1. Introduction
The fixed-point (FP) theory is a pivotal branch in mathematics and has found extensive applications across various disciplines, ranging from functional analysis and topology to physics, economics, and beyond. The essence of FP theory is the investigation of mappings that retain certain points during transformation, which serves as a foundational tool for understanding equilibrium and stability in various systems. In 1993, Czerwik [
1] introduced the notion of the
b-metric space (BMS) and proved the Banach contraction principle (BCP) in the framework of the complete BMS. This pioneering work established the groundwork for following research on endeavors in BMSs, establishing a diverse field of study. Further, in 2019, Mlaiki et al. [
2] extended this preliminary work by including
-admissible mappings and generalized quasi-contraction in the setting of BMSs, unveiling deeper insights into the FP results. In 2019, Faraji et al. [
3] delved into Geraghty-type contractive mappings, utilizing BMSs to not only present the BCP, but also give the solutions for nonlinear integral equations and highlighting the real-life significance of these theoretical developments. In 2020, subsequent advancements by Abbas et al. [
4] presented the generalization of the BCP by introducing the Suzuki-type multi-valued mapping and examining coincident and common FPs in the context of the BMS. These findings acted as accelerators for other research efforts, resulting in a series of consequences and insights throughout the area of the BMS, as indicated by the works [
5,
6,
7,
8].
In 2018, Mlaiki et al. [
9] incorporated controlled functions in the triangle inequality. This novel concept paved the way for a more generalized form of the Banach FP theorem (BFPT), offering a broader scope for applications and theoretical investigations in the FP theory. In 2003, Ran and Reurings [
10] used the notion of a partially ordered metric space, and their formulation of the BFPT imposed contractivity conditions exclusively on elements comparable within a partial order, as well as imposed the contractivity condition on the nonlinear map exclusively for elements that can be compared within the partial order. Later, in 2010, Amini-Harandi and Emami [
11] investigated the existence and uniqueness of solutions for periodic and boundary-value problems using partially ordered complete metric spaces and the Banach contraction principle (BCP), showcasing the applicability of the FP theory in addressing real-world problems in various domains. In 2022, Farhan et al. [
12] discussed Reich-type and
-contractions in partially ordered double controlled metric-type spaces (PODCMSs), illuminating the solution of nonlinear fractional differential equations through a monotonic iterative approach.
The emergence of coupled FPs (CFPs), initially introduced by Bhaskar and Lakshmikantham [
13], was utilized to investigate and analyze the presence and exclusivity of solutions for boundary-value problems. Further, in 2009, Lakshmikantham and Ćirić [
14] were the pioneers in introducing the concept of the coupled coincidence FP (CCFP) and coupled common FP for nonlinear contractive mappings with a monotone property in partially ordered complete metric spaces (POCMSs). In 2011, Choudhury et al. [
15] with their results applied a control function to extend the coupled contraction mapping theorem (CCMT) developed by Gnana Bhaskar and Lakshmikantham in partially ordered metric spaces to a coupled coincidence point conclusion for two compatible mappings. Additionally, it was assumed that the mappings satisfy a weak contractive inequality. In 2020, Mitiku et al. [
16] unified fundamental metrical FP theorems, establishing coincidence points, coupled coincidences, and the CCFP for generalized
-contractive mappings in partially ordered
b-metric spaces. For more on this, see the related literature [
17,
18,
19,
20]. Brzdęk et al. [
21] proved a fixed point theorem and the Ulam stability in generalized dq-metric spaces. Antón-Sancho [
22,
23] presented fixed points of principal E six-bundles over a compact algebraic curve and of the automorphisms of the vector bundle moduli space over a compact Riemann surface.
In this study, our aim is to go deeper into the realm of coincidence points, coupled coincidences, and CCFPs within the context of generalized -contractive mappings. These results are developed within the framework of partially ordered controlled-type metric spaces.
2. Preliminaries
In this section, we explain some core concepts that will be helpful for the proof of our main results.
Definition 1 ([
1]).
Assume a non-empty set Ω
and the function to be a given real number. A mapping is said to be a b-metric space if the following axioms hold: - (BM1)
if and only if
- (BM2)
for all
- (BM3)
for all
Then, the pair is called a b-metric space.
Definition 2 ([
20]).
Consider a non-empty set Ω
and to be a controlled function. Then, a mapping is said to be a controlled metric space if the following axioms hold: - (CM1)
if and only if ;
- (CM2)
for all ;
- (CM3)
for all
Then, the pair is called a controlled metric space.
Definition 3 ([
14]).
Assume to be a POS, and let be two mappings. Then, we have the following:- 1.
h is called a monotone non-decreasing sequence, if ∀ with
- 2.
An element is a coincidence CFP of g and h, if
- 3.
g and h are called commuting, if ∀
- 4.
g and h are compatible if any sequence in Ω
withfor some implies - 5.
A pair of self-mappings is named weakly compatible ifwhen for some - 6.
h is called monotone g-non-decreasing if for any
- 7.
is said to be a well-ordered set if every two points of it are comparable, i.e., and for
Definition 4 ([
14]).
Assume that is a POS, and consider two mappings and such that we have the following:- 1.
h has the mixed g-monotone property if h is non-decreasing g-monotone in its first argument and is non-increasing g-monotone in its second argument, that is, for any ,and - 2.
An ordered pair element is said to be a coupled coincidence point (CCP) of h and g if the following relation holds: Also, if g is an identity mapping, then is a CFP (CFP) of
- 3.
An element is said to have a common FP of g and h if - 4.
g and h are commutative, ifg and h are compatible ifandwhenever and are two sequences in Ω
such that, for all ,and The results presented here can be utilized for the convergence of a sequence in the controlled metric space (CMS).
Definition 5 ([
16]).
Assume that a function is an altering distance function if it satisfies the following conditions:- (a)
It is continuous and non-decreasing;
- (b)
if and only if
The set of all alternating distance functions is denoted by
Example 1. Defineby Then, they are alternating distance functions. Here, is if and only if The set of all lower semicontinuous functions is denoted by
Assume
to be a partially ordered controlled metric space (POCMS) with control function
and a mapping
Set
and
Now, we introduce the following notions.
Definition 6. If is a partially ordered set (POS), then is said to be a POCMS.
Definition 7. Assume is a POCMS, then we have the following:
- 1.
A sequence is said to be convergent to a point if, for each and written as - 2.
is said to be a Cauchy sequence if - 3.
The pair is called Cauchy if each Cauchy sequence in Ω is convergent in it.
Definition 8. If Θ is a complete metric, then is called a complete POCMS (CPOCMS).
Definition 9. Assume to be a partially ordered controlled metric space (POCMS) with control function α and A self-mapping:is called a generalized -contractive mapping if it satisfies the inequality given below:for any with Lemma 1. Assume to be a POCMS with control function α and and be two sequences that are α-convergent to u and v, respectively. Then, In a special case, if , then Additionally, for each we have 3. Main Results
In this section, we formulate the outcomes concerning the existence of coincidence points, coupled coincidences, and CCFPs in the realm of generalized -contractive mappings. These findings are developed within the specific setting of the POCMS.
Theorem 1. Assume to be a CPOCMS with metric Θ and to be a controlled function. Assume a mapping , which is an almost generalized -contractive mapping and a continuous, non-decreasing mapping with partial order If there exists a with , then h have the FP in
Proof. Assume
to be an arbitrary point in Ω such that
, then we have a result. Assume
, and define the sequence
by
for all
As h is non-decreasing, so by induction, we obtain
If there exists
such that
, then from (4),
is an FP of
then we have nothing to prove. Next, we assume that
for all
Since
for
and then from the contractive condition (3), we have
then, from (5), we obtain
where
if
for some
So, from (6), it follows that
a contradiction. This implies that
for
Hence, from (6), we obtain
Since,
, then the sequence
is a Cauchy sequence by [
6,
7,
8,
9]. As Ω is complete, so there exists some element
such that
Moreover, the continuity of h implies that
Hence, is an FP of h in □
Theorem 2. Assume to be a CPOCMS with metric Assume that a non-decreasing sequence in Ω, then for all i.e., sup . Let be a non-decreasing mapping that satisfies the contractive condition . If there exists a with , then h has a fixed point in
Proof. Using the proof of the above theorem, we construct a non-decreasing Cauchy sequence , which converges to in So, we have for any which implies that sup
Now, we have to prove that
is an FP of
i.e.,
Assume that
Let
and
Letting
and by utilizing
we conclude that
and
We know that, for all
, then from the contractive condition (3), we obtain
Letting
and using (13) and (14), we obtain
which is a contradiction, by the above inequality (16). Thus,
. That is,
is an FP of
□
Now, we provide the essential condition for the uniqueness of the FP in Theorems 1 and 2.
Condition 1. Every pair of elements has a lower bound or an upper bound.
The above condition states that, ∀ , there exist an element such that w is comparable to u and
Theorem 3. In addition, the hypothesis of Theorem 1 (or Theorem 2) and Condition 1 gives the uniqueness of an FP of h in
Proof. By applying Theorems 1 and 2, we deduce that
h has a non-empty set of FPs. Assume that
and
are two FPs of
h in
We want to prove that
Assume, on the contrary,
then by the hypothesis, we have
As a consequence, we obtain
where
From inequality
, we conclude that
which is a contradiction. By deduction, we obtain
This completes the proof. □
Assume
to be a POCMS with metric
and controlled function
Assume that
are two mappings. Set
and
Definition 10. Assume to be a POCMS with metric Θ
and controlled function We define a generalized -contraction mapping with respect to for some and Then, we say that is a generalized -contraction mapping if the inequality below holds:for any with also, and are already defined in and , respectively. Theorem 4. Assume to be a POCMS with metric Θ and controlled function We define a generalized -contraction mapping with respect to here, h and g are continuous such that h is a monotone g-non-decreasing mapping, compatible with g and If, for some , such that then h and g have a coincidence point in
Proof. Using the proof of Theorem 2.2 presented in [
4], consider two sequences
and
in
such that
for all
for which
By using [
4], we want to prove that
for all
here,
Now, by
and using
and
, we have
where
and
Consequently, from (27), we obtain
If
for some
, then, from (28), we obtain
or, likewise,
which is a contradiction. So, from (28), we conclude that
Therefore, Equation (
26) holds, and
Hence, by Equation (
26) and Lemma 3.1 of [
5], we deduce that
is a Cauchy sequence in
and it converges to
Also, as
is complete, so
Hence,
g and
h are compatible, and we obtain
Also,
g and
h are continuous mappings, so we have
Furthermore, by using the triangular inequality and Equations (32) and (33), we obtain
Therefore, we find that
as
in (34). Hence,
u is a coincidence point of
g and
h in
□
We deduce the result below by relaxing the continuity in Theorem 4 of g and h.
Theorem 5. Consider that Ω
satisfies, for any non-decreasing sequence in the above Theorem 4,in where is a closed subset of Ω,
which implies thatfor If there exists such that , then the weakly compatible mappings h and g have a coincidence point in Ω.
Furthermore, h and g have a common FP, if h and g commute at their coincidence points. Proof. As we know that the sequence:
is a Cauchy sequence, as in above Theorem 4, therefore is closed; hence, we have some such thatThen, by the hypothesis, we have for all Now, we will examine that is a coincidence point of h and g. By applying (23), we obtainwhere
and
So, Equation (
35) becomes
Moreover, by the triangular inequality, we have
then by (38) and (39), this leads to a contradiction, if
Hence,
Assume that
; this mean that g and h commute at point ϱ, then
and
Then, by
with
and
we obtain
or, equivalently,
This contradicts the inequality, if
Hence,
The above relation shows that ϱ is a common FP of h and □
Definition 11. Assume to be a POCMS with metric Θ
, controlled function , and A mapping is called an almost generalized -contraction mapping with respect to such that and , , whereand Theorem 6. Assume to be a POCMS with metric Θ and controlled function α. A mapping is called an almost generalized -contraction mapping with respect to , and h and g are continuous functions such that h has a mixed g-monotone property and commutes with Furthermore, assume that Then, h and g have a coupled coincidence point in if there exists an ordered pair such that and .
Proof. Now, by the proof of Theorem 2.2 in [
4], we can construct two sequences
and
in Ω such that
, for all
Here,
is a non-decreasing sequence and
is a non-increasing sequence in
Now, we replace
in (40):
where
and
Consequently, from (42), we have
Likewise, we replace
in (40), and we obtain
based on
Then, by (45) and (46), we obtain
where
Let us define
so by Equations (45)–(48), we deduce that
Assume that
, then by (50), we obtain
, resulting in
As
, therefore (52) is true. If
i.e.,
, then (50) follows from (51).
By (50), we deduce that
As a result,
Thus, according to Lemma
of [
5], the sequences
and
are Cauchy sequences in Ω. We can demonstrate that h and g have a coincidence point in Ω by applying the proof of Theorem
of [
10]. □
Corollary 1. Assume to be a POCMS with metric Θ
and controlled function α; also, is a continuous mapping, where h satisfies the mixed monotone condition. Assume there exist and such that and , whereand Then, h has a CFP in if there exists such that and
Proof. Choose in Theorem we obtain the required proof. □
Corollary 2. Assume to be a POCMS with metric Θ
and controlled function α; also, is a continuous mapping, where h satisfies the mixed monotone condition. Assume there exists such that and , whereand Then, h has a CFP in if there exists such that and
Theorem 7. In Theorem 6, if for all there exists such that are comparable to and then h and g have a unique CFP in
Proof. From Theorem 5, we have at least one coupled coincidence point in for h and Suppose that are two CFPs of h and i.e., and
Next, we have to demonstrate that and By hypothesis, there exists such that are comparable to and
Assume that
and
, then by choosing
, as
By repeating the procedure performed above, we obtain two sequences
and
in
such that
In the same manner, we define a sequence and as above in by setting and
As
is comparable to
, so we obtain
Consequently, we determine that, through induction,
As a result of (40), we have
where
and
By using a similar technique, we can demonstrate that
We have from (57) and (58) that
Consequently, we obtain, by using the property of
,
This demonstrates that
is a decreasing sequence, and as a result, there exists
such that
By letting the upper limit in (58) be as
we have
whereas we obtain
which implies that
Thus,
By using a similar argument, we obtain
Hence, by (60) and (61), we obtain
and
As
and
, then we know that
g and
h are commutative, and we have
Assume that
and
, then (62) becomes
This shows that
is a CFP of
h and
Thus, it follows that
and
, that is
and
By (63), we have
Hence, is a coupled common FP of h and
Now, for uniqueness, assume
to be another CFP of
h and
then
As is another coupled FP of h and then we obtain and Hence, and This completes the proof. □
Theorem 8. Additionally, in the hypotheses of Theorem 6, if and are comparable, then h and g have a unique common fixed point in Ω.
Proof. By Theorem 6, h and g have a unique common FP It is sufficient to demonstrate that Then, by the hypothesis, and are comparable. Now, we assume that ⪯ So, by induction, we deduce that ⪯ for all We take the sequence and from Theorem 5.
Now, by Lemma 1, we obtain
which is a contradiction. Hence,
i.e.,
h and
g have a unique common FP in
□
Remark 1. We know that the controlled metric space becomes a metric space when we take a function in the triangular inequality equal to 1. Then, the condition of Jachymski’s [11] resultis equal towhere , is continuous, and ∀
and iff As a result, we generalize and expand the findings of the study by [12,13,14,15,16] and several other comparable results. Corollary 3. Assume to be a CPOCMS with metric Θ
and controlled function α; also, is a continuous non-decreasing mapping with partial order ⪯ such that there exists with Assume that Here, the conditions upon and are similar to Theorem 1. Then, h has a unique FP in
Proof. Setting in a contractive condition (3) and by utilizing Theorem 1, we obtain the proof. □
Corollary 4. Assume to be a CPOCMS with metric Θ
and controlled function α; also, is a continuous non-decreasing mapping with partial order Now, for any with partial order , there exists such thatif there exists with then h has a unique FP in Proof. Take and for all in Corollary 3 □
Assume
Define
and
to be a control function with partial order “⪯”on
defined by
Define a mapping by and Assume and for , then all conditions of Corollary 3 are fulfilled; hence, h has a fixed point in