1. Introduction
Fixed-point theory is a famous field of functional analysis with a lot of applications in different fields of both pure and applied mathematics. In the metric fixed point (FP), Banach [
1] first proposed the Banach contraction theorem, which has become more important with vast applications. In nonlinear analysis, FP theory is a large and active area of research. It is used to solve differential equations, integral equations, nonlinear and functional analysis, as well as other computer sciences and engineering problems. The notion of the fuzzy set, and some basic operations on the fuzzy set, was introduced by Zaddeh [
2]. The fuzzy set has proven quite hopeful and fruitful in modeling human participation in human–ground intellect to achieve innovation in many fields such as data analysis, data mining, image coding explaining, and also for intelligence systems that are new notional systems to assist human-centric frames.
In 1982, Deng [
3] introduced fuzzy pseudo-metric spaces and discussed two fuzzy points. Grabiec [
4] and George et al. [
5] proved Baire’s theorem for fuzzy metric spaces (FMSs) along with other well-known metric spaces facts, including a Hausdorff topology on the FMS that Kramosil [
6] and Kaleva et al. [
7] proposed. Moreover, Beg et al. [
8], Manro et al. [
9], Qiu et al. [
10], and Rehman et al. [
11] discussed different FP problems and related applications in FMSs. We can create a triangle inequality that is similar to the ordinary triangle inequality by defining an ordering and an addition in the set of fuzzy numbers. Similarly, Weiss [
12] and Butnariu [
13] established the concept of fuzzy maps and showed many significant results in the field theory of FPs.
Heilpern [
14] proved an important FP theorem for fuzzy maps that is more general than Nadler’s set-valued result [
15]. Inspired from Heilpern’s results, FP theory for fuzzy contraction utilizing the Hausdorff metric spaces has become more important in various directions by many researchers [
16,
17,
18,
19]. Furthermore, Shamas et al. [
20] presented unique FP problems for various self-contractive mappings in FMSs by utilizing the “triangular property of the FMS”. They also provided some examples to back up their conclusions. They also demonstrated an application by solving a specific situation of a second-order Fredholm integral equation (FIE). Recently, Rasham et al. [
21] established the existence of fuzzy FP theorems for advanced local contraction in complete multiplicative metric spaces with applications to integral and functional equations in dynamical programming. In this paper, we prove some new symmetrical fuzzy FP theorems satisfying a generalized local contraction for a hybrid pair of fuzzy-dominated mappings in FMSs. Some new FP theorems for a couple of fuzzy-graph-dominated contraction on a closed ball in such spaces. Illustrative examples are provided in detail to validate our obtained findings. Lastly, to show the originality of our main FP theorems, we apply it to prove the existence of a common solution of FIEs. We present the definitions and outcomes that we use in the initiation.
Definition 1 [
20].
Let be a nonempty set. A 3-tuple ,∗) is said to be an FMS, ∗ is known as a continuous t-norm, and is a fuzzy set on ×
×
satisfying the given conditions: (i)andiff
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)is a continuous t-norm for alland. Forand,is the closed ball (Ϲ-bàƖ) in the FMS.
Definition 2 [
20].
Let ,∗) be an FMS.(i) A sequenceis known as a Cauchy sequence if, for each 0 < ε < 1 and t > 0, there is∈ ℕ so that
(ii) Let,∗) be an FMS, for, and the sequencein. Then,is said to be convergent to a pointiffor
(iii) If every Cauchy sequence is convergent in, then,∗) is complete.
Definition 3 [
17].
Let ,∗) be an FMS and . An element of is very nearest to if it gives the finest estimation in for
, i.e., Definition 4 [
16].
Let ,∗) be an FMS. The function given as , is the -Hausdorff metric. The pair is called the -Hausdorff metric space. Definition 5 [
16].
Let be a nonempty set, ,, and a function is given as . Then, is said to be -admissible on if , where for each .
Definition 6 [
17].
Let be a nonempty set, ,, and a function is given as . Then, is said to be -dominated on if .
Definition 7 [
17].
Let be a fuzzy set, it functions from to , and denotes the class of entirely fuzzy sets in . If , then is said to be the grade membership of element in . Then, represents the -level set of and given by Definition 8 [
17].
A fuzzy subset of is an approximate quantity iff its -level set is a compact convex subset of for each and . Definition 9 [
17].
Let be an arbitrary set and be any metric space. Then, a fuzzy mapping as a fuzzy subset of in the sense that Definition 10 [
17].
Let be a fuzzy mapping. A point is said to be a fuzzy FP of if there exists so that Lemma 1. Let,∗) be an FMS. Letbe a Hausdorff-FMS onThen, for alland for eachsatisfyingthen.
Proof. If then for all . As is a closed compact set, for each , there exists at most one estimate satisfying
Now, if
it implies that
□
2. Main Results
Let ,∗) be a complete FMS and and be two -fuzzy-dominated mappings on . Let be an element so that
. Let be such that . Let be such that .
Proceeding this way, we achieve a sequence of points in so that and , where . In addition, and . We name this type of sequence as , where is the sequence in generated by .
Theorem 1. Let,∗) be a complete FMS. Letandbe two fuzzy-dominated maps onsatisfying:where and. Moreover,whenever(0,, ,
, and . Then, is a sequence in and Again, if (1) holds for , then S and T have a common fuzzy FP in . Proof. Consider a sequence
. Then, from (2),
Let , …… for . If is odd, then for some . As are -dominated maps on , and . This signifies . In addition, , so .
Now, by applying Lemma 1,
Taking
as a minimum from
, then (3) becomes
Taking
as a minimum from
, then inequality (3) will be
implies that
Taking
as a minimum from
then inequality (3) will be
Let
be the maximum term of (
. Then, from all three cases of inequalities (4)–(6), we obtain
This signifies that
From inequality (7), we have
Repeating these steps, we can obtain
Similarly, for
Thus, inequalities (9) and (10) can be written as for all
Hence,
Taking
, this yields from (11):
.
As
is triangular, we have
Thus, the sequence
is a Cauchy sequence in
. As
is complete,
, by the assumption
. Suppose that
We want to show that
. By using the triangular property of
, we have
Now, by the assumption
,
, and
, using inequality (1) and Lemma 1, we obtain
Now, taking
, and using (12) and (14), we obtain
Inequality (17) together with (15) and (14) implies that
As , one has = 1. This shows that
Let
be so that
. Suppose that
and
. Then, in view of inequality (1), we have for
Hence, we obtain = 1, so . Thus, is the unique FP of S in Similarly, we can prove that T has a unique FP in . Hence, S and T both have a common fuzzy FP in and . □
Example 1. Take, andis an FMS fromdefined asforand . Now, forand,is defined asand and, where.
Let, t = 7, and. Then, Now, we have Now,
Thus,in with generator. Define Now, forand, by usingandin (1), we have As,
and puttingand Letting
Taking, (19) gives
We obtain.
This satisfies all the requirements of Theorem 1. Thus, the contraction exists on the Ϲ-bàƖ. Now, we take points from the whole space instead of Ϲ-bàƖ. Now, taking,, and, and choosing, we obtain.
Finally, we obtain. This is not true. Hence, the contraction exists only on Ϲ-bàƖ. Thus, all requisites of Theorem 1 are fulfilled.
Corollary 1. Let,∗) be a complete FMS. Letandbe two fuzzy-dominated mappings onsatisfying:whereand. Moreover,whenever,, and. Then,is a sequence inand. Again, if (19) holds for, then S and T have a common fuzzy FP in.
If we putin Theorem 1, we obtain the above result.
Corollary 2. Let,∗) be a complete FMS. Letandbe two fuzzy-dominated mappings onsatisfying:whereand. Moreover,whenever(0,,, and. Then,is a sequence inand. Again, if (21) holds for, then S and T have a common fuzzy FP in. If we put , in Theorem 1, we obtain the above result.
Corollary 3. Let,∗) be a complete FMS. Letandbe two fuzzy-dominated mappings onsatisfying:
where
and . Moreover,whenever (0,
,, and . Then, is a sequence in and Again, if (23) holds for , then S and T have a common fuzzy FP in . 4. Application to Fredhlom-Type Integral Equations
Clearly, many authors have proven many different types of linear and nonlinear-Volterra and Fredhlom integral equations (FIEs) by applying the generalized contractions principle. Aydi at al. [
30], Hussain et al. [
31], Nashine et al. [
32], Rasham et al. [
17], and Rehman et al. [
11] proved significant FP results for the existence of a solution of linear and nonlinear integral equations. For further FP results with applications to the system of integral equations, see [
33,
34,
35].
Let
be the set consisting of all continuous real-valued functions on
where
. Now, we prove a special case of FIEs for the second type given by:
where
and
The metric space
is induced and defined by
The continuous t-norm of the binary operator is defined by .
We can express FMS
as
Theorem 3. Then, the FIEs (26) and (27) have unique solutions.
Proof. Define mappings
by
S and T are well defined and (26) and (27) have unique solutions if and only if S and T have unique FPs in . Now, we want to prove that Theorem 1 is workable for integral operator S and T; thus, we have the following six cases □
Case-I. Let the maximum term in (31) be
. Then,
; therefore, in the outlook of (28) and (29), we obtain
such that The inequality (34) holds if . Thus, the integral operators S and T satisfy all the conditions of Theorem 1. Then, the integral operators S and T have unique solutions.
Case-II. If
is the maximum term of (31), then
=
. Therefore, using (28) and (29), we have
such that
Case-III. If
is the maximum term in (31), then
Therefore, using (28) and (29), we have
such that
Case-IV. If
is the maximum term in (31), then
Therefore, using (28) and (29), we have
such that
Case-V. If
is the maximum term in (31), then
Using (28) and (29), we have
.
such that
The inequalities (34), (36), (38) and (41) hold if Thus, the integral operators S and T fulfill all requirements of Theorem 1 with and . The integral operators S and T have unique solutions.
Case-VI. If
is the maximum term in (31), then
Therefore, from (28) and (29), we have
such that Inequality (39) holds if Thus, the integral operator S fulfills all conditions of Theorem 1 with and . The integral operators S and T have unique FPs. Now, we look at a specific type of example for an instance of an FIE of the second kind.
Example 2. Takeand putin (26) and (27).whereand.
Equations (40) and (41) are the special kinds of integral equations where
Then
where
Now, we have to show that
From (32) and (33), we have
As a result, all requirements of Theorem 3 hold with . The integral Equations (40) and (41) have unique solutions.