therefore, we have
and so we obtain
Define
by
for all
. Using (
9) and the property of
, we have
If we choose
such that
Therefore,
ℜ has a unique fixed point, that is, the integral Equation (
11) has a unique solution in
. □
Fixed point theory has many applications in some branches of mathematics. In particular, fixed point theory solutions are used to find the solution of some kinds of equations. For example, Abdeljawad et al. [
20] recently presented an application for fractional differential equations. In the following section, we show the result of our main theorem and the existence of solutions of fractional differential equations.
4. Application to Fractional Differential Equations
In this section, we show that a nonlinear fractional differential equations has a solution in the sense of the Caputo derivative. Recall that the Caputo fractional derivative of
order
is denoted by
and it is defined as follows:
with
where
and
denotes the greatest integer of
and
is continuous. Let
be the set of all continuous functions from
into
. Define
as
for all
and
, where
is defined by
with the continuous
t-norm ∇ such that
Since
,
is complete metric space, then
is complete NAFMS. Consider the fractional integral equation as follows:
and consider the mapping
by
where
(Ĥ-1)
is continuous and
with the boundary conditions
for all
(Ĥ-2) If
, then
for all
,
and
Theorem 3. Under the assumptions (Ĥ-1) and (Ĥ-2), the nonlinear fractional differential equation has a solution in X.
Proof. Here, we show that
T satisfies all the conditions of Corollary 1. For any
, we have
Therefore,
and so, we have
Define
by
for all
, using (
9) and the property of
, we have
Therefore, T has a unique fixed point, that is, the nonlinear fractional differential Equation (14) has a unique solution in . □