• No results found

On common fixed points in modular vector spaces

N/A
N/A
Protected

Academic year: 2020

Share "On common fixed points in modular vector spaces"

Copied!
9
0
0

Loading.... (view fulltext now)

Full text

(1)

R E S E A R C H

Open Access

On common fixed points in modular

vector spaces

Afrah AN Abdou

1

and Mohamed A Khamsi

2,3*

*Correspondence:

[email protected] 2Department of Mathematical

Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA 3Department of Mathematics and

Statistics, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia

Full list of author information is available at the end of the article

Abstract

In this work, we discuss the concept of Banach operator pairs in modular vector spaces. We prove the existence of common fixed points for these type of operators which satisfy a modular continuity in modular compact sets. On the basis of our result, we are able to give an analog of DeMarr’s common fixed point theorem for a family of symmetric Banach operator pairs in modular vector spaces.

MSC: Primary 47H09; secondary 46B20; 47H10; 47E10

Keywords: Banach operator pair; electrorheological fluids; fixed point; KKM-mapping; modular function space; modular metric space; retraction

1 Introduction

In recent years, there was an surge of interest in the study of electrorheological fluids, sometimes referred to as ‘smart fluids’ (for instance lithium polymetachrylate). For these fluids, modeling with sufficient accuracy using classical Lebesgue and Sobolev spaces,Lp

andW,p, wherepis a fixed constant is not adequate, rather the exponentpshould be

able to vary [–]. One of the most interesting problem discussed in these spaces is the Dirichlet energy problem [, ]. One way to discuss this problem is to convert the energy functional, defined by a modular, to a problem which involves a convoluted and compli-cated norm (the Luxemburg norm). The modular approach is natural and has not been used.

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the existence of common fixed points of map-pings defined on subsets of modular vector spaces, as introduced by Nakano [] which are natural generalizations of many classical function spaces. The common fixed point problem of a pair of commuting mappings was investigated as early as the first fixed point results were proved [, ]. This problem becomes more challenging in view of the his-torically significant and negatively settled question that a pair of commuting continuous self-mappings defined on [, ] may not have a common fixed point []. Over the years, many mathematicians have tried to find weaker forms of commutativity that imply the ex-istence of a common fixed point for a pair of self-mappings. Weakly compatible mappings [] and Banach operator pairs [–] were introduced and provided generalizing results in metric fixed point theory for single-valued mappings. In this work, we discuss some of these results for multi-valued in modular vector spaces.

(2)

A good reference for metric fixed point theory is the book []. For modular spaces, the interested reader may consult the books [–].

2 Preliminaries

Modular vector spaces have been studied in [, ].

Definition .[] LetXbe a real vector space. A functionalρ:X→[, +∞] is called a modular if

() ρ(x) = if and only ifx= ; () ρ(x) =ρ(–x);

() ρ(αx+ ( –α)y)≤ρ(x) +ρ(y), for anyx,yXandα∈[, ]. If we replace () by

() ρ(αx+ ( –α)y)≤αρ(x) + ( –α)ρ(y), for anyx,yXandα∈[, ], thenρis called a convex modular.

The concept of modular finds its roots in the work of Nakano [] who expanded the earlier ideas of Orlicz and Birnbaum who tried to generalize the classical function spaces of the Lebesgue typeLp. Orlicz and Birnbaum’s ideas consisted in considering spaces of

functions with some growth properties different from the power type growth. In other words, they considered the space:

=

f :R→R;∃λ>  such that

Rϕ

λf(x)dx<∞

,

where ϕ: [,∞]→[,∞] was assumed to be a convex function increasing to infinity,

i.e., the function which to some extent behaves similar to power functionsϕ(t) =tp. The

functionalρ:[, +] defined by

ρ(f) =

Rϕ

f(x)dx,

is a modular on.

The classical book [] contains many examples of modular function spaces. The inter-ested reader may also consult the most recent book [].

Definition . LetXbe a vector space andρa convex modular defined onX. The set

=

xX; lim

λ→+ρ(λx) = 

is a vector subspace ofXknown as the associated modular vector space. On it we define the Luxemburg norm

=inf

λ;ρ

x λ

≤

,

for anyx.

(3)

Definition . LetXbe a vector space andρa convex modular defined onX. () The sequence{xn}n∈Ninis said to beρ-convergent toxif and only if

ρ(xnx)→, asn→ ∞.xwill be called theρ-limit of{xn}.

() The sequence{xn}nN inis said to beρ-Cauchy ifρ(xmxn)→, asm,n→ ∞.

() A subsetMofis said to beρ-closed if theρ-limit of aρ-convergent sequence of

Malways belong toM.

() A subsetMofis said to beρ-complete if anyρ-Cauchy sequence inMis a

ρ-convergent sequence and itsρ-limit is inM. () A subsetMofis said to beρ-bounded if we have

δρ(M) =sup

ρ(xy);x,yM<∞.

() A subsetMofis said to be sequentiallyρ-compact if for any{xn}inMthere

exists a subsequence{xnk}andxMsuch thatρ(xnkx)→.

() A nonempty subsetKofis said to beρ-compact if for any family{;α}of

ρ-closed subsets ofwithK∩ · · · ∩Aαn=∅, for anyα, . . . ,αn, we have

K

α

=∅.

() ρis said to satisfy the Fatou property if and only if for any sequences{xn}and{yn}in whichρ-converge, respectively, toxandy, we have

ρ(xy)≤lim inf

n→∞ ρ(xnyn).

In general iflimn→∞ρ(λ(xnx)) = , for someλ> , then we may not havelimn→∞ρ(λ

(xnx)) = , for allλ> . Therefore, as it is done in modular function spaces, we will say

thatρsatisfies-condition if this is the case,i.e.limn→∞ρ(λ(xnx)) = , for someλ> 

implieslimn→∞ρ(λ(xnx)) = , for allλ> . In particular, we have

lim

n→∞xn=  if and only if nlim→∞ρ

λ(xnx)

= , for allλ> ,

for any{xn} ∈andx. In other words, we see thatρ-convergence and · ρ

con-vergence are equivalent if and only if the modularρsatisfies the-condition.

In the next section, we will prove Brouwer’s fixed point theorem in modular vector spaces and obtain a common fixed point result as was done in []. The following defi-nition is therefore needed.

Definition . LetXbe a vector space andρa convex modular defined onX. LetC

be nonempty andρ-closed. LetT:Cbe a map. We will say thatT isρ-continuous

if{T(xn)}ρ-converges toT(x) if{xn}ρ-converges tox. Moreover, we will sayTis strongly ρ-continuous ifT isρ-continuous and

lim inf

n→∞ ρ

yT(xn)

=ρyT(x),

for any{xn} ⊂Csuch that{xn}ρ-converges toxand for anyyC. A pointxCis called

(4)

We now introduce the concept of Banach operator pairs [, ] in modular vector spaces.

Definition . LetXbe a vector space andρa convex modular defined onX. LetC

be nonempty. LetS,T:CCbe two self-mappings. The ordered pair (T,S) is said to be a Banach operator pair whenever the setFix(T) isS-invariant,i.e.,

SFix(T)⊆Fix(T).

Note that ifSandTcommute,i.e.,ST=TS, then the ordered pairs (S,T) and (T,S) are Banach operator pairs. Therefore the concept of Banach operator pairs is seen as a weakening of the commutativity condition.

3 Common fixed points for Banach operators pairs

We prove the Brouwer fixed point theorem [] in modular vector spaces via the theorem of Knaster-Kuratowski-Mazurkiewicz (KKM) [].

LetXbe a vector space andρa convex modular defined onX. LetCbe nonempty.

The set of all subsets ofCis denoted C. The notationconv(A) describes the convex hull

ofA, whileconvρ(A) describes the smallestρ-closed convex subset ofwhich containsA.

Recall that a family{X;α}is said to have the finite intersection property if the intersection of each finite subfamily is not empty. Throughout this section, we will assume thatρis finite,i.e.,ρ(x) < +∞, for anyxX, andρsatisfies the Fatou property.

Definition . LetXbe a vector space andρa convex modular defined onX. LetC be nonempty. A multi-valued mappingG:C→ is called a

Knaster-Kuratowski-Mazurkiewicz mapping (in short KKM-mapping) if

conv{x, . . . ,xn}

i∈[,n]

G(xi),

for anyf, . . . ,fnC.

A subset A is called finitely ρ-closed if for every x,x, . . . ,xn, the set

convρ({x, . . . ,xn})∩Aisρ-closed.

We are now ready to prove the following result.

Theorem . Let X be a vector space andρa convex modular defined on X.Let CXρbe

nonempty,and G:C→ be a KKM-mapping such that for any xC,G(x)is nonempty and finitelyρ-closed.Then the family{G(x);xC}has the finite intersection property.

Proof Assume not, i.e. there exist x, . . . ,xnC such that

≤inG(xi) =∅. Set L=

convρ({xi}) in. Our assumptions imply thatLG(xi) isρ-closed for everyi= , , . . . ,n.

Sinceρ-closedness implies closedness for the Luxemburg norm · ρ,LG(xi) is closed

for · ρ, for anyi∈ {, . . . ,n}. Thus for everyxL, there existsisuch thatxdoes not belong toLG(xi) sinceL∩(

≤inG(xi)) =∅. Hence dx,LG(xi)

=infx;yLG(xi)

(5)

becauseLG(xi) is closed. We use the function α(x) =

≤in

dx,LG(xi)

> ,

wherexK=conv{x, . . . ,xn}, to define the mapT:KKby

T(x) = 

α(x)

≤in

dx,LG(xi)

xi.

It is obvious thatTis a continuous map. Using the compactness of the convex subsetKof (, · ρ), we can use Brouwer’s theorem to ensure the existence of a fixed pointx∈K ofT,i.e. T(x) =x. Set

I=i;dx,LG(xi)

= .

Clearly, we have

x= 

α(x)

iI

dx,LG(xi)

xi.

Hencex∈/

iIG(xi) andx∈conv({xi;iI}) contradict the assumption

conv{xi;iI}

iI

G(xi).

As an immediate consequence of Theorem ., we obtain the following result.

Theorem . Let X be a vector space andρ a convex modular defined on X. Let C be nonempty,and G:C→ be a KKM-mapping such that for any xC,G(x)is

nonempty andρ-closed.Assume there exists f∈C such that G(f)isρ-compact.Then we

havexCG(x)=∅.

The following lemma is needed in proving the analog of Ky Fan fixed point result [] in modular vector spaces.

Lemma . Let X be a vector space andρa convex modular defined on X.Let KXρbe a

nonempty convex,ρ-compact subset.Let T:KXρbe stronglyρ-continuous.Then there

exists x∈K such that

ρx–T(x)

=inf

x

xT(x)

.

Proof LetG:K→Kbe defined by G(y) =xK;ρxT(x)≤ρyT(x).

SinceTis stronglyρ-continuous andρis assumed to satisfy the Fatou property, we have

ρxT(x)≤lim inf

n→∞ ρ

xnT(xn)

≤lim inf

n→∞ ρ

yT(xn)

(6)

for any sequence{xn} inG(y) whichρ-converges tox. HenceG(y) isρ-closed for any yK. Next, assume thatGis not a KKM-mapping. Then there exists{y, . . . ,yn} ⊂Kand x∈conv({yi}) such thatx∈/

≤inG(yi). This clearly implies

ρyiT(x)

<ρxT(x), fori= , . . . ,n.

Letε>  be such thatρ(yiT(x))≤ρ(xT(x)) –ε, fori= , , . . . ,n. Using the convexity

ofρ, we get

ρyT(x)≤ρxT(x)–ε,

for any y∈conv({yi}). Sincex∈conv({yi}), we getρ(x,T(x))≤ρ(x,T(x)) –ε. This is a

contradiction which implies thatGis a KKM-mapping. SinceKisρ-compact, we deduce thatG(y) is alsoρ-compact for anyyK. Using Theorem ., there existsxin

yKG(y).

Henceρ(x–T(x))≤ρ(yT(x)), for anyyK, which implies

ρx–T(x)

=inf

y

yT(x)

.

Before we state the Ky Fan fixed point theorem [] in modular vector spaces, we recall the definition of modular balls. Letxandr≥. The modular ball(x,r) is defined

by

(x,r) =

yX;ρ(xy)≤r.

Sinceρis convex and satisfies the Fatou property, the modular balls are convex andρ -closed.

Theorem . Let X be a vector space andρa convex modular defined on X.Let K

be a nonempty convex,ρ-compact subset.Let T:KXρbe stronglyρ-continuous such

that for any xK,with x=T(x),there existsα∈(, )such that K

x,αρxT(x)∩

T(x), ( –α)ρxT(x)=∅. (.)

Then T has a fixed point.

Proof By Lemma ., there existsx∈Ksuch that

ρx–T(x)

=inf

x

xT(x)

.

Assume thatxis not a fixed point ofT,i.e.,x=T(x). Then there existsα∈(, ) such that

K=K

x,αρ

x–T(x)

T(x), ( –α)ρ

x–T(x)

=∅.

Let yK. Then ρ(yT(x))≤( –α)ρ(x–T(x)). This implies a contradiction to the property satisfied byx. Therefore we must haveT(x) =x,i.e.,xis a fixed point

(7)

Note that ifT(K)⊂K, thenT satisfies the condition (.). The following theorem is an analog to Brouwer’s fixed point theorem in modular vector spaces.

Theorem . Let X be a vector space andρa convex modular defined on X.Let K

be a nonempty convex,ρ-compact subset.Let T:KK be stronglyρ-continuous.Then Fix(T)is a nonemptyρ-compact subset.

Proof The existence of a fixed point ofTis a direct consequence of Theorem .. SoFix(T) is nonempty. Next we show thatFix(T) isρ-compact. Let us prove thatFix(T) isρ-closed. Let{xn}be a sequence inFix(T) such that{xn}ρ-converges tox. SinceTisρ-continuous,

{T(xn)}ρ-converges toT(x). SinceT(xn) =xn, we see that{xn}ρ-converges toxandT(x).

Using the uniqueness of theρ-limit, we getT(x) =x,i.e.,x∈Fix(T). SinceKisρ-compact andFix(T) isρ-closed, we conclude thatFix(T) isρ-compact.

In order to prove our main result of this section, we need the following definition.

Definition . LetXbe a vector space andρa convex modular defined onX. LetC

be a nonempty subset. A mapping T:CCis said to be anR-map if Fix(T) is aρ -continuous retraction ofC,i.e., there exists aρ-continuous mappingR:C→Fix(T) such thatRR=R. Such a mapping is known as a retraction.

Next we discuss our first common fixed point result of this work.

Theorem . Let X be a vector space andρa convex modular defined on X.Let K

be a nonempty convex,ρ-compact subset.Let S,T:KK be two self-mappings.Assume that S and T are stronglyρ-continuous such that(S,T)is a Banach operator pair.If we assume that T is an R-map,thenFix(T)∩Fix(S)is nonempty andρ-compact.

Proof Theorem . implies thatFix(T) is not empty andρ-compact. Since T is anR -map, there exists a retraction R:K →Fix(T) which is ρ-continuous. Since (S,T) is a Banach pair of operators, S(Fix(T))⊂Fix(T). It is clear thatSR:KK is strongly

ρ-continuous. To see this, let{xn} ⊂Kbeρ-convergent tox. Then{R(xn)}ρ-converges to R(x) sinceRisρ-continuous. Using the strongρ-continuity ofS, we have

lim inf

n→∞ ρ

ySR(xn)

=ρySR(x),

for anyyK,i.e.,SRis stronglyρ-continuous. Theorem . implies thatFix(SR) is nonempty andρ-compact. Moreover, ifx∈Fix(SR), thenSR(x) =S(R(x)) =x∈Fix(T) becauseSR(K)⊂Fix(T). In particular, we haveR(x) =x. HenceS(x) =x,i.e. x∈Fix(T)∩

Fix(S). It is easy to see thatFix(T)∩Fix(S) =Fix(SR). HenceFix(T)∩Fix(S) is nonempty

andρ-compact.

Next we extend the conclusion of Theorem . to a family of Banach operator mappings. The following concept will be needed.

Definition . LetXbe a vector space andρa convex modular defined onX. LetC

(8)

Banach operator pair if (S,T) and (T,S) are Banach operator pairs,i.e.,

TFix(S)⊆Fix(S) and SFix(T)⊆Fix(T).

Recall that the set of common fixed points of a family of mappingsFis the setFix(F) =

TFFix(T). The main result of this work states:

Theorem . Let X be a vector space andρa convex modular defined on X.Let K

be nonempty convex andρ-compact.LetFbe a family of self-mappings defined on K such that any map inFis a stronglyρ-continuous R-map.Assume that any two mappings inF form a symmetric Banach operator pair.ThenFix(F)is a nonemptyρ-compact subset.

Proof Theorem . implies thatFix(T)∩ · · · ∩Fix(Tn) is a nonemptyρ-compact subset

ofK, for anyT,T, . . . ,TninF. Therefore any finite family of the subsets{Fix(T);TF}

has a nonempty intersection. Since these sets are allρ-closed andK isρ-compact, we conclude that Fix(F) =TFFix(T) is not empty and isρ-closed. ThereforeFix(F) is

ρ-compact.

As commuting mappings are symmetric Banach operator pairs, we obtain an analog to DeMarr’s common fixed point theorem [] in modular spaces as follows.

Corollary . Let X be a vector space andρa convex modular defined on X.Let K

be a nonempty convex,ρ-compact subset.LetFbe a family of commuting self-mappings defined on K such that any map inF is a stronglyρ-continuous R-map.ThenFix(F)is nonempty andρ-compact.

Remark . Since convexity plays a crucial role in the proof of Brouwer’s fixed point the-orem, an analog of this profound theorem does not exist in metric spaces. In order to obtain an extension of this fundamental fixed point result, one needs to use some kind of convexity therein. This is the case for example of hyperconvex metric spaces []. So to obtain an extension of all the results obtained in this work for modular metric spaces [–], we will have to introduce something like hyperbolicity in modular metric spaces. This concept will be new and has not been introduced or investigated so far.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Authors’ contributions

All authors contributed equally to the writing of this paper. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

Author details

1Department of Mathematics, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 80203, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.2Department of

Mathematical Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA.3Department of Mathematics and Statistics, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, under grant No. 372-501-D1435. The authors, therefore, gratefully acknowledge the DSR technical and financial support.

(9)

References

1. Diening, L: Theoretical and numerical results for electrorheological fluids. Ph.D. thesis, University of Freiburg, Germany (2002)

2. Diening, L, Harjulehto, P, Hästö, P, Ruzicka, M: Lebesgue and Sobolev Spaces with Variable Exponents. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol. 2017. Springer, Berlin (2011)

3. Ruzicka, M: Electrorheological Fluids Modeling and Mathematical Theory. Springer, Berlin (2002)

4. Harjulehto, P, Hästö, P, Koskenoja, M, Varonen, S: The Dirichlet energy integral and variable exponent Sobolev spaces with zero boundary values. Potential Anal.25(3), 205-222 (2006)

5. Heinonen, J, Kilpeläinen, T, Martio, O: Nonlinear Potential Theory of Degenerate Elliptic Equations. Oxford University Press, Oxford (1993)

6. Nakano, H: In: Modular Semi-Ordered Spaces, Tokyo, Japan (1950)

7. Bruck, RE: A common fixed point theorem for a commuting family of nonexpansive mappings. Pac. J. Math.53, 59-71 (1974)

8. DeMarr, R: Common fixed points for commuting contraction mappings. Pac. J. Math.13, 1139-1141 (1963) 9. Huneke, JP: On common fixed points of commuting continuous functions on an interval. Trans. Am. Math. Soc.139,

371-381 (1969)

10. Jungck, G: Common fixed point theorems for compatible self maps of Hausdorff topological spaces. Fixed Point Theory Appl.2005, 355-363 (2005)

11. Chen, J, Li, Z: Banach operator pair and common fixed points for nonexpansive maps. Nonlinear Anal.74, 3086-3090 (2011)

12. Ciric, LB, Hussain, N, Cakic, N: Common fixed points for Ciric type f-weak contraction with applications. Publ. Math. (Debr.)76(1-3), 31-49 (2010)

13. Akbar, F, Hussain, N, Ume, JS, Ciric, LB: Common fixed points for Banach operator pairs from the set of best approximations. Bull. Belg. Math. Soc. Simon Stevin16, 319-336 (2009)

14. Hussain, N: Common fixed points in best approximation for Banach operator pairs with Ciric typeI-contractions. J. Math. Anal. Appl.338, 1351-1362 (2008)

15. Khan, AR, Akbar, F: Best simultaneous approximations, asymptotically nonexpansive mappings and variational inequalities in Banach spaces. J. Math. Anal. Appl.354, 469-477 (2009)

16. Khan, AR, Akbar, F: Common fixed points from best simultaneous approximations. Taiwan. J. Math.13, 1379-1386 (2009)

17. Pathak, HK, Hussain, N: Common fixed points for Banach operator pairs with applications. Nonlinear Anal.69, 2788-2802 (2008)

18. Khamsi, MA, Kirk, WA: An Introduction to Metric Spaces and Fixed Point Theory. Wiley, New York (2001) 19. Khamsi, MA, Kozlowski, WM: Fixed Point Theory in Modular Function Spaces. Birkhauser, New York (2015) 20. Kozlowski, WM: Modular Function Spaces. Series of Monographs and Textbooks in Pure and Applied Mathematics,

vol. 122. Dekker, New York (1988)

21. Musielak, J: Orlicz Spaces and Modular Spaces. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol. 1034. Springer, Berlin (1983) 22. Khamsi, MA, Latif, A, Al-Sulami, H: KKM and Ky Fan theorems in modular function spaces. Fixed Point Theory Appl.

2011, 57 (2011). doi:10.1186/1687-1812-2011-57

23. Brouwer, LEJ: Über Abbildungen von Mannigfaltigkeiten. Math. Ann.71, 97-115 (1912). doi:10.1007/BF01456931 24. Dugunddji, J, Granas, A: Fixed Point Theory, vol. 1. PWN-Polish Scientific Publishers, Warsaw (1982)

25. Khamsi, MA: KKM and Ky Fan theorems in hyperconvex metric spaces. J. Math. Anal. Appl.204, 298-306 (1996) 26. Abdou, AA: On asymptotic pointwise contractions in modular metric spaces. Abstr. Appl. Anal.2013, Article ID

501631 (2013)

27. Chistyakov, VV: Modular metric spaces, I: basic concepts. Nonlinear Anal.72, 1-14 (2010)

References

Related documents

The decreasing risk of first birth across younger cohorts of women who attended secondary and higher educational-level institutions, and the halt to the increasing risk among

Model controlled for age, sex, socioeconomic status, distance between home and the practice, appointment delay, mean appointment time per patient, number of appointments per

In the present study, we use microinjections of mRNAs and Morpholino antisense oligonucleotides (MOs) into embryos of Xenopus laevis to systematically explore how seven early

Probing transcription factor diffusion dynamics in the living mammalian embryo with photoactivatable fluorescence correlation spectroscopy.. Capoulade J, Wachsmuth M, Hufnagel L,

Over the last decades, new knowledge on the patho- physiology, diagnostic methods, and therapy of cirrhosis and portal hypertension have significantly improved the management of

The composition of this male pheromone varies in an age-dependent manner and females show mating preference towards older males in choice experiments.. Furthermore, male signals

Clinical studies suggest that peripheral infl ammation increases the risk of dementia, especially in patients with preexisting cognitive impairment, and accelerates